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Yes. The word ruff is a Scