kink vs ruffle

kink

verb
  • To be formed into a kink or twist. 

  • To laugh loudly. 

  • To form a kink or twist. 

  • To gasp for breath as in a severe fit of coughing. 

noun
  • A convulsive fit of coughing or laughter; a sonorous indraft of breath; a whoop; a gasp of breath caused by laughing, coughing, or crying. 

  • A positive 1-soliton solution to the sine-Gordon equation. 

  • A tight curl, twist, or bend in a length of thin material, hair etc. 

  • An unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a whim; a caprice. 

  • A difficulty or flaw that is likely to impede operation, as in a plan or system. 

  • Peculiarity or deviation in sexual behaviour or taste. 

  • A person with peculiar sexual tastes. 

ruffle

verb
  • To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle. 

  • To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter. 

  • To erect in a ruff, as feathers. 

  • To throw together in a disorderly manner. 

  • To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum. 

  • To disturb; especially, to cause to flutter. 

  • To be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger. 

  • To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent. 

  • To make a ruffle in; to curl or flute, as an edge of fabric. 

noun
  • Any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration. 

  • Disturbance; agitation; commotion. 

  • The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur. 

  • A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruff. 

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