ruffling Definition

ruffle
verb ruffled, ruffling

1. To wrinkle or make something uneven; to spoil its smoothness.

Thesaurus: disarrange, rumple, dishevel, tousle, muddle, stir, ripple, churn, roughen, flurry.
tr & intr
2. To make or become irritated, annoyed or discomposed.

Thesaurus: irritate, provoke, aggravate, exasperate, upset, annoy, peeve, vex, gripe (US), gall, pique, psych (slang).
3. Said of a bird: to make (its feathers) erect, usually in anger or display.
4. To gather (lace, linen, etc) into a ruff or ruffle.
5. To flick or turn (pages of a book, etc) hastily.

noun

1. A frill of lace, linen, etc worn either round the neck or wrists.

Thesaurus: frill, flounce, pleat, fold, crimp, tuck, gather, border.
2. Any ruffling or disturbance of the evenness and smoothness of a surface, or of the peace, someone's temper, etc.
3. The feathers round a bird's neck which are ruffled in anger or display; a ruff.

Derivative: ruffled
adj

Derivative: ruffling
noun

Etymology: 13c.