Meanings
verbruffle up (third-person singular simple present ruffles up, present participle ruffling up, simple past and past participle ruffled up)
present singular third person ruffles up · participle present ruffling up · participle past ruffled up · past ruffled up
- transitiveTo destroy or ruin the arrangement or order of; disarrange
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ruffle up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ruffle%20up
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“ruffle up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ruffle%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ruffle up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ruffle%20up.
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