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Noun
Definition: an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal
Definition: common Eurasian sandpiper; the male has an erectile neck ruff in breeding season
Definition: (card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit
Definition: A circular frill or ruffle on a garment, especially a starched, fluted frill at the neck in Elizabethan and Jacobean England (1560s–1620s).
Definition: Alternative spelling of ruffe: a small freshwater fish of the genus Gymnocephalus; specifically the Eurasian ruffe (Gymnocephalus cernua or Gymnocephalus cernuus) which has spiny fins; the pope.
Definition: An instance of ruffing, or an opportunity to ruff, when unable to follow suit.
Definition: A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruffle.
Verb
Definition: To shape (fabric, etc.) into a ruff; to adorn (a garment, etc.) with a ruff.
Definition: To play a trump card to a trick when unable to follow suit (that is, to play a card of the same suit as the previous or leading card).
Definition: To beat a ruff or ruffle, as on a drum.
Adjective
Definition: Alternative spelling of rough.