ruffle

Meanings

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

Synonyms

affray, choker, cock, cockle, disturbance, flick, flounce, fluff, fray, frill, furbelow, mess up, mix, neck ruff, pleat, prance, riffle, ripple, ruff, ruffle up, rumple, sashay, shuffle, strut, swagger, tittup, undulate