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ruffle: pleat or gather into a ruffle; "ruffle the curtain fabric"; disturb the smoothness of; "ruffle the surface of the water"; erect or fluff up; "the bird ruffled its feathers"; trouble or vex; "ruffle somebody's composure"; discompose; "This play is going to ruffle some people"; "She has a way of ruffling feathers among her colleagues"

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pulsate collapse: expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically; "The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it"; move with or as if with a regular alternating motion; "the city pulsated with music and excitement"

palpitate collapse: beat rapidly; "His heart palpitated"; cause to throb or beat rapidly; "Her violent feelings palpitated the young woman's heart"

thrum collapse: a thrumming sound; "he could hear the thrum of a banjo"

furbelow collapse

valance collapse

beading collapse: a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture; ornamentation with beads

ruche collapse

rub the wrong way collapse

displease collapse: give displeasure to

dishevel collapse

lappet collapse: medium-sized hairy moths; larvae are lappet caterpillars; a small lap on a garment or headdress

dislocate collapse: put out of its usual place, position, or relationship; "The colonists displaced the natives"; move out of position; "dislocate joints"; "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically"

muss collapse: make messy or untidy; "the child mussed up my hair"

dragoon collapse: a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen; subjugate by imposing troops; compel by coercion, threats, or crude means; "They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone"

splatter collapse

disorient collapse: cause to be lost or disoriented

selvage collapse: the edge of a fabric that is woven so that it will not ravel or fray; border consisting of an ornamental fringe at either end of an oriental carpet

plicate collapse

drumbeat collapse: a vehement and vociferous advocacy of a cause; "the warmongers kept up their drumbeat on Iraq"; (military) the beating of a drum as a signal for lowering the flag at sundown

paradiddle collapse: the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously

roughen collapse: make rough or rougher; "roughen the surfaces so they will stick to each other"

befuddle collapse: make stupid with alcohol

swivet collapse

tuck collapse: a narrow flattened pleat or fold that is stitched in place; (sports) a bodily position adopted in some sports (such as diving or skiing) in which the knees are bent and the thighs are drawn close to the chest; eatables (especially sweets); fit snugly into; "insert your ticket into the slot"; "tuck your shirttail in"; make a tuck or several folds in; "tuck the fabric"; "tuck in the sheet"

tizzy collapse

drive up the wall collapse

crumple collapse

twill collapse: a cloth with parallel diagonal lines or ribs; a weave used to produce the effect of parallel diagonal ribs; weave diagonal lines into (textiles)

throb collapse: an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart); "he felt a throbbing in his head"; a deep pulsating type of pain; pulsate or pound with abnormal force; "my head is throbbing"; "Her heart was throbbing"

bordering collapse

derange collapse

flection collapse

flexure collapse: the state of being flexed (as of a joint)

discombobulate collapse

thump collapse: a heavy blow with the hand; a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects); hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist"

drum collapse: small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise; a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end; a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids; the sound of a drum; "he could hear the drums before he heard the fifes"; play a percussion instrument; make a rhythmic sound; "Rain drummed against the windshield"; "The drums beat all night"

bedevil collapse

splutter collapse: spit up in an explosive manner

nudzh collapse

sputter collapse: an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage); cause to undergo a process in which atoms are removed; "The solar wind protons must sputter away the surface atoms of the dust"; utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage; make an explosive sound; "sputtering engines"

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