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" I'm one of those people who was taught not to ruffle any feathers. Of course, I have no problem ruffling feathers."
Anne Heche

Meaning of "ruffling" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF RUFFLING

ˈrʌfəlɪŋ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RUFFLING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ruffling is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RUFFLING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ruffle

In sewing and dressmaking, a ruffle, frill, or furbelow is a strip of fabric, lace or ribbon tightly gathered or pleated on one edge and applied to a garment, bedding, or other textile as a form of trimming. The term flounce is a particular type of fabric manipulation that creates a similar look but with less bulk. The term derives from earlier terms of frounce or fronce. A wavy effect effected without gathers or pleats is created by cutting a curved strip of fabric and applying the inner or shorter edge to the garment. The depth of the curve as well as the width of the fabric determines the depth of the flounce. A godet is a circle wedge that can be inserted into a flounce to further deepen the outer floating wave without adding additional bulk at the point of attachment to the body of the garment, such as at the hemline, collar or sleeve. Ruffles appeared at the draw-string necklines of full chemises in the 15th century, evolved into the separately-constructed ruff of the 16th century. Ruffles and flounces remained a fashionable form of trim, off-and-on into modern times.

Definition of ruffling in the English dictionary

The definition of ruffling in the dictionary is the act of unsettling or disturbing someone or his or her composure. Other definition of ruffling is the act or an instance of erecting its feathers in anger, display, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RUFFLING

bustling · cancelling · counselling · cycling · disabling · dismantling · enabling · juggling · labelling · modeling · modelling · purfling · puzzling · remodeling · signaling · signalling · smuggling · stumbling · travelling · waffling

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RUFFLING

rufescence · rufescent · ruff · ruffe · ruffed grouse · ruffian · ruffianish · ruffianism · ruffianly · ruffle · ruffle feathers · ruffled · ruffler · Rufflette · Rufflette tape · rufflike · ruffly · rufiyaa · rufous · rug

WORDS THAT END LIKE RUFFLING

baffling · calling · chiefling · feeling · fling · halfling · handling · Highland fling · mailing · outfling · piffling · rifling · rolling · scuffling · selling · sterling · stifling · trifling · upfling · wolfling

Synonyms and antonyms of ruffling in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «RUFFLING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «ruffling» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «ruffling» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RUFFLING

Find out the translation of ruffling to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of ruffling from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ruffling» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

惹怒
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

alborotaba
570 millions of speakers
en

English

ruffling
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

ruffling
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الإزعاج
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

потрепав
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

despenteando
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

রাফলিং
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

ébouriffant
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Ruffling
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

zerzauste
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

波打ち
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

물결이 일게
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Ruffling
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

làm rối
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

பிறப்புறுப்பை
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

रफ्लिंग
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

ruffling
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

arruffamento
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

marszczenia
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

пошарпавши
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

ruffling
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ruffling
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ruffling
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ruffling
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ruffling
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ruffling

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QUOTES WITH «RUFFLING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word ruffling.
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Anne Heche
I'm one of those people who was taught not to ruffle any feathers. Of course, I have no problem ruffling feathers.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RUFFLING»

