Definitions for ruffs

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Spelling: [ruhf]

IPA: /rʌf/

Ruffs is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 25 anagrams from letters in ruffs (ffrsu).

Definitions for ruffs

noun

1. a neckpiece or collar of lace, lawn, or the like, gathered or drawn into deep, full, regular folds, worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
2. something resembling such a piece in form or position.
3. a collar, or set of lengthened or specially marked hairs or feathers, on the neck of an animal.
4. Ornithology. a species of European and Asian sandpiper, Philomachus pugnax, the male of which has a large erectile ruff of feathers during the breeding season. Compare reeve3 .
5. Alaska and Northern Canada. a fringe of fur around the edge of a parka hood or along the edges of a jacket.
6. an act or instance of trumping when one cannot follow suit.
7. an old game of cards, resembling whist.
8. a small European freshwater fish, Acerina cernua, of the perch family.

verb (used with object)

1. tease (def 3).

verb (used with or without object)

1. to trump when unable to follow suit.

Origin of ruffs

First recorded in 1515-25; perhaps back formation from ruffle¹

Examples for ruffs

He was sitting in uniform on the other side of the fire, reading ruff's Guide.

Miss ruff saw how Lady Longspade passed on, but she was nothing disconcerted.

Who would wear for every sigh Blood's red flower upon his ruff?

The ruff, Machetes pugnax, was believed by Montague to be polygamous.

Then Mrs. Garded made two direct appeals to Miss ruff for mercy.

And very much, sir, the ruff and the slashed doublet become you!

ruff with left alone, especially with your partner's make or adoption.

The only case in which it is not an evidence of strength is when it shows a desire to ruff.

He glanced at Retief, adjusted his ruff and looked into the banquet hall.

The Ace first, and then King, signifies no more of the suit, and a desire to ruff.