ruffle
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Is ruffle a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (military) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruff.
2. (zoology) The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur.
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To make a ruffle in; to curl or flute, as an edge of fabric.Examples: "Ruffle the end of the cuff."transitive
2. (transitive) To disturb; especially, to cause to flutter.Examples: "The wind ruffled the papers."; "Her sudden volley of insults ruffled his composure."; "She […]smoothed the ruffled seas."Synonyms: perturb, trouble, unsettle, agitate, freak, bother, bring down, discomposetransitive
3. (intransitive) To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent.Examples: "The night comes on, and the bleak winds / Do sorely ruffle."intransitive
4. (intransitive) To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter.Examples: "On his right shoulder his thick mane ', / Ruffles at speed, and dances in the wind."intransitive
5. (intransitive) To be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger.Examples: "They would ruffle with jurors."; "gallants who ruffled in silk and embroidery"; "He was engaged in finding the steward, and in aiding him to cloak his mistress; then with a ruffling air, a new acquirement, which he had picked up since he came to Paris, he made a way for her through the crowd."intransitive
6. (military) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.
Definition source: Wiktionary