Associations to the word «Ruff»

RUFF, noun. A gregarious, medium-sized wading bird of Eurasia, Philomachus pugnax.

RUFF, noun. A male of the species. (The female is a reeve).

RUFF, noun. Alternative spelling of ruffe a small freshwater fish; a pope.

RUFF, noun. A circular frill or ruffle on a garment, especially a starched, fluted frill at the neck in Elizabethan and Jacobean England.

RUFF, noun. Anything formed with plaits or flutings, like the frill.

RUFF, noun. (obsolete) An exhibition of pride or haughtiness.

RUFF, noun. (obsolete) Wanton or tumultuous procedure or conduct.

RUFF, noun. (military) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruffle.

RUFF, noun. (engineering) A collar on a shaft or other piece to prevent endwise motion.

RUFF, noun. A set of lengthened or otherwise modified feathers on or around the neck of a bird.

RUFF, verb. To ruffle; to disorder.

RUFF, verb. (military) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.

RUFF, verb. (hawking) To hit (the prey) without fixing it.

RUFF, noun. A card game similar to whist, and the predecessor of it.

RUFF, verb. (cards) To play a trump card to a trick, other than when trumps were led

RUFF, adjective. (colloquial) Alternative spelling of rough

RUFF, interjection. The bark of a dog; woof.

RUFF, noun. An external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal.

RUFF, noun. A high tight collar.

RUFF, noun. Common Eurasian sandpiper; the male has an erectile neck ruff in breeding season.

RUFF, noun. (card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit.

RUFF, verb. Play a trump.