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verb | noun ruffleruffle1 /ˈrʌfəl/ verb ETYMOLOGYruffle1Origin: 1300-1400 Perhaps copying the action VERB TABLEruffle |
| Present | I, you, we, they | ruffle | | he, she, it | ruffles | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | ruffled | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have ruffled | | he, she, it | has ruffled | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had ruffled | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will ruffle | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have ruffled |
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| Present | I | am ruffling | | he, she, it | is ruffling | | you, we, they | are ruffling | | Past | I, he, she, it | was ruffling | | you, we, they | were ruffling | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been ruffling | | he, she, it | has been ruffling | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been ruffling | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be ruffling | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been ruffling |
► ruffled some feathers Yancy’s aggressive style has ruffled some feathers (=annoyed some people). 1[transitive] to make a smooth surface uneven: The wind ruffled Jill’s hair.2[transitive] to offend or upset someone slightly: Yancy’s aggressive style has ruffled some feathers (=annoyed some people).3[intransitive, transitive] if a bird ruffles its feathers or the feathers ruffle, they stand out from the bird’s body verb | noun ruffleruffle2 noun [countable] a band of thin cloth sewn in folds, used as a decoration around the edge of something such as a dress |