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Ruff

noun
/ɹʌf/
Word Frequency: 0.5

Definitions

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.
4.nounA collar on a shaft or other piece to prevent endwise motion.
5.nounAn exhibition of haughtiness or pride.
6.nounTumultuous or wanton conduct or procedure.
7.verbTo shape (fabric, etc.) into a ruff; to adorn (a garment, etc.) with a ruff.
8.verbOf a falcon, hawk, etc.: to hit (the prey) without fixing or grabbing hold of it.
9.verbTo ruffle; to disorder.
10.verbOf a bird: to ruffle its feathers.
11.verbTo boast, to brag.
12.verbTo speak in a loud and domineering manner; to bluster, to swagger.

Synonyms

chokerruffletrumpingtrumpneck ruffphilomachus pugnaxsluffwhoawowfraiserotonderouche

Rhymes With

puffchuffgruffroughbufftoughsloughbluff
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