[ noun ]
■ a noisy fight
→
affray
,
disturbance
,
fray
[ noun ]
■ a high tight collar
→
choker
,
neck ruff
,
ruff
[ noun ]
■ a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
→
flounce
,
frill
,
furbelow
[ verb ]
■ pleat or gather into a ruffle
e.g.)
・ruffle the curtain fabric
→
pleat
[ verb ]
■ disturb the smoothness of
e.g.)
・ruffle the surface of the water
→
mess up
,
ruffle up
,
rumple
[ verb ]
■ erect or fluff up
e.g.)
・the bird ruffled its feathers
→
fluff
[ verb ]
■ mix so as to make a random order or arrangement
→
mix
,
shuffle
[ verb ]
■ twitch or flutter
→
flick
,
riffle
[ verb ]
■ trouble or vex
e.g.)
・ruffle somebody's composure
[ verb ]
■ discompose
e.g.)
・This play is going to ruffle some people
[ verb ]
■ to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
→
cock
,
prance
,
sashay
,
strut
,
swagger
,
tittup
[ verb ]
■ stir up (water) so as to form ripples
→
cockle
,
riffle
,
ripple
,
undulate
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