Definition of ruffle
- v. t. - To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers,
plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.
- v. t. - To furnish with ruffles; as, to ruffle a shirt.
- v. t. - To oughen or disturb the surface of; to make uneven by
agitation or commotion.
- v. t. - To erect in a ruff, as feathers.
- v. t. - To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.
- v. t. - To discompose; to agitate; to disturb.
- v. t. - To throw into disorder or confusion.
- v. t. - To throw together in a disorderly manner.
- v. i. - To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent.
- v. i. - To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter.
- v. i. - To be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put
on airs; to swagger.
- v. t. & i. - That which is ruffled; specifically, a strip of
lace, cambric, or other fine cloth, plaited or gathered on one edge or
in the middle, and used as a trimming; a frill.
- v. t. & i. - A state of being ruffled or disturbed; disturbance;
agitation; commotion; as, to put the mind in a ruffle.
- v. t. & i. - A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a
roll; -- called also ruff.
- v. t. & i. - The connected series of large egg capsules, or
oothecae, of any one of several species of American marine gastropods
of the genus Fulgur. See Ootheca.