Found 3 items, similar to ruff.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: ruff
bulu leher hewan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: ruff
ruff
n 1: a high tight collar [syn:
choker,
ruffle,
neck ruff]
2: common Eurasian sandpiper; male has an erectile ruff in
breeding season [syn:
Philomachus pugnax]
3: the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow
suit [syn:
trumping]
v : play a trump [syn:
trump]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: ruff
Ruffle
\Ruf"fle\, n. [See
Ruffle, v. t. & i.]
1. That which is ruffled; specifically, a strip of lace,
cambric, or other fine cloth, plaited or gathered on one
edge or in the middle, and used as a trimming; a frill.
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2. A state of being ruffled or disturbed; disturbance;
agitation; commotion; as, to put the mind in a ruffle.
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3. (Mil.) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a
roll; -- called also
ruff. --H. L. Scott.
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4. (Zo["o]l.) The connected series of large egg capsules, or
o["o]thec[ae], of any one of several species of American
marine gastropods of the genus
Fulgur. See
O["o]theca.
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Ruffle of a boot, the top turned down, and scalloped or
plaited. --Halliwell.
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Trump
\Trump\, n. [A corruption of triumph, F. triomphe. See
Triumph, and cf.
Trump a trumpet.]
1. A winning card; one of a particular suit (usually
determined by chance for each deal) any card of which
takes any card of the other suits.
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2. An old game with cards, nearly the same as whist; --
called also
ruff. --Decker.
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3. A good fellow; an excellent person. [Slang]
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Alfred is a trump, I think you say. --Thackeray.
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To put to one's trumps, or
To put on one's trumps, to
force to the last expedient, or to the utmost exertion.
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But when kings come so low as to fawn upon
philosophy, which before they neither valued nor
understood, it is a sign that fails not, they are
then put to their last trump. --Milton.
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Put the housekeeper to her trumps to accommodate
them. --W. Irving.
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