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ruffles

ruffles is the plural of ruffle.

ruffles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of ruffle.

Meaning of ruffle

Noun

ruffle (plural ruffles)

  1. Any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration.
    • She loved the dress with the lace ruffle at the hem.
    Synonyms:
    frill, furbelow
  2. Disturbance; agitation; commotion.
    • to put the mind in a ruffle
  3. A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruff.
  4. The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur.

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Phrases with ruffles

Questions about ruffles

What is ruffles the plural of?
Ruffles is the plural of ruffle.

Words near ruffles in the dictionary

  1. ruffleless
  2. rufflement
  3. rufflements
  4. ruffler
  5. rufflers
  6. ruffles
  7. ruffles a few feathers
  8. ruffles any feathers
  9. ruffles feathers
  10. ruffles some feathers
  11. ruffles someone's feathers

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