ruffle - Meaning in Hindi

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ruffle - Meaning in Hindi

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Definitions and Meaning of ruffle in English

ruffle noun

1. a noisy fight

   Synonyms

   affray, disturbance, disturbance, fray

2. a high tight collar

   Synonyms

   choker, neck ruff, ruff, ruff

3. a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim

   Synonyms

   flounce, frill, furbelow

ruffle verb

1. pleat or gather into a ruffle

   Synonyms

   pleat

   Example

   • "ruffle the curtain fabric"
2. disturb the smoothness of

   Synonyms

   mess up, ruffle up, rumple

   Example

   • "ruffle the surface of the water"
3. erect or fluff up

   Synonyms

   fluff

   Example

   • "the bird ruffled its feathers"
4. mix so as to make a random order or arrangement

   Synonyms

   mix, shuffle

   Example

   • "shuffle the cards"
5. twitch or flutter

   Synonyms

   flick, riffle, riffle

   Example

   • "the paper flicked"
6. trouble or vex

   Example

   • "ruffle somebody's composure"
7. discompose

   Examples

   • "She has a way of ruffling feathers among her colleagues"
   • "This play is going to ruffle some people"
8. to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others

   Synonyms

   cock, cock, prance, sashay, strut, swagger, tittup

   Example

   • "He struts around like a rooster in a hen house"
9. stir up (water) so as to form ripples

   Synonyms

   cockle, riffle, riffle, ripple, undulate

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