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

[ Syn: frill , flounce , furbelow ]

a high tight collar

[ Syn: choker , ruff , neck ruff ]

a noisy fight

[ Syn: affray , disturbance , fray ]

stir up (water) so as to form ripples

[ Syn: ripple , riffle , cockle , undulate ]

trouble or vex; ruffle somebody's composure'

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

[ Syn: tittup , swagger , prance , strut , sashay , cock ]

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

twitch or flutter; the paper flicked

[ Syn: flick , riffle ]

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

[ Syn: shuffle , mix ]

erect or fluff up; the bird ruffled its feathers

[ Syn: fluff ]

disturb the smoothness of; ruffle the surface of the water

[ Syn: ruffle up , rumple , mess up ]

pleat or gather into a ruffle; ruffle the curtain fabric

[ Syn: pleat ]