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Rareruffs
The correct spelling is ruffs.
How to pronounce ruffs
noun
Say it like: Ruf-fs
The correct spelling is ruffs. A circular frill or ruffle on a garment, especially a starched, fluted frill at the neck in Elizabethan and Jacobean England (1560s–1620s).
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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.
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