"toruffle" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /təˈɹʌfəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-toruffle.wav [Southern-England] Forms: toruffles [present, singular, third-person], toruffling [participle, present], toruffled [participle, past], toruffled [past]
Etymology: From to- + ruffle. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|to|ruffle}} to- + ruffle Head templates: {{en-verb}} toruffle (third-person singular simple present toruffles, present participle toruffling, simple past and past participle toruffled)
  1. (transitive, archaic) To ruffle excessively, to the degree of causing something to lose its proper form or shape; ruffle up. Tags: archaic, transitive
    Sense id: en-toruffle-en-verb-fC1zXpCH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with to-

Inflected forms

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