1syllable
ruff
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Definitions ofruff
1noun
- A circular frill or ruffle on a garment, especially a starched, fluted frill at the neck in Elizabethan and Jacobean England (1560s–1620s).
- Anything formed with plaits or flutings like a frill.
- Senses relating to animals.
- A collar on a shaft or other piece to prevent endwise motion.
- An exhibition of haughtiness or pride.
- Tumultuous or wanton conduct or procedure.
1verb
- To shape (fabric, etc.) into a ruff; to adorn (a garment, etc.) with a ruff.
- Of a falcon, hawk, etc.: to hit (the prey) without fixing or grabbing hold of it.
- To ruffle; to disorder.
- Of a bird: to ruffle its feathers.
- To boast, to brag.
- To speak in a loud and domineering manner; to bluster, to swagger.
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