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Rareruff
The correct spelling is ruff.
How to pronounce ruff
/ɹʌf/
nounIPA: /ɹʌf/
Say it like: Ruf-f
The correct spelling is ruff. A circular frill or ruffle on a garment, especially a starched, fluted frill at the neck in Elizabethan and Jacobean England (1560s–1620s). For example: "a rough estimate; a rough sketch of a building; a rough plan"
Usage Examples
“a rough estimate; a rough sketch of a building; a rough plan”
“rough sea”
“Being a teenager nowadays can be rough.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A circular frill or ruffle on a garment, especially a starched, fluted frill at the neck in Elizabethan and Jacobean England (1560s–1620s).
- 2.Anything formed with plaits or flutings like a frill.
- 3.Senses relating to animals.
- 4.A collar on a shaft or other piece to prevent endwise motion.
- 5.An exhibition of haughtiness or pride.
verb
- 1.To shape (fabric, etc.) into a ruff; to adorn (a garment, etc.) with a ruff.
- 2.Of a falcon, hawk, etc.: to hit (the prey) without fixing or grabbing hold of it.
- 3.To ruffle; to disorder.
- 4.Of a bird: to ruffle its feathers.
- 5.To boast, to brag.
interjection
- 1.The bark of a dog; arf, woof.
adjective
- 1.Not smooth; uneven.
- 2.Approximate; hasty or careless; not finished.
- 3.Turbulent.
- 4.Difficult; trying.
- 5.Crude; unrefined
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