ruffle in WordNet English dictionary

1. a noisy fight
   affray  disturbance  fray  ruffle 
   
2. a high tight collar
   choker  ruff  ruffle  neck ruff 
   
3. a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
   frill  flounce  ruffle  furbelow 
   

1. to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
   "He struts around like a rooster in a hen house"
   tittup  swagger  ruffle  prance  strut  sashay  cock 
   
2. stir up (water) so as to form ripples
   ripple  ruffle  riffle  cockle  undulate 
   
3. twitch or flutter
   "the paper flicked"
   flick  ruffle  riffle 
   
4. erect or fluff up
   "the bird ruffled its feathers"
   ruffle  fluff 
   
5. disturb the smoothness of
   "ruffle the surface of the water"
   ruffle  ruffle up  rumple  mess up 
   
6. mix so as to make a random order or arrangement
   "shuffle the cards"
   shuffle  ruffle  mix 
   
7. pleat or gather into a ruffle
   "ruffle the curtain fabric"
   ruffle  pleat 
   
8. trouble or vex
   "ruffle somebody's composure"
   ruffle 
   
9. discompose
   "This play is going to ruffle some people"; "She has a way of ruffling feathers among her colleagues"
   ruffle