ruffle


ruffle (http://definr.com/ruffle)

     n 1: a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
          [syn: frill, flounce, furbelow]
     2: a high tight collar [syn: choker, ruff, neck ruff]
     3: a noisy fight [syn: affray, disturbance, fray]
     v 1: stir up (water) so as to form ripples [syn: ripple, riffle,
           cockle, undulate]
     2: trouble or vex; "ruffle somebody's composure"
     3: to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to
        impress others: "He strut around like a rooster in a hen
        house." [syn: swagger, prance, strut, sashay, cock]
     4: discompose; "This play is going to ruffle some people"; "She
        has a way of ruffling feathers among her colleagues"
     5: twitch or flutter; "the paper flicked" [syn: flick, riffle]
     6: mix so as to make a random order or arrangement; "shuffle
        the cards" [syn: shuffle, mix]
     7: erect or fluff up; "the bird ruffled its feathers" [syn: fluff]
     8: disturb the smoothness of; "ruffle the surface of the water"
        [syn: ruffle up, rumple, mess up]
     9: pleat or gather into a ruffle; "ruffle the curtain fabric"
        [syn: pleat]