Discover the use of ruffling in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ruffling and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Ruffling the Peacock's Feathers: Stories from Village India
These are timeless stories of family feuds, the force of the supernatural,marriage rituals, struggles of life in both drought and monsoon, the role of caste and the perils of revenge.Read along with us as we meet cooks, Indian civil ...
David Howard Day, 2010
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Ruffling: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases
Who could be so selfish?ndash;Myrtle BarkerA man can believe a considerable deal of rubbish, and yet go about his daily work in a rational and cheerful manner.ndash;Norman DouglasLogic! Good gracious! What rubbish!
‎2008
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Maturation Phenomenon in Cerebral Ischemia III: Defensive ...
TT Coagulated and Immobile Coagulated Plasma membrane fragmented and chromatin condensed Vacuolization, degeneration Coagulated, degeneration, membrane ballooning Activated with ruffling, phagosome formation Activated, ruffling ...
Umeo Ito, Cesare Fieschi, Francesco Orzi, 1999
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The plays of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and ...
The tailor stays thy leisure* To deck thy body with his ruffling treasure.4 Enter Tailor. Come, tailor, let us see these ornaments;5 Enter Haberdasher.8 Lay forth the gown. — What news with you, sir? * Keith his ruffling treasure.] This is the ...
William Shakespeare, Joseph Dennie, George Steevens, 1805
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The plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the corrections ...
The tailor stays thy leisure, To deck thy body with his ruffling treasure.4 Enter Tailor. Come, tailor, let us see these ornaments;' Enter Haberdasher.6 Lay forth the gown. — What news with you, sir? * with his ruffling treasure .] This is the reading ...
William Shakespeare, Joseph Dennie, Isaac Reed, 1805
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THE BEHAVIOR OF COMMUNICATING
The crouch display of the crimson-backed tanager, with and without feather ruffling. The typical posture without ruffling is shown at the top. A more extreme form of the posture is shown below. The bird's legs are more flexed and its body axis is ...
W. John Smith, 1980
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Taming of the shrew; Winter's tale
Come, tailor, let us see these ornaments than rustling, in unpaid for silk ;" but ruffling is sometimes used in nearly the same sense. Thus, in King Lear : " — the high winds " Do sorely ruffle.'' There clearly the idea of noise as well as turbulence ...
William Shakespeare, 1813
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Lipid Second Messengers
PI 3-kinase has also been shown to be necessary for PDGF- induced membrane ruffling: PDGF receptor mutants that fail to bind PI 3-kinase fail to mediate membrane ruffling and wortmannin blocks PDGF-induced membrane ruffling ...
Robert M. Bell, John H. Exton, Stephen M. Prescott, 1996
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Bacterial Invasion into Eukaryotic Cells
Soon after coming in contact with the epithelial brush border, Salmonella induces distortions in the host cell membrane that resemble the membrane ruffling caused by growth factors, hormones, or oncogenic stimuli (Ridley, 1994). However ...
Tobias A. Oelschlaeger, Jörg H. Hacker, 2000
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The Backyard Chicken Fight: How Keeping Chickens in Your ...
Journalist and chicken-owner Gretchen Anderson chronicles the stories of people who are fighting City Hall for the right to own chickens.
Gretchen Anderson, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RUFFLING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ruffling is used in the context of the following news items.
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Canada: Ruffling feathers
Jamie Black, founder of Nouveau North, says, “[Canada has] been ruffling some feathers at the moment, especially in stances on foreign policy and climate. «Transform magazine, Jul 15»
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Long-awaited 'Mockingbird' sequel is already ruffling feathers (poll)
FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2007, file photo, Harper Lee, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "To kill a Mockingbird," smiles during a ceremony honoring the four ... «NOLA.com, Jul 15»
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Morning Report: New Balboa Park Chief's Feather-Ruffling Track …
When you're on the hunt for a new person to fill a position at work, you generally want a candidate with experience. Thomas Herrera-Mishler, who started his ... «Voice of San Diego, Jun 15»
4
Flock of geese ruffling feathers in Milford
Next. MILFORD, Mich. (WXYZ) - A flock of geese are ruffling some feathers in one Milford neighborhood, and neighbors want to see them gone. The problem for ... «WXYZ, Jun 15»
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Solution to Fla. peacock problem ruffling some feathers
Solution to Fla. peacock problem ruffling some feathers. Neighbors at odds over killed peacocks. Andrew Capasso, First Coast News 12:23 p.m. EDT May 8, ... «13WMAZ, May 15»
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Girl who gets gifts from crows ruffling neighbors' feathers
The story of the girl's relationship with the birds and images of the crow gifts she collects touched the hearts of many readers. Alas, the girl's relationship with her ... «KIRO Seattle, Apr 15»
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Little Britain farm ruffling some feathers
Pennsylvania-based Rent The Chicken opened its GTA branch on a farm southwest of Lindsay a few weeks ago, providing wannabe urban farmers a chance to ... «Peterborough Examiner, Apr 15»
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Sbu will be victimised for ruffling corporate South Africa
Sbu will be victimised for ruffling corporate South Africa. 26 Mar 2015 00:00 Gugu Ndima. Gugu Ndima writes an open letter to the DJ in response to his recent ... «Mail & Guardian Online, Mar 15»
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Squawk boxed: Avian flu outbreak ruffling some feathers
Poultry producers got plucked Wednesday after a strain of avian flu was found in Missouri and Arkansas commercial turkey flocks. Although not lethal to humans, ... «USA TODAY, Mar 15»
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Dr. Ben Carson Ruffling Feathers Right and Left With Gay Comments
Dr. Ben Carson raised eyebrows from commentators both left and right with his recent comments on homosexuality, but his exploratory committee insists that the ... «Breitbart News, Mar 15»
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