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pleat or gather into a ruffle
e.g. ruffle the curtain fabric
Synonym: pleat
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disturb the smoothness of
e.g. ruffle the surface of the water
Synonym: ruffle up rumple mess up
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erect or fluff up
e.g. the bird ruffled its feathers
Synonym: fluff
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mix so as to make a random order or arrangement
e.g. shuffle the cards
Synonym: shuffle mix
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twitch or flutter
e.g. the paper flicked
Synonym: flick riffle
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trouble or vex
e.g. ruffle somebody's composure
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discompose
e.g. This play is going to ruffle some people
e.g. She has a way of ruffling feathers among her colleagues
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to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
e.g. He struts around like a rooster in a hen house
Synonym: tittup swagger prance strut sashay cock
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stir up (water) so as to form ripples
Synonym: ripple riffle cockle undulate