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