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Ruffle
/ˈɹʌfəl/
Any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration.
📖 Definitions of "Ruffle"
- 1
Any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration.
"She loved the dress with the lace ruffle at the hem."
- 2
Disturbance; agitation; commotion.
"to put the mind in a ruffle"
- 3
A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruff.
- 4
The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur.
- 1
To make a ruffle in; to curl or flute, as an edge of fabric.
"Ruffle the end of the cuff."
- 2
To disturb; especially, to cause to flutter.
"Her sudden volley of insults ruffled his composure."
- 3
To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent.
- 4
To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter.
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