ruffle in Tamil தமிழ்
ruffle in English
- ruffle⇄noun (Archaic.) a struggle; fight; brawl.
Ex. the ruffle betwixt the Scottish Archers and the provost-marshal's guard (Scott). - ruffle⇄noun a low steady beating of a drum, softer than a roll.
- ruffle⇄noun 1. roughness or unevenness in some surface; wrinkling.
2a. a strip of cloth, ribbon, or lace gathered along one edge and used for trimming. Women's dresses sometimes have ruffles; some men's shirts for evening wear have ruffles.
b. som - ruffle⇄ruffle (1), verb, -fled,-fling,noun.
- ruffle⇄ruffle (2), noun, verb, -fled,-fling.
- ruffle⇄ruffle (3), verb, -fled,-fling,noun.
- ruffle⇄v.i. to become ruffled.
Ex. The flag ruffled in the breeze. ""Of course you consider it would have been so,"" sighed the lady, ruffling (George Meredith). - ruffle⇄v.i. 1. to be violent or rough, as wind or waves.
2. to make a display; swagger.
Ex. Here he was, a provincial man of business, ruffling it with the best of them! (Arnold Bennett).
3. (Archaic.) to struggle; contend. - ruffle⇄v.t. to beat (a drum) in this way.
- ruffle⇄v.t. 1a. to make rough or uneven; destroy the smoothness of; wrinkle; rumple.
Ex. A breeze ruffled the lake. He ruffled up his gray moustache with thumb and forefinger (Booth Tarkington).
(SYN) roughen.
b. to cause to rise in anger or