ruff

n. fancy high and frilled collar (worn during the 16th and 17th centuries); (Zoology) ring of feathers or neck hair around the neck of a bird or mammal; type of sandpiper with elaborate ruff

n. act of playing a trump card; type of old card game (similar to whist)

v. play trump on (in a card game)

Ruff has a number of meanings:Ruff (bird), a bird in the wader familyRuff, a ruffled collarRuff, the technique in card games: See ruff (cards) and  crossruff. Ruff - an old English word - to applaud by stamping ones feet (1896 - 1905)ruff, the sound dogs makeRuff, an animated cat (voiced by Don Messick) from The Ruff & Reddy Show, a Hanna-Barbera animated seriesRuff, the dog owned by the Dennis Mitchell's family in the comic strip Dennis the MenaceRuff, a Norwegian acrylic drum manufacture.Lindy Ruff, a National Hockey League head coach of the Buffalo Sabres.Real Ulster Freedom Fighters, otherwise known as the Real UFF (RUFF) is a loyalist paramilitary organisation in Northern Ireland. Its main objective has been to retain the British rule in Northern Ireland.RUFF, the annual Ryerson University Film Festival.Ruff Ruffman, the animated dog host of Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman on PBS Kids Go!Ruff, Another term for Drag in Rudimental Drumming
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Noun
1. a high tight collar
(synonym) choker, ruffle, neck ruff
(hypernym) collar, neckband
(hyponym) fraise
2. common Eurasian sandpiper; male has an erectile ruff in breeding season
(synonym) Philomachus pugnax
(hypernym) sandpiper
(hyponym) reeve
(member-holonym) Philomachus, genus Philomachus
3. the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit
(synonym) trumping
(hypernym) turn, play
(part-holonym) bridge
(derivation) trump
(classification) card game, cards
Verb
1. play a trump
(synonym) trump
(hypernym) move, go
(hyponym) overtrump
(derivation) trumping
(classification) card game, cards

(v. t.)
To ruffle; to disorder.
  

(v. t.)
To hit, as the prey, without fixing it.
  

(v. t.)
To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.
  

(v. i. & t.)
To trump.
  

(n.)
Wanton or tumultuous procedure or conduct.
  

(n.)
The act of trumping, especially when one has no card of the suit led.
  

(n.)
Something formed with plaits or flutings, like the collar of this name.
  

(n.)
An exhibition of pride or haughtiness.
  

(n.)
Alt. of Ruffe
  

(n.)
A variety of the domestic pigeon, having a ruff of its neck.
  

(n.)
A set of lengthened or otherwise modified feathers round, or on, the neck of a bird.
  

(n.)
A muslin or linen collar plaited, crimped, or fluted, worn formerly by both sexes, now only by women and children.
  

(n.)
A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a roll; a ruffle.
  

(n.)
A limicoline bird of Europe and Asia (Pavoncella, / Philommachus, pugnax) allied to the sandpipers. The males during the breeding season have a large ruff of erectile feathers, variable in their colors, on the neck, and yellowish naked tubercles on the face. They are polygamous, and are noted for their pugnacity in the breeding season. The female is called reeve, or rheeve.
  

(n.)
A game similar to whist, and the predecessor of it.
  

(n.)
A collar on a shaft ot other piece to prevent endwise motion. See Illust. of Collar.
  

A collar of fur around the neck.