ruff

Nouns

  • (n) an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal frill,
  • (n) a high tight collar neck ruff, ruffle, choker,
  • (n) common Eurasian sandpiper; the male has an erectile neck ruff in breeding season Philomachus pugnax,
  • (n) (card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit trumping,

Verbs

  • (v) play a trump trump,

Synonyms

trump frill neck ruff ruffle choker Philomachus pugnax trumping

Words of close approximity

rub rue RUF rug rum run Rus rut
rube ruby ruck rudd rude ruga Ruhr ruin rule ruly rump rune rung runt ruse rush rusk rust Ruta Ruth
ruffed grouse ruffian ruffianism ruffianly ruffle ruffled ruffle up