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How to pronounce “ruffle”
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Pronunciation guide for ruffle
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of ruffle with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Unlocking Creativity
in ninth grade, after I got into a young ruffle
- Definition summary
- Any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration.
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How to pronounce ruffle
Unlocking Creativity
in ninth grade, after I got into a young ruffle
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “ruffle”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- Any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration.
- Disturbance; agitation; commotion.
- (military) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruff.[1]
- (zoology) The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur.
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To make a ruffle in; to curl or flute, as an edge of fabric.
- (transitive) To disturb; especially, to cause to flutter.
- (intransitive) To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent.
- (intransitive) To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter.
- (intransitive) To be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger.
- To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.
- To erect in a ruff, as feathers.
- (military) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.
- To throw together in a disorderly manner.
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