Verb
ruffle -
pleat or gather into a ruffle; "ruffle the curtain fabric"
pleat
fold up ,
fold ,
turn up incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating; "Fold the egg whites into the batter"
ruffle -
erect or fluff up; "the bird ruffled its feathers"
fluff
loosen become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened" ; "the rope relaxed"
fluff up ,
plump up ,
shake up make fuller by shaking; "fluff up the pillows"
ruffle -
disturb the smoothness of; "ruffle the surface of the water"
ruffle up ,
rumple ,
mess up
disarrange disturb the arrangement of; "disarrange the papers"
ruffle -
trouble or vex; "ruffle somebody's composure"
annoy ,
rile ,
nettle ,
devil ,
nark ,
irritate ,
gravel ,
get to ,
get at ,
vex ,
chafe ,
rag ,
bother cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me" ; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"
ruffle -
discompose; "This play is going to ruffle some people" ; "She has a way of ruffling feathers among her colleagues"
fluster cause to be nervous or upset
ruffle -
mix so as to make a random order or arrangement; "shuffle the cards"
shuffle ,
mix
manipulate treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed
reshuffle reorganize and assign posts to different people; "The new Prime Minister reshuffled his cabinet"
riffle shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix
cut grow through the gums; "The new tooth is cutting"
ruffle -
to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others; "He struts around like a rooster in a hen house"
tittup ,
swagger ,
prance ,
strut ,
sashay ,
cock
walk obtain a base on balls
ruffle -
stir up (water) so as to form ripples
ripple ,
riffle ,
cockle ,
undulate
flux ,
flow cover or swamp with water
fold up ,
fold ,
turn up incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating; "Fold the egg whites into the batter"
ruffle -
twitch or flutter; "the paper flicked"
flick ,
riffle
displace ,
move cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war"
