ruffle
     n 1: a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
          [syn: {frill}, {flounce}, {furbelow}]
     2: a high tight collar [syn: {choker}, {ruff}, {neck ruff}]
     3: a noisy fight [syn: {affray}, {disturbance}, {fray}]
     v 1: stir up (water) so as to form ripples [syn: {ripple}, {riffle},
           {cockle}, {undulate}]
     2: trouble or vex; "ruffle somebody's composure"
     3: to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to
        impress others; "He struts around like a rooster in a hen
        house" [syn: {swagger}, {prance}, {strut}, {sashay}, {cock}]
     4: discompose; "This play is going to ruffle some people"; "She
        has a way of ruffling feathers among her colleagues"
     5: twitch or flutter; "the paper flicked" [syn: {flick}, {riffle}]
     6: mix so as to make a random order or arrangement; "shuffle
        the cards" [syn: {shuffle}, {mix}]
     7: erect or fluff up; "the bird ruffled its feathers" [syn: {fluff}]
     8: disturb the smoothness of; "ruffle the surface of the water"
        [syn: {ruffle up}, {rumple}, {mess up}]
     9: pleat or gather into a ruffle; "ruffle the curtain fabric"
        [syn: {pleat}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0