Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To wrinkle; pucker; draw up into gathers, folds, or plaits.
  • To disorder; disturb the arrangement of; rumple; derange; disarrange; make uneven by agitation: as, ruffled attire; ruffled hair.
  • To disturb the surface of; cause to ripple or rise in waves.
  • To throw together in a disorderly manner.
  • To disquiet; discompose: agitate; disturb; annoy; vex: as, to ruffle the spirits or the temper.
  • To furnish or adorn with ruffles: as, to ruffle a shirt.
  • To get irritated, angry, or fretted.
  • To be in disorder; be tossed about; hence, to flutter.

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Examples

  • JHC says: dubs, predicament 1: back to sleep preDICKament 2: slip her one dose of ruffie and put the dub moves on her. repeat as neccessary to achieve desired results

    HAHDEN THE F-CK UP, JOKER 2007

  • I remember eating jumbo shrimp, ruffie, red fish and flounder for dirt cheap.

    Japanese Snack Review: Tamagogani “Meisauki” | The Anime Blog 2006

  • STALLONE: So I tell people, when they buy these diet books, and they see like, "Seven Days," and it's orange ruffie (ph), and then take Laughing Cow string cheese to work with you, and have that at 2: 00 -- you're not going to have it.

    CNN Transcript May 14, 2005 2005

  • I was just happy to have finally flushed a ruffie in shooting range.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2011

  • Or slip them a ruffie or something so they're knocked out.

    Home Theater Forum 2010

  • She hunted good and pure for the first hour or so but this was not my bush ranger of old who would scour a hazelnut thicket uncompromisingly until it yielded its secreted ruffie.

    Edmonton Sun 2010

  • Her spectrum ruffie Puzzle and his trusty side kick Piece

    Popular in the last 8 hours 2009

  • As then, she's still one mean slag who'll slip a ruffie in your diet Mr. Pibb if she thinks blowing a rank oil field worker will help her afford the latest nail polish color at the Kut-n-Kurl.

    Comments for 2008

  • Luncheons at Michael's include clam chowder for 70 cents, atifado for $3.95 and orange ruffie for $3.95.

    Postbulletin.com Local News 2008

  • December 7th, 2007 at 11: 53 am wwbd says: so i met this chick with the biggest chi’chi’s ive ever seen one time. she had a totally banging body* and she pulled off that bulma hair due really good too. long story short: i slipped her a ruffie bought her a drink, took her back to my crib, and dragon ball z’D her all night.

    DRAGONBALLZ IS A HIGH CLASS PRODUCTION 2007

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