Meaning

• Any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration.

  "She loved the dress with the lace ruffle at the hem."

• Disturbance; agitation; commotion.

  "to put the mind in a ruffle"

• A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruff.

• The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur.

Meaning

• To make a ruffle in; to curl or flute, as an edge of fabric.

  "Ruffle the end of the cuff."

• To disturb; especially, to cause to flutter.

  "Her sudden volley of insults ruffled his composure."

• To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent.

• To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter.

• To be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger.

• To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.

• To erect in a ruff, as feathers.

• To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.

• To throw together in a disorderly manner.