"ruffle" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

is a type of: adornment - a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness
subtypes:
- gauffer, goffer - an ornamental frill made by pressing pleats
- jabot - a ruffle on the front of a woman's blouse or a man's shirt
- peplum - a flared ruffle attached to the waistline of a dress or jacket or blouse
same as: flounce, frill, furbelow
is a type of: collar, neckband - a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over

subtypes: fraise - a ruff for the neck worn in the 16th century

same as: choker, neck ruff, ruff
is a type of: combat, fight, fighting, scrap - the act of fighting; any contest or struggle

same as: affray, disturbance, fray

Verb

entail: fold, fold up, turn up - bend or lay so that one part covers the other

is a type of: flow, flux - move or progress freely as if in a stream

same as: cockle, riffle, ripple, undulate
is a type of: annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex - cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
is a type of: walk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps

same as: cock, prance, sashay, strut, swagger, tittup
is a type of: fluster - cause to be nervous or upset
is a type of: displace, move - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense

same as: flick, riffle
is a type of: manipulate - hold something in one's hands and move it
subtypes:
- reshuffle - shuffle again
- riffle - shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix
- cut - divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult
same as: mix, shuffle
is a type of: loosen - make less dense

same as: fluff
is a type of: disarrange - destroy the arrangement or order of

same as: mess up, ruffle up, rumple
is a type of: fold, fold up, turn up - bend or lay so that one part covers the other

same as: pleat