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ruffle up

ruffle up verb: to disturb the smoothness of.

Verb

ruffle up (third-person singular simple present ruffles up, present participle ruffling up, simple past and past participle ruffled up)

  1. (transitive) To disturb the smoothness of.
    Synonyms:
    rumple, mess up, toruffle
  2. (transitive) To destroy or ruin the arrangement or order of; disarrange

Synonyms of ruffle up

Forms of ruffle up

third-person singular presentruffles up
present participleruffling up
past participleruffled up
pastruffled up

Questions about ruffle up

What does ruffle up mean?
Ruffle up means to disturb the smoothness of.
What part of speech is ruffle up?
Ruffle up is a verb.
What is the past tense of ruffle up?
The past tense of ruffle up is ruffled up.

Words near ruffle up in the dictionary

  1. ruffle a few feathers
  2. ruffle any feathers
  3. ruffle feathers
  4. ruffle some feathers
  5. ruffle someone's feathers
  6. ruffle up
  7. ruffleable
  8. ruffled
  9. ruffled a few feathers
  10. ruffled any feathers
  11. ruffled feathers

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