Ruff
Capitalized noun form
A ruff is a stiff, pleated collar that radiates outward from the neck, worn in 16th- and 17th-century Europe.
The term extends to similar frills of feathers or fur around an animal's neck: the ruff of a lion.
A ruff is also a sandpiper with a distinctive neck plumage.
In card games, to ruff is to play a trump card when you can't follow suit.
Sharp canine vocalization
sound · vocalization · pet · playful · greeting · alert · excited · collar
Small wading shorebird
- waderShallow-water walker
- reeveManor's administrative official
- breedingReproductive cultivation of organisms
- plumageBird's complete feather coat
shorebird · migratory · male · display · ornate · feathers · wetland · courtship
Suit outranking all others
- trickDeliberate deception
- whistTrick-taking partnership card game
- bidOffer to purchase
- suitMatched formal garments
play · card · hand · strategy · deal · partner · round · deck
bark
Sharp canine vocalization
canine · sound · vocalization · pet · playful · greeting · alert · excited · collar · leash
sandpiper
Small wading shorebird
- waderShallow-water walker
- reeveManor's administrative official
- breedingReproductive cultivation of organisms
plumage · shorebird · migratory · male · display · ornate · feathers · wetland · courtship · marsh
trump
Suit outranking all others
suit · play · card · hand · strategy · deal · partner · round · deck · discard
Elizabethan
Of late 1500s England
neck · costume · Renaissance · Tudor · frill · fashion · theatrical · period · white · circular
- dev toolslinter, compilers, Git, debuggers, IDEs
- Cartoon AnimalsSnoopy, Garfield, Odie, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck
- South African Musicians
- ruffle some feathersCause mild irritation
- ruffle someone's feathersTo annoy or upset
- ruffled some feathersCaused mild offense
- ruffle feathersTo annoy or disturb
- ruffling some feathersCausing minor irritation
- ruffling feathers