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ruffle
English
Etymology
From Middle English ruffelen, perhaps from Old Norse hrufla (“to graze, scratch”) or Middle Low German ruffelen (“to wrinkle, curl”). Further origin unknown. Related to Middle Dutch ruyffelen, German Low German ruffeln. See English ruff.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???f?l/
- Rhymes: -?f?l
Noun
ruffle (plural ruffles)
- Any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration.
- Disturbance; agitation; commotion.
- (military) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruff.
- (zoology) The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur.
Synonyms
- (strip of fabric): frill, furbelow
Translations
Verb
ruffle (third-person singular simple present ruffles, present participle ruffling, simple past and past participle ruffled)
- (transitive) To make a ruffle in; to curl or flute, as an edge of fabric.
- (transitive) To disturb; especially, to cause to flutter.
- 1832, Isaac Taylor, Saturday Evening
- the fantastic revelries […] that so often ruffled the placid bosom of the Nile
- 1860, Sir William Hamilton, Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet
- These ruffle the tranquillity of the mind.
- 1859, Alfred Tennyson, Guinevere
- 1832, Isaac Taylor, Saturday Evening
- (intransitive) To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent.
- (intransitive) To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter.
- (intransitive) To be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger.
- To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.
- To erect in a ruff, as feathers.
- 1832, Alfred Tennyson, The Palace of Art
- (military) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.
- To throw together in a disorderly manner.
Translations
Derived terms
- rufflement
- ruffler
- ruffle some feathers
- ruffle up
- ruffly
- unruffled
References
Anagrams
- Fulfer, luffer
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edging
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??d???/
Verb
edging
- present participle of edge
Noun
edging (countable and uncountable, plural edgings)
- (gerund form of edge)
- Anything that forms, defines, or marks the edge of something.
- The decorative edging around the door makes it easier to find in the dark.
- (rock climbing) Technique involving the placement of the edge of the climbing shoe on a sharp hold.
- The operation of shaping or dressing the edge of anything, as of a piece of metal.
- The sexual technique of maintaining a high level of sexual arousal for an extended period of time without reaching orgasm.
Antonyms
- (climbing) smearing
Anagrams
- nigged
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- what is edging a lawn
- what is edging in climbing
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