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ruffle

English

🔊 a high tight collar
🔊 a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
🔊 a noisy fight
🔊 pleat or gather into a ruffle
“ruffle the curtain fabric”
🔊 disturb the smoothness of
“ruffle the surface of the water”
🔊 erect or fluff up
“the bird ruffled its feathers”
🔊 trouble or vex
“ruffle somebody's composure”
🔊 discompose
“This play is going to ruffle some people”
🔊 mix so as to make a random order or arrangement
“shuffle the cards”
🔊 twitch or flutter
“the paper flicked”
🔊 stir up (water) so as to form ripples
🔊 to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
“He struts around like a rooster in a hen house”