ruffle

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun A strip of any textile material drawn up at one edge in gathers or plaits, and used as a bordering or trimming; a full, narrow flounce; a frill; a ruff.
• noun Something resembling a ruffle in form or position.
• noun In ornithology, same as ruff, 2 .
• noun The string of egg-capsules of the periwinkles, whelks, and related gastropods.
• noun In mech., a series of projections, often connected by a web, formed on the inner face of a flange of a metal gudgeon for a wooden shaft or roller, and fitted to a corresponding series of recesses in the end of such shaft or roller, to secure a rigid attachment of the flange and prevent its turning except as the shaft or roller turns with it.
• noun Disquietude or discomposure, as of the mind or temper; annoyance; irritation.
• To act turbulently or lawlessly; riot; play the bully; hence, to bluster.
• To put on airs; swagger: often with an indefinite it.
• To be rough or boisterous: said of the weather.
• To bully; insult; annoy.
• noun A brawl; a quarrel; a tumult.
• noun Milit., a low vibrating beat of the drum, less loud than the roll, and used on certain occasions as a mark of respect.
• To beat the ruffle on: as, to ruffle a drum.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• intransitive verb rare To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent.
• intransitive verb To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter.
• intransitive verb To be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger.
• noun That which is ruffled; specifically, a strip of lace, cambric, or other fine cloth, plaited or gathered on one edge or in the middle, and used as a trimming; a frill.
• noun A state of being ruffled or disturbed; disturbance; agitation; commotion.
• noun (Mil.) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a roll; -- called also ruff.
• noun (Zoöl.) The connected series of large egg capsules, or oöthecæ, of any one of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur. See Oötheca.
• noun the top turned down, and scalloped or plaited.
• transitive verb To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.
• transitive verb To furnish with ruffles.
• transitive verb To oughen or disturb the surface of; to make uneven by agitation or commotion.
• transitive verb To erect in a ruff, as feathers.
• transitive verb (Mil.) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.
• transitive verb To discompose; to agitate; to disturb.
• transitive verb To throw into disorder or confusion.
• transitive verb rare To throw together in a disorderly manner.
• transitive verb to exite the resentment of; to irritate.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun Any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration.
• noun disturbance; agitation; commotion
• noun military A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruff.
• noun zoology The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur.
• verb transitive To make a ruffle in; to curl or flute, as an edge of fabric.
• verb transitive To disturb; especially, to cause to flutter.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• verb to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
• verb disturb the smoothness of
• verb mix so as to make a random order or arrangement
• verb pleat or gather into a ruffle
• noun a high tight collar
• verb discompose
• noun a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
• verb stir up (water) so as to form ripples
• verb twitch or flutter
• verb erect or fluff up
• verb trouble or vex
• noun a noisy fight