Synonyms: affray, ruffle, disturbance, fray
Definition: a noisy fight
Similar words: scrap, combat, fight, fighting
Definition: the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
Usage: a fight broke out at the hockey game; there was fighting in the streets; the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap
Synonyms: choker, neck ruff, ruff, ruffle
Definition: a high tight collar
Similar words: neckband, collar
Definition: a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over
Synonyms: frill, furbelow, flounce, ruffle
Definition: a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
Similar words: adornment
Definition: a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness
Definition: pleat or gather into a ruffle
Usage: ruffle the curtain fabric
Similar words: turn up, fold, fold up
Definition: bend or lay so that one part covers the other
Usage: fold up the newspaper; turn up your collar
Synonyms: ruffle, ruffle up, rumple, mess up
Definition: disturb the smoothness of
Usage: ruffle the surface of the water
Similar words: disarrange
Definition: destroy the arrangement or order of
Usage: My son disarranged the papers on my desk
Definition: erect or fluff up
Usage: the bird ruffled its feathers
Synonyms: mix, ruffle, shuffle
Definition: mix so as to make a random order or arrangement
Usage: shuffle the cards
Similar words: manipulate
Definition: hold something in one's hands and move it
Synonyms: flick, riffle, ruffle
Definition: twitch or flutter
Usage: the paper flicked
Definition: cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
Usage: Move those boxes into the corner, please; I'm moving my money to another bank; The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant
Synonyms: ruffle
Definition: trouble or vex
Usage: ruffle somebody's composure
Similar words: devil, irritate, get at, get to, gravel, rag, rile, bother, chafe, annoy, nark, nettle, vex
Definition: cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
Usage: Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me; It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves
Synonyms: ruffle
Definition: discompose
Usage: This play is going to ruffle some people; She has a way of ruffling feathers among her colleagues
Similar words: fluster
Definition: cause to be nervous or upset
Synonyms: prance, cock, ruffle, sashay, tittup, swagger, strut
Definition: to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
Usage: He struts around like a rooster in a hen house
Similar words: walk
Definition: use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
Usage: Walk, don't run!; We walked instead of driving; She walks with a slight limp; The patient cannot walk yet; Walk over to the cabinet
Synonyms: ruffle, cockle, undulate, riffle, ripple
Definition: stir up (water) so as to form ripples
Definition: move or progress freely as if in a stream
Usage: The crowd flowed out of the stadium