Definitions for the word, ruffle

(v. i.) To be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger.

(v. i.) To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter.

(v. i.) To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent.

(v. t.) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.

(v. t.) To discompose; to agitate; to disturb.

(v. t.) To erect in a ruff, as feathers.

(v. t.) To furnish with ruffles; as, to ruffle a shirt.

(v. t.) To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.

(v. t.) To oughen or disturb the surface of; to make uneven by agitation or commotion.

(v. t.) To throw into disorder or confusion.

(v. t.) To throw together in a disorderly manner.

(v. t. & i.) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a roll; -- called also ruff.

(v. t. & i.) A state of being ruffled or disturbed; disturbance; agitation; commotion; as, to put the mind in a ruffle.

(v. t. & i.) That which is ruffled; specifically, a strip of lace, cambric, or other fine cloth, plaited or gathered on one edge or in the middle, and used as a trimming; a frill.

(v. t. & i.) The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of any one of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur. See Ootheca.


22 words found in the Scrabble word, ruffle



Scrabble letter values
A is 1 points
B is 3 points
C is 3 points
D is 2 points
E is 1 points
F is 4 points
G is 2 points
H is 4 points
I is 1 points
J is 8 points
K is 5 points
L is 1 points
M is 3 points
N is 1 points
O is 1 points
P is 3 points
Q is 10 points
R is 1 points
S is 1 points
T is 1 points
U is 1 points
V is 4 points
W is 4 points
X is 8 points
Y is 4 points
Z is 10 points



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