NOUN
  • Definition - A circular frill or ruffle on a garment, especially a starched, fluted frill at the neck in Elizabethan and Jacobean England (1560s–1620s).
  • Definition - Anything formed with plaits or flutings like a frill.
  • Definition - Senses relating to animals.
  • Definition - A collar on a shaft or other piece to prevent endwise motion.
  • Definition - An exhibition of haughtiness or pride.
  • Definition - Tumultuous or wanton conduct or procedure.
VERB
  • Definition - To shape (fabric, etc.) into a ruff; to adorn (a garment, etc.) with a ruff.
  • Definition - Of a falcon, hawk, etc.: to hit (the prey) without fixing or grabbing hold of it.
  • Definition - To ruffle; to disorder.
  • Definition - Of a bird: to ruffle its feathers.
  • Definition - To boast, to brag.
  • Definition - To speak in a loud and domineering manner; to bluster, to swagger.
NOUN
  • Definition - Arripis georgianus, a fish found in cool waters off the southern coast of Australia; the Australian herring or tommy ruff.
  • Definition - A bottom-dwelling carnivorous fish of the family Sparidae found in temperate and tropical waters; a porgy or sea bream.
NOUN
  • Definition - An instance of ruffing, or an opportunity to ruff, when unable to follow suit.
  • Definition - A game similar to whist and its predecessor.
VERB
  • Definition - To play a trump card to a trick when unable to follow suit (that is, to play a card of the same suit as the previous or leading card).
  • Definition - Especially in the form ruff out: to defeat (a card, etc.) by ruffing, thus establishing the master card in the suit led.
NOUN
  • Definition - A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruffle.
VERB
  • Definition - To beat a ruff or ruffle, as on a drum.
  • Definition - Of a drum, etc.: to have a ruff or ruffle beaten on it.
NOUN
  • Definition - Gymnocephalus cernua, a small Eurasian freshwater fish.
  • Definition - Other species in the same genus.
Words in your word
5 Letter Words
ruffs 11
4 Letter Words
ruff 10 furs 7 surf 7
3 Letter Words
fur 6
2 Letter Words
us 2