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unruffle
English
Etymology
un- +? ruffle
Verb
unruffle (third-person singular simple present unruffles, present participle unruffling, simple past and past participle unruffled)
- (transitive) To remove ruffles from; to make smooth.
- (transitive) To calm or soothe (a person).
- (intransitive) To calm down.
- 2000, Robert Grant, The Gift of Lack: Short Stories and Other Writings (page 73)
- [The old man] stood grinning like a gnome, obviously delighted to watch me flush and ruffle and then gradually unflush and unruffle.
- 2000, Robert Grant, The Gift of Lack: Short Stories and Other Writings (page 73)
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unmuffle
English
Etymology
un- +? muffle
Verb
unmuffle (third-person singular simple present unmuffles, present participle unmuffling, simple past and past participle unmuffled)
- (transitive) To take a covering from, as the face; to uncover.
- (transitive) To remove the muffling of, as a drum.
- 2015, Henry Martin, Keith Waters, Jazz: The First 100 Years, Enhanced Media Edition (page 62)
- But when returning from the graveyard, the band would unmuffle the drum and launch into up-tempo, jazzlike popular compositions.
- 2015, Henry Martin, Keith Waters, Jazz: The First 100 Years, Enhanced Media Edition (page 62)
- (intransitive) To throw off one's concealments.
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