1. (v. t.) To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.

2. (v. t.) To furnish with ruffles; as, to ruffle a shirt.

3. (v. t.) To roughen or disturb the surface of; to make uneven by agitation or commotion.

4. (v. t.) To erect in a ruff, as feathers.

5. (v. t.) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.

6. (v. t.) To discompose; to agitate; to disturb.

7. (v. t.) To throw into disorder or confusion.

8. (v. t.) To throw together in a disorderly manner.

9. (v. i.) To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent.

10. (v. i.) To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter.

11. (v. i.) To be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger.

12. (v. t. & i.) 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.

13. (v. t. & i.) A state of being ruffled or disturbed; disturbance; agitation; commotion; as, to put the mind in a ruffle.

14. (v. t. & i.) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a roll; -- called also ruff.

15. (v. t. & i.) The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of any one of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur. See Ootheca.

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