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.