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1.NounA circular frill or ruffle on a garment, especially a starched, fluted frill at the neck in Elizabethan and Jacobean England (1560s–1620s).
2.NounAnything formed with plaits or flutings like a frill.
3.NounSenses relating to animals.
A gregarious, medium-sized wading bird of species Calidris pugnax (syn. Philomachus pugnax), of Eurasia; specifically, a male of the species which develops a distinctive ruff of feathers and ear tufts during mating season (the female is called a reeve).
A set of lengthened or otherwise modified feathers on or around the neck of a bird.
A collar of lengthened or distinctively coloured fur on or around the neck of an animal.
4.NounA gregarious, medium-sized wading bird of species Calidris pugnax (syn. Philomachus pugnax), of Eurasia; specifically, a male of the species which develops a distinctive ruff of feathers and ear tufts during mating season (the female is called a reeve).
5.NounA set of lengthened or otherwise modified feathers on or around the neck of a bird.
6.NounA collar of lengthened or distinctively coloured fur on or around the neck of an animal.
7.NounA collar on a shaft or other piece to prevent endwise motion.
8.NounAn exhibition of haughtiness or pride.
9.NounTumultuous or wanton conduct or procedure.
10.VerbTo shape (fabric, etc.) into a ruff; to adorn (a garment, etc.) with a ruff.
11.VerbOf a falcon, hawk, etc.: to hit (the prey) without fixing or grabbing hold of it.
12.VerbTo ruffle; to disorder.
13.VerbOf a bird: to ruffle its feathers.
14.VerbTo boast, to brag.
15.VerbTo speak in a loud and domineering manner; to bluster, to swagger.
16.NounAlternative spelling of ruffe: a small freshwater fish of the genus Gymnocephalus; specifically a Eurasian ruffe (Gymnocephalus cernua or Gymnocephalus cernuus) which has spiny fins; the pope.
17.NounA fish of species Arripis georgianus, found in cool waters off the southern coast of Australia
18.NounA bottom-dwelling carnivorous fish of the family Sparidae found in temperate and tropical waters; a porgy or sea bream.
19.VerbTo play a trump card to a trick when unable to follow suit (that is, when unable to play a card of the same suit as the previous or leading card). .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
20.VerbEspecially in the form ruff out: to defeat (a card, etc.) by ruffing, thus establishing the master card in the suit led.
21.NounAn instance of ruffing, or an opportunity to ruff, when unable to follow suit.
22.NounA game similar to whist and its predecessor.
23.NounA low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruffle.
24.VerbTo beat a ruff or ruffle, as on a drum.
25.VerbOf a drum, etc.: to have a ruff or ruffle beaten on it.
26.InterjectionThe bark of a dog; arf, woof.
27.AdjectiveAlternative spelling of rough.