English Dictionary

ruff

/ɹʌf/

verb

(transitive) To shape (fabric, etc.) into a ruff; to adorn (a garment, etc.) with a ruff. / (transitive, falconry) Of a falcon, hawk, etc.: to hit (the prey) without fixing or grabbing hold of it.

She used a ruff to shape the fabric.

意味（1）

(transitive) To shape (fabric, etc.) into a ruff; to adorn (a garment, etc.) with a ruff.

The ladies have been carped at, and their dress; / You wanted them ruffed up like good Queen Bess; […]

意味（2）

(transitive, falconry) Of a falcon, hawk, etc.: to hit (the prey) without fixing or grabbing hold of it.

Instantly the keen-eyed hawk stooped, or descended, with a rushing swoop, and struck one of the birds with her claws, but without killing it, which is called rifling, or ruffing it.

意味（3）

(rare, transitive) To ruffle; to disorder.

Thenceforth the fether in her lofty creſt, / Ruffed of loue, gan lowly to auaile, / And her prowd portaunce, and her princely geſt, / VVith which ſhe earſt tryumphed, now did quaile: […]

意味（4）

(obsolete, transitive) Of a bird: to ruffle its feathers.

Scat, the crow said. I ignored him. He ruffed up his feathers, doubling his size.

意味（5）

(obsolete, transitive) To boast, to brag.

意味（6）

(obsolete, intransitive) To speak in a loud and domineering manner; to bluster, to swagger.

[…] Mr Gillies ruffed and screamed out so loud in approbation, that he fell from his chair, and brought an American gentleman down with him.