ruffing

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English

Definitions

verb

To shape (fabric, etc.) into a ruff; to adorn (a garment, etc.) with a ruff.
Of a falcon, hawk, etc.: to hit (the prey) without fixing or grabbing hold of it.
To ruffle; to disorder.
Of a bird: to ruffle its feathers.

verb

To play a trump card to a trick when unable to follow suit (that is, to play a card of the same suit as the previous or leading card).
Especially in the form ruff out: to defeat (a card, etc.) by ruffing, thus establishing the master card in the suit led.

verb

To beat a ruff or ruffle, as on a drum.
Of a drum, etc.: to have a ruff or ruffle beaten on it.

Related words

Synonyms

trump choker ruffle trumping neck ruff philomachus pugnax ruffell ruffin ruffo ruffner ruffolo rufford ruffino ruffalo rough rought

Rhymes

puffing huffing muffing sloughing rebuffing scuffing snuffing bluffing fluffing whiffing

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