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Ruff

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Noun

1. frill, ruff

an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal

2. choker, neck ruff, ruff, ruffle

a high tight collar

3. philomachus pugnax, ruff

common Eurasian sandpiper; the male has an erectile neck ruff in breeding season

4. ruff, trumping

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

Verb

5. ruff, trump

play a trump

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Ruff

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noun
1. 
a circular pleated, gathered, or fluted collar of lawn, muslin, etc, often starched or wired, worn by both men and women in the 16th and 17th centuries
2. zoology
a natural growth of long or coloured hair or feathers around the necks of certain animals or birds
3. 
a. 
an Old World shore bird, Philomachus pugnax, the male of which has a large erectile ruff of feathers in the breeding season: family Scolopacidae (sandpipers, etc), order Charadriiformes
b. 
the male of this bird
Compare reeve3
noun
1.  another word for trump1
2. 
an old card game similar to whist
verb
3.  another word for trump1 (sense 4)
noun
another name for roughie

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Ruff

see synonyms of ruff
noun
1. 
a high, frilled or pleated collar of starched muslin, lace, etc., worn by men and women in the 16th and 17th cent.
2. 
a band of distinctively colored or protruding feathers or fur about the neck of an animal or bird
3. 
a Eurasian sandpiper (Philomachus pugnax), the male of which grows a large ruff during the breeding season
the female is called a reeve
verb transitive, verb intransitive
1. 
trump1
noun
2. 
the act of trumping
noun
1. 
a small, spotted, European freshwater perch (Acerina cernua)
: also ruffe
2. 
any of various Atlantic butterfishes (genus Centrolophus)

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Ruff

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n.
1. A stiffly starched frilled or pleated circular collar of lace, muslin, or other fine fabric, worn by men and women in the 1500s and 1600s.
2. A distinctive collarlike projection around the neck, as of feathers on a bird or of fur on a mammal.
3. A migratory sandpiper (Philomachus pugnax) of the Eastern Hemisphere, the male of which has collarlike, erectile feathers around the neck during the breeding season.
n.
1. The playing of a trump card when one cannot follow suit.
2. An old game resembling whist.
tr. & intr.v. ruffed, ruff·ing, ruffs
To trump or play a trump.
n.
1. also ruffe Any of several marine fishes of the family Centrolophidae, usually having spiny dorsal fins.
2. A small edible fish (Arripis georgianus) of coastal and estuarine waters of southern Australia. Also called roughy.
3. Variant of ruffe.
n.
See ruffle2.

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