1. (

• frill ,
• flounce ,
• ruffle ,
• furbelow

) a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim ;

2. (

• choker ,
• ruff ,
• ruffle ,
• neck_ruff

) a high tight collar ;

3. (

• affray ,
• disturbance ,
• fray ,
• ruffle

) a noisy fight ;

1. (

• ripple ,
• ruffle ,
• riffle ,
• cockle ,
• undulate ,

) stir up (water) so as to form ripples ;

2. (

• ruffle

) trouble or vex; "ruffle somebody's composure" ;

3. (

• tittup ,
• swagger ,
• ruffle ,
• prance ,
• strut ,
• sashay ,
• cock

) to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others; "He struts around like a rooster in a hen house" ;

4. (

• ruffle ,

) discompose; "This play is going to ruffle some people"; "She has a way of ruffling feathers among her colleagues" ;

5. (

• flick ,
• ruffle ,
• riffle ,

) twitch or flutter; "the paper flicked" ;

6. (

• shuffle ,
• ruffle ,
• mix ,

) mix so as to make a random order or arrangement; "shuffle the cards" ;

7. (

• ruffle ,
• fluff

) erect or fluff up; "the bird ruffled its feathers" ;

8. (

• ruffle ,
• ruffle_up ,
• rumple ,
• mess_up ,

) disturb the smoothness of; "ruffle the surface of the water" ;

9. (

• ruffle ,
• pleat

) pleat or gather into a ruffle; "ruffle the curtain fabric" ;