to make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.-to furnish with ruffles; as, to ruffle a shirt.-to oughen or disturb the surface of; to make uneven by agitation or commotion.-to erect in a ruff, as feathers.-to beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.-to discompose; to agitate; to disturb.-to throw into disorder or confusion.-to throw together in a disorderly manner.-to grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent.-to become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter.-to be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger.-that which is ruffled; specifically, a strip of lace, cambric, or other fine cloth, plaited or gathered on one edge or in the middle, and used as a trimming; a frill.-a state of being ruffled or disturbed; disturbance; agitation; commotion; as, to put the mind in a ruffle.-a low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a roll; -- called also ruff.-the connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of any one of several species of american marine gastropods of the genus fulgur. see ootheca.