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How to pronounce “ruff”
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Pronunciation guide for ruff
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of ruff with real speech in context.
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- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- The Physiology of Opera Singers
So if you always ah, ruff, ruff!
- Definition summary
- 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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How to pronounce ruff
The Physiology of Opera Singers
So if you always ah, ruff, ruff!
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “ruff”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- A circular frill or ruffle on a garment, especially a starched, fluted frill at the neck in Elizabethan and Jacobean England (1560s–1620s).
- Anything formed with plaits or flutings like a frill.
- Senses relating to animals.
- (engineering) A collar on a shaft or other piece to prevent endwise motion.
- (obsolete) An exhibition of haughtiness or pride.
- (obsolete) Tumultuous or wanton conduct or procedure.
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To shape (fabric, etc.) into a ruff; to adorn (a garment, etc.) with a ruff.
- (transitive, falconry) Of a falcon, hawk, etc.: to hit (the prey) without fixing or grabbing hold of it.
- (rare, transitive) To ruffle; to disorder.
- (obsolete, transitive) Of a bird: to ruffle its feathers.
- (obsolete, transitive) To boast, to brag.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To speak in a loud and domineering manner; to bluster, to swagger.
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