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Meanings of ruffle in English

Russian
рюш
Portuguese
pregas
Catalan
farbalà
Spanish
volante
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Strip of fabric, lace, or ribbon gathered on one edge and applied as trimming.

        рюш
        Catalan
        coll alt

        A high tight collar.

              coll alt
              Portuguese
              contenda
              Catalan
              contesa
              Spanish
              altercado

              A noisy fight.

                    contenda
                    Catalan
                    saltar

                    To walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others.

                        saltar
                        Usage of ruffle in English
                        1
                        I was startled; Olympos was usually impossible to shock or even ruffle.
                        The Memoirs of Cleopatra
                        2
                        He could see the dull ruffle of the water under the wind.
                        Greenmantle
                        3
                        Such endeavours appeared to ruffle Belvedere, and certainly disrupted any game plan.
                        The Irish Times
                        4
                        The second photograph shows a Galliano ruffle dress hanging on a stand.
                        The new yorker
                        5
                        His tempers were the ruffle of a passing breeze upon deep water.
                        Montlivet
                        6
                        A ruffle round the skirt about two inches when that is done.
                        A Little Girl in Old Boston
                        7
                        It has a skirt with nine gores and a twelve-inch headed ruffle.
                        Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
                        8
                        Miss Winch, in Detroit, had seemed a girl whom nothing could ruffle.
                        The Adventures of Sally
                        9
                        They ruffle everything now, and it will be wide enough for that.
                        A Little Girl of Long Ago; Or, Hannah Ann / A Sequel to a Little...
                        10
                        Her taunts and jealous fits, her insistent demands did not ruffle me.
                        Bring the Jubilee
                        11
                        Satin-like tops had voluminous ruffle endings and were worn with slim trousers.
                        Reuters
                        12
                        Angélique lifted a ruffle of tante-gra'mère's nightcap and whispered in her ear.
                        Old Kaskaskia
                        13
                        Just ruffle your hair a bit, sir-nowyou should do very nicely.
                        Trailin'!
                        14
                        She powdered her nose, fixed her neck ruffle, apparently oblivious of Jarvis.
                        Bambi
                        15
                        He snorted with enough force to ruffle the papers on his desk.
                        Takeover
                        16
                        Even at eight it took a great deal to ruffle Dora's placidity.
                        Anne of the Island
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                        Translations for ruffle
                        Russian
                        рюш
                        Ruffle through the time
                        Ruffle across language varieties
                        United Kingdom
                        Common
                        United States of America
                        Common