Noun
a noisy fight

Noun
a high tight collar

Noun
a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim

Verb
pleat or gather into a ruffle; "ruffle the curtain fabric"

Verb
disturb the smoothness of; "ruffle the surface of the water"

Verb
erect or fluff up; "the bird ruffled its feathers"

Verb
mix so as to make a random order or arrangement; "shuffle the cards"

Verb
twitch or flutter; "the paper flicked"

Verb
trouble or vex; "ruffle somebody''s composure"

Verb
discompose; "This play is going to ruffle some people"; "She has a way of ruffling feathers among her colleagues"

Verb
to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others; "He struts around like a rooster in a hen house"

Verb
stir up (water) so as to form ripples

v. t.
To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.

v. t.
To furnish with ruffles; as, to ruffle a shirt.

v. t.
To oughen or disturb the surface of; to make uneven by agitation or commotion.

v. t.
To erect in a ruff, as feathers.

v. t.
To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.

v. t.
To discompose; to agitate; to disturb.

v. t.
To throw into disorder or confusion.

v. t.
To throw together in a disorderly manner.

v. i.
To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent.

v. i.
To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter.

v. i.
To be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger.

v. t. & i.
That which is ruffled; specifically, a strip of lace, cambric, or other fine cloth, plaited or gathered on one edge or in the middle, and used as a trimming; a frill.

v. t. & i.
A state of being ruffled or disturbed; disturbance; agitation; commotion; as, to put the mind in a ruffle.

v. t. & i.
A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a roll; -- called also ruff.

v. t. & i.
The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of any one of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur. See Ootheca.

Ruffle

The night comes on, and the bleak winds Do sorely ruffle.

On his right shoulder his thick mane reclined, Ruffles at speed, and dances in the wind.

They would ruffle with jurors.

Gallants who ruffled in silk and embroidery.

Ruffle

To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent.

That which is ruffled; specifically, a strip of lace, cambric, or other fine cloth, plaited or gathered on one edge or in the middle, and used as a trimming; a frill.