The definition of a ruffle is a pleating or gathering of fabric, or an annoyance.
(noun)Ruffle is defined as to wrinkle, or to annoy or bother.
(verb)See ruffle in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb ruffled, ruffling
Origin: ME ruffelen < ON or MLowG, as in LowG, ON hrufla, to scratch
intransitive verb
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See ruffle in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: From Middle English ruffelen, to roughen
.noun
Origin:
Origin: Probably from frequentative of ruff4
.intransitive verb ruf·fled, ruf·fling, ruf·fles
Origin:
Origin: Middle English ruffelen, to quarrel
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