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ruffles up

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

Meaning of ruffle up

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

Questions about ruffles up

What is ruffles up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Ruffles up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of ruffle up.

Words near ruffles up in the dictionary

  1. ruffles a few feathers
  2. ruffles any feathers
  3. ruffles feathers
  4. ruffles some feathers
  5. ruffles someone's feathers
  6. ruffles up
  7. ruffless
  8. rufflier
  9. ruffliest
  10. rufflike
  11. ruffliness

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