RUFFLE

(noun) a noisy fight
synonyms : affray , disturbance , fray
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(noun) a high tight collar
synonyms : choker , neck ruff , ruff
(noun) a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
synonyms : flounce , frill , furbelow
(verb) pleat or gather into a ruffle
"ruffle the curtain fabric"
synonyms : pleat
(verb) disturb the smoothness of
"ruffle the surface of the water"
synonyms : mess up , ruffle up , rumple
(verb) erect or fluff up
"the bird ruffled its feathers"
synonyms : fluff
(verb) mix so as to make a random order or arrangement
"shuffle the cards"
synonyms : mix , shuffle
(verb) twitch or flutter
"the paper flicked"
synonyms : flick , riffle
(verb) trouble or vex
"ruffle somebody's composure"
(verb) discompose
"This play is going to ruffle some people", "She has a way of ruffling feathers among her colleagues"
(verb) to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
"He struts around like a rooster in a hen house"
synonyms : cock , prance , sashay , strut , swagger , tittup
(verb) stir up (water) so as to form ripples
synonyms : cockle , riffle , ripple , undulate

Mnemonics for ruffle

(Tag: ) Imagine an African villager eating ruffle lays and doing a strut in front of rest of the village because he has it and others don't.
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(Tag: noun -> pleated material for decoration) think of ruffles lays chips which is ridged (pleated)..
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(Tag: ) Imagine an African villager eating ruffle lays and doing a strut in front of rest of the village because he has it and others don't.
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