RUFFLE crossword answer

All the clues for RUFFLE from previous crossword games.

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Clues for RUFFLE

Clues 1 to 15 of 12.

  Answer Clue
1. RUFFLE Dress trimming
2. RUFFLE Petticoat feature
3. RUFFLE Pinafore trim
4. RUFFLE Frilled strip
5. RUFFLE Mess up
6. RUFFLE Irritate
7. RUFFLE Perturb
8. RUFFLE Frill
9. RUFFLE Fluster
10. RUFFLE Gathered strip of fabric
11. RUFFLE Fashion frill
12. RUFFLE Disturb

Meaning of RUFFLE

  Definition
1. To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.
2. To furnish with ruffles; as, to ruffle a shirt.
3. To oughen or disturb the surface of; to make uneven by agitation or commotion.
4. To erect in a ruff, as feathers.
5. To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.
6. To discompose; to agitate; to disturb.
7. To throw into disorder or confusion.
8. To throw together in a disorderly manner.
9. To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent.
10. To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter.
11. To be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger.
12. 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.
13. A state of being ruffled or disturbed; disturbance; agitation; commotion; as, to put the mind in a ruffle.
14. A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a roll; -- called also ruff.
15. 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.
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Verb

  • Infinitive
    Simple Past
    Past Participle
  • (to) ruffle
    ruffled
    ruffled
  • Infinitive: (to) ruffle
  • Simple Past: ruffled
  • Past Participle: (have) ruffled

Word frequency

RUFFLE is...

40% Complete
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33% Complete
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Synonyms of RUFFLE

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