RUFFLE UP

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Disturb the smoothness of

Example:

ruffle the surface of the water

Synonyms:

mess up; ruffle; ruffle up; rumple

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "ruffle up" is one way to...):

disarrange (destroy the arrangement or order of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something