ruffle
Any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decorationAny gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration.
» Tom's comments ruffled a few feathers.
Toms Kommentare haben einige Hutschnüre zum Platzen gebracht.
Комментарии Тома не всем пришлись по нраву.
Meaning
4 sensesAny gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration.
She loved the dress with the lace ruffle at the hem.
Rüsche, Krause
оборкаoborka
a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
Disturbance; agitation; commotion.
to put the mind in a ruffle
A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruff.
The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur.
Examples
35 sentencesTom's comments ruffled a few feathers.
ruКомментарии Тома не всем пришлись по нраву. — Wezel
deToms Kommentare haben einige Hutschnüre zum Platzen gebracht. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom didn't seem ruffled at all.
That's sure to ruffle some feathers.
Tom ruffled his hands through his hair.
A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English ruffelen, perhaps from Old Norse hrufla (“to graze, scratch”) or MiddlFrom Middle English ruffelen, perhaps from Old Norse hrufla (“to graze, scratch”) or Middle Low German ruffelen (“to wrinkle, curl”). Further origin unknown. Related to Middle Dutch ruyffelen, German Low German ruffeln. See English ruff.
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