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ruffle

/'rəfəl/

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noun
a noisy fight
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affray disturbance fray

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scrap fight combat fighting
verb
mix so as to make a random order or arrangement
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mix shuffle

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manipulate
verb
pleat or gather into a ruffle
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"ruffle the curtain fabric"

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pleat

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turn up fold fold up
verb
erect or fluff up
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"the bird ruffled its feathers"

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fluff

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loosen
noun
a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
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flounce frill furbelow

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adornment
verb
stir up (water) so as to form ripples
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cockle riffle ripple undulate

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flow flux
verb
to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
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cock prance sashay strut swagger tittup

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walk
verb
disturb the smoothness of
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"ruffle the surface of the water"

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mess up ruffle up rumple

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disarrange
noun
a high tight collar
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choker neck ruff ruff

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collar neckband
verb
twitch or flutter
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flick riffle

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move displace
verb
discompose
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"This play is going to ruffle some people"

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fluster
verb
trouble or vex
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"ruffle somebody's composure"

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annoy irritate get to get at vex gravel nark nettle rag devil rile chafe bother

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