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| NOUN | 1 | ruffle, frill, flounce, furbelow | A strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim |
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| 2 | ruffle, choker, ruff, neck ruff | A high tight collar | |
| 3 | ruffle, affray, disturbance, fray | A noisy fight | |
| VERB | 1 | ruffle, ripple, riffle, cockle, undulate | Stir up (water) so as to form ripples |
| 2 | ruffle | Trouble or vex | |
| 3 | ruffle, tittup, swagger, prance, strut, sashay, cock | To walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others | |
| 4 | ruffle | Discompose | |
| 5 | ruffle, flick, riffle | Twitch or flutter | |
| 6 | ruffle, shuffle, mix | Mix so as to make a random order or arrangement | |
| 7 | ruffle, fluff | Erect or fluff up | |
| 8 | ruffle, ruffle up, rumple, mess up | Disturb the smoothness of | |
| 9 | ruffle, pleat | Pleat or gather into a ruffle |
| Sounds | rah'fahl |
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| Rhymes | abdominal, Abel, able, and 2061 more rhymes in ahl... |
| Meaning | A strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim. |
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| Synonyms | frill, flounce, furbelow |
| Broader | adornment |
| Narrower | goffer, gauffer; jabot; peplum |
| Verbs | ruffle |
| Meaning | A high tight collar. |
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| Synonyms | choker, ruff, neck ruff |
| Broader | collar, neckband |
| Narrower | fraise |
| Meaning | A noisy fight. |
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| Synonyms | affray, disturbance, fray |
| Broader | fight, fighting, combat, scrap |
| Meaning | Stir up (water) so as to form ripples. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something |
| Synonyms | ripple, riffle, cockle, undulate |
| Broader | flow, flux |
| Entails | fold, fold up, turn up |
| Meaning | Trouble or vex. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Model | The performance is likely to ruffle Sue |
| Examples | "ruffle somebody's composure" |
| Broader | annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil |
| Meaning | To walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP |
| Synonyms | tittup, swagger, prance, strut, sashay, cock |
| Broader | walk |
| Meaning | Discompose. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "This play is going to ruffle some people" |
| Broader | fluster |
| Meaning | Twitch or flutter. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Synonyms | flick, riffle |
| Broader | move, displace |
| Meaning | Mix so as to make a random order or arrangement. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Synonyms | shuffle, mix |
| Broader | manipulate |
| Narrower | reshuffle; riffle; cut |
| Meaning | Erect or fluff up. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "the bird ruffled its feathers" |
| Synonyms | fluff |
| Broader | loosen |
| Meaning | Disturb the smoothness of. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "ruffle the surface of the water" |
| Synonyms | ruffle up, rumple, mess up |
| Broader | disarrange |
| Meaning | Pleat or gather into a ruffle. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "ruffle the curtain fabric" |
| Synonyms | pleat |
| Broader | fold, fold up, turn up |
| Nouns | ruffle |
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