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Meaning of ruffs

noun

A circular frill or ruffle on a garment, especially a starched, fluted frill at the neck in Elizabethan and Jacobean England (1560s–1620s).
Anything formed with plaits or flutings like a frill.
Senses relating to animals.
A collar on a shaft or other piece to prevent endwise motion.
An exhibition of haughtiness or pride.

verb

To shape (fabric, etc.) into a ruff; to adorn (a garment, etc.) with a ruff.
Of a falcon, hawk, etc.: to hit (the prey) without fixing or grabbing hold of it.
To ruffle; to disorder.
Of a bird: to ruffle its feathers.
To boast, to brag.

noun

Arripis georgianus, a fish found in cool waters off the southern coast of Australia; the Australian herring or tommy ruff.
A bottom-dwelling carnivorous fish of the family Sparidae found in temperate and tropical waters; a porgy or sea bream.

noun

An instance of ruffing, or an opportunity to ruff, when unable to follow suit.
A game similar to whist and its predecessor.

verb

To play a trump card to a trick when unable to follow suit (that is, to play a card of the same suit as the previous or leading card).
Especially in the form ruff out: to defeat (a card, etc.) by ruffing, thus establishing the master card in the suit led.

noun

A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruffle.

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