Ruff
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English
Noun
Ruff (plural Ruffs)- A male of the species Philomachus pugnax, a highly gregarious, medium-sized wading bird of Eurasia; the female is a reeve.
- Any of several freshwater fish, of the genus Acerina, similar to perch.
- A circular frill or ruffle on a garment, especially a starched, fluted neckware in Elizabethan and Jacobean England.
- A card game similar to whist, and the predecessor of it ruff and honours.
Verb
Ruff (third-person singular simple present Ruffs, present participle Ruffing, simple past and past participle Ruffed)
- (card games)To play a trump card to a trick, other than when trumps were led
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Ruff
- The bark of a dog; woof.
Thesaurus
ace, barrage, beat, beating, best bower, bower, cards, clubs, crease, crimp, crisp, deck, deuce, diamonds, dog-ear, double, double over, drum, drum music, drumbeat, drumfire, drumming, dummy, enfold, face cards, flounce, flush, flute, flutter, fold, fold over, frill, full house, gather, hand, hearts, infold, interfold, jack, joker, king, knave, lap over, left bower, pack, pair, palpitation, paradiddle, patter, picture cards, pitapat, pitter-patter, plait, plat, playing cards, pleat, plicate, ply, pound, pounding, pulsation, queen, quill, rat-a-tat, rat-tat, rat-tat-tat, rataplan, rattattoo, roll, round, royal flush, rub-a-dub, rubber, ruffle, singleton, spades, spatter, splutter, sputter, staccato, straight, tat-tat, tattoo, throb, throbbing, thrum, thumping, tom-tom, trey, trick, trump, tuck, turn over, twill
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- 15px Ruff_(cards) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Ruff_(cards)
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