Ruffle
[n] a noisy fight
[n] a high tight collar
[n] a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
[v] pleat or gather into a ruffle; "ruffle the curtain fabric"
[v] disturb the smoothness of; "ruffle the surface of the water"
[v] erect or fluff up; "the bird ruffled its feathers"
[v] mix so as to make a random order or arrangement; "shuffle the cards"
[v] twitch or flutter; "the paper flicked"
[v] trouble or vex; "ruffle somebody's composure"
[v] discompose; "This play is going to ruffle some people"; "She has a way of ruffling feathers among her colleagues"
[v] to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others; "He strut around like a rooster in a hen house."
[v] stir up (water) so as to form ripples
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Synonyms
affray, choker, cock, cockle, disturbance, flick, flounce, fluff, fray, frill, furbelow, mess up, mix, neck ruff, pleat, prance, riffle, ripple, ruff, ruffle up, rumple, sashay, shuffle, strut, swagger, undulate