| VERB | motion | ruffle, ripple, riffle, cockle, undulate | stir up (water) so as to form ripples |
|---|---|---|---|
| emotion | ruffle | trouble or vex | |
| motion | ruffle, tittup, swagger, prance, strut, sashay, cock | to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others | |
| emotion | ruffle | discompose | |
| contact | ruffle, flick, riffle | twitch / twitch or flutter | |
| contact | ruffle, shuffle, mix | mix so as to make a random order or arrangement | |
| contact | ruffle, fluff | erect or fluff up | |
| contact | ruffle, ruffle up, rumple, mess up | disturb the smoothness of | |
| contact | ruffle, pleat | pleat or gather into a ruffle | |
| NOUN | artifact | ruffle, frill, flounce, furbelow | a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim |
| artifact | ruffle, choker, ruff, neck ruff | a high tight collar | |
| act | ruffle, affray, disturbance, fray | a noisy fight |
| Sounds | rah'fahl | |
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| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | A strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | frill, flounce, furbelow | |
| Narrower | goffer, gauffer | An ornamental frill made by pressing pleats |
| jabot | A ruffle on the front of a woman's blouse or a man's shirt | |
| peplum | A flared ruffle attached to the waistline of a dress or jacket or blouse | |
| Broader | adornment | A decoration of color / color or interest that is added to relieve plainness |
| Spanish | faralá, voladura, volante | |
| Catalan | farbalà, floritura, voladura, volant | |
| Verbs | ruffle | pleat or gather into a ruffle |
| Meaning | A high tight collar. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | choker, ruff, neck ruff | |
| Narrower | fraise | A ruff for the neck worn in the 16th century |
| Broader | collar, neckband | A band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over |
| Spanish | cuello alto | |
| Catalan | coll alt | |
| Meaning | A noisy fight. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | affray, disturbance, fray | |
| Broader | fight, fighting, combat, scrap | The act of fighting |
| Spanish | algarada, altercado, contienda, disturbio, liza, reyerta | |
| Catalan | contesa | |
| Meaning | stir up (water) so as to form ripples. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | ripple, riffle, cockle, undulate | |
| Entails | fold, fold up, turn up | bend or lay so that one part covers the other |
| Broader | flow, flux | Move or progress freely as if in a stream |
| Spanish | ondear, ondular | |
| Catalan | ondejar, ondular, onejar | |
| Meaning | Trouble or vex. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Model | The performance is likely to ruffle Sue | |
| Example | "ruffle somebody's composure" | |
| Broader | annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil | Cause annoyance in |
| Spanish | descomponer, perturbar | |
| Catalan | pertorbar, trasbalsar | |
| Meaning | To walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | tittup, swagger, prance, strut, sashay, cock | |
| Broader | walk | Use one's feet to advance |
| Spanish | contonearse, pavonearse | |
| Catalan | ballar, capalçar-se, culejar, encabritar-se, faronejar, fer el tifa, giravoltar, presumir, remenar el cul, rumbejar, saltar | |
| Meaning | discompose. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "This play is going to ruffle some people" | |
| Broader | fluster | Cause to be nervous or upset |
| Spanish | encrespar | |
| Meaning | twitch / twitch or flutter. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | flick, riffle | |
| Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
| Spanish | agitarse, encrespar, hojear | |
| Meaning | mix so as to make a random order or arrangement. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | shuffle, mix | |
| Narrower | cut | divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult |
| reshuffle | shuffle again | |
| riffle | shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix | |
| Broader | manipulate | hold something in one's hands and move it |
| Spanish | barajar, mezclar, revolver | |
| Catalan | barrejar, escartejar, mesclar, remenar | |
| Meaning | Erect or fluff up. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "the bird ruffled its feathers" | |
| Synonym | fluff | |
| Broader | loosen | make less dense |
| Spanish | ahuecar, mullir | |
| Meaning | disturb the smoothness of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "ruffle the surface of the water" | |
| Synonyms | ruffle up, rumple, mess up | |
| Broader | disarrange | Destroy the arrangement / arrangement or order of |
| Spanish | arrugar, despeinar, perturbar, trastornar | |
| Catalan | despentinar | |
| Meaning | pleat or gather into a ruffle. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "ruffle the curtain fabric" | |
| Synonym | pleat | |
| Broader | fold, fold up, turn up | bend or lay so that one part covers the other |
| Spanish | fruncir, plegar, plisar | |
| Nouns | ruffle | a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim |
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