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ruff Definition:
- Calidris pugnax
| Ruff (n.) A game similar to whist, and the predecessor of it. |
| Ruff (n.) The act of trumping, especially when one has no card of the suit led. |
| Ruff (v. i. & t.) To trump. |
| Ruff (n.) A muslin or linen collar plaited, crimped, or fluted, worn formerly by both sexes, now only by women and children. |
| Ruff (n.) Something formed with plaits or flutings, like the collar of this name. |
| Ruff (n.) An exhibition of pride or haughtiness. |
| Ruff (n.) Wanton or tumultuous procedure or conduct. |
| Ruff (n.) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a roll |
| Ruff (n.) A collar on a shaft ot other piece to prevent endwise motion. See Illust. of Collar. |
| Ruff (n.) A set of lengthened or otherwise modified feathers round, or on, the neck of a bird. |
| ruff / trumping (card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit |
| ruff / Philomachus pugnax common Eurasian sandpiper, the male has an erectile neck ruff in breeding season |
| choker / ruff / ruffle / neck ruff a high tight collar |
| frill / ruff an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal |
| trump ruff play a trump |
ruff Synonyme:
| ruff ace barrage beat beating best bower bower cards clubs crease crimp crisp deck deuce diamonds dog-ear double double over drum drum music drumbeat drumfire drumming dummy enfold face cards flounce flush flute flutter fold fold over frill full house gather hand hearts infold interfold jack joker king knave lap over left bower pack pair palpitation paradiddle patter picture cards pitapat pitter-patter plait plat playing cards pleat plicate ply pound pounding pulsation queen quill rat-a-tat rat-tat rat-tat-tat rataplan rattattoo roll round royal flush rub-a-dub rubber ruffle singleton spades spatter splutter sputter staccato straight tat-tat tattoo throb throbbing thrum thumping tom-tom trey trick trump tuck turn over twill |
| ruffian Babbitt Philistine arriviste bad boy battler belligerent belted knight bickerer blade booger boor bounder bourgeois bravo brawler bucko buffoon bugger bully bullyboy cad churl clown combatant competitor contender contestant cutthroat cutup desperado devil disputant duelist elf enfant terrible enforcer epicier fencer feuder fighter fighting cock foilsman funmaker gamecock gladiator goon gorilla groundling gunman guttersnipe hatchet man hell-raiser hellcat hood hoodlum hooligan ill-bred fellow imp joker jokester jouster killer knave knight little devil little monkey little rascal looby lout low fellow mad dog militant minx mischief mischief-maker mucker nouveau riche parvenu peasant pixie plug-ugly practical joker prankster puck punk quarreler rapscallion rascal ribald rioter rival rogue rough roughneck rowdy sabreur scamp scapegrace scrapper scuffler squabbler strong arm strong-arm man strong-armer struggler swashbuckler sword swordplayer swordsman thug tilter tough tussler upstart vulgarian vulgarist wag wrangler yahoo yokel |
| ruffianly bad boorish carlish churlish cloddish clownish disorderly disruptive hooliganish improper loobyish loutish lubberly lumpish misbehaving naughty not respectable off-base out-of-line raffish roughneck rowdy rowdyish unbehaving yokelish |