Definition of ruff Ruff

/ɹʌˈf/ - [ruf] - ruff

We found 29 definitions of ruff from 5 different sources.

What does ruff mean?

Noun Plural: rufves
ruff - (card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit
		trumping
		turn, play taking a short walk out and back; "we took a turn in the park"
		bridge any of various card games based on whist for four players
		card game, cards a game played with playing cards
ruff - common Eurasian sandpiper; the male has an erectile neck ruff in breeding season
		Philomachus pugnax
		sandpiper any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers
		genus philomachus, philomachus ruffs
ruff - a high tight collar
		choker, ruffle, neck ruff
		neckband, collar a band around the collar of a garment
ruff - an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal
		frill

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ruff (Noun)
A gregarious, medium-sized wading bird of Eurasia, Philomachus pugnax ; the female is a reeve.
ruff (Noun)
A circular frill or ruffle on a garment, especially a starched, fluted frill at the neck in Elizabethan and Jacobean England.
ruff (Noun)
A card game similar to whist, and the predecessor of it.
ruff (Verb)
To ruffle; to disorder.
ruff (Verb)
To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.
ruff (Verb)
To hit the prey without fixing it.
ruff (Verb)
To play a trump card to a trick, other than when trumps were led.

ruff (n.)
A game similar to whist, and the predecessor of it.
ruff (n.)
The act of trumping, especially when one has no card of the suit led.
ruff (v. i. & t.)
To trump.
ruff (n.)
A muslin or linen collar plaited, crimped, or fluted, worn formerly by both sexes, now only by women and children.
ruff (n.)
Something formed with plaits or flutings, like the collar of this name.
ruff (n.)
An exhibition of pride or haughtiness.
ruff (n.)
Wanton or tumultuous procedure or conduct.
ruff (n.)
A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a roll; a ruffle.
ruff (n.)
A collar on a shaft ot other piece to prevent endwise motion. See Illust. of Collar.
ruff (n.)
A set of lengthened or otherwise modified feathers round, or on, the neck of a bird.
ruff (n.)
A limicoline bird of Europe and Asia (Pavoncella, / Philommachus, pugnax) allied to the sandpipers. The males during the breeding season have a large ruff of erectile feathers, variable in their colors, on the neck, and yellowish naked tubercles on the face. They are polygamous, and are noted for their pugnacity in the breeding season. The female is called reeve, or rheeve.
ruff (n.)
A variety of the domestic pigeon, having a ruff of its neck.
ruff (v. t.)
To ruffle; to disorder.
ruff (v. t.)
To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.
ruff (v. t.)
To hit, as the prey, without fixing it.
ruff (n.)
Alt. of Ruffe

ruff
An ornament formerly worn by men and women round their necks. Wooden ruff; the pillory.

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