Having ruffles. / Puffed up like a bird's feathers. / (informal) Bothered.

plural of ruffle

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ruffle

simple past tense and past participle of ruffle

Any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration. / Disturbance; agitation; commotion. / (military) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruff.

(transitive) To make a ruffle in; to curl or flute, as an edge of fabric. / (transitive) To disturb; especially, to cause to flutter. / (intransitive) To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent.

present participle of ruffle

The action of the verb ruffle

plural of ruffling

(transitive) To disturb the smoothness of. / (transitive) To destroy or ruin the arrangement or order of; disarrange