(ruf′əl) noun
1. A pleated strip; frill, as for trim or ornament; also, anything resembling this: also ruff.
2. A temporary discomposure.
3. A ripple.
—v. ·fled, ·fling v.t.
1. To disturb or destroy the smoothness or regularity of: The wind ruffles the lake.
2. To draw into folds or ruffles; gather.
3. To furnish with ruffles.
4. To erect (the feathers) in a ruff, as a bird when frightened.
5. To disturb or irritate; upset.
6 a To riffle (the pages of a book). b To shuffle (cards).
—v.i.
7. To be or become rumpled or disordered.
8. To become disturbed or irritated. [ME ruffelen. Cf. LG ruffelen rumple, ON hrufla scratch.]

(ruf′əl) noun
A low, continuous beat of a drum, not as loud as a roll: also ruff.
—v.t. ·fled, ·fling To beat a ruffle upon, as a drum. [<earlier ruff; imit.]

(ruf′əl) v.t. ·fled, ·fling
To act in a rough or turbulent manner; swagger; bluster. [? Special use of RUFFLE²]
—ruf′fler noun