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What does ruffle mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word ruffle? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. Any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration.
  2. Disturbance; agitation; commotion.
  3. (military) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruff.
  4. (zoology) The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To make a ruffle in; to curl or flute, as an edge of fabric.
  2. (transitive) To disturb; especially, to cause to flutter.
  3. (intransitive) To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent.
  4. (intransitive) To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter.
  5. (intransitive) To be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger.
  6. To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.
  7. To erect in a ruff, as feathers.
  8. (military) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.
  9. To throw together in a disorderly manner.
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