Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a ruffle; ruffed: as, the ruffled grouse.
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- adjective Having
ruffles . - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
ruffle .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective shaken into waves or undulations as by wind
- adjective having decorative ruffles or frills
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Examples
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Granpa Jack turned around, his thinning gray hair rising in ruffled wings above his ears.
Go to Jesus Rachel Lora Simmons 2010
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Griffin ruffled feathers, yet here was a space engineering type that knew from where he spoke.
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John and I huddled at a little plastic table drinking our beers as the wind and rain ruffled the awning overhead.
Mexico mountaineering expedition on Pico de Orizaba (Citlaltepetl) 2001
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John and I huddled at a little plastic table drinking our beers as the wind and rain ruffled the awning overhead.
Mexico mountaineering expedition on Pico de Orizaba (Citlaltepetl) 2001
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John and I huddled at a little plastic table drinking our beers as the wind and rain ruffled the awning overhead.
Mexico mountaineering expedition on Pico de Orizaba (Citlaltepetl) 2001
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This disrespectful allusion to his calling ruffled the temper of the hospital attendant, and, growing profane, he insisted that he was as good as _Smith_, and better, and at once challenged "the bloviating mule scrubber to get down off his perch and stand up before him like a man."
Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 A Political History of Slavery in the United States Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War In Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865 Joseph Warren Keifer 1884
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When the boos and catcalls ruffled her feathers, Mean Jean retreated to her perch and later retracted her comments.
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(Knight of the Pope), a cushion, one waisted fiddle with a comb-bridge, another lute (upside-down), and three books, two of whose pages are "ruffled" as if by a nearby draft.
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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Even though the underground newspaper wrote a questioning article in regard to Lauren's mother and her accusations, Lauren came out for the Fall Retreat and she and Andy seem to be doing well although a bit "ruffled" by all the accusations even towards Andy and his lovely family.
Chris Rodda: Cadets For Christ: Women, Evangelicals And The Air Force Academy Chris Rodda 2010
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Even though the underground newspaper wrote a questioning article in regard to Lauren's mother and her accusations, Lauren came out for the Fall Retreat and she and Andy seem to be doing well although a bit "ruffled" by all the accusations even towards Andy and his lovely family.
Chris Rodda: Cadets For Christ: Women, Evangelicals And The Air Force Academy Chris Rodda 2010
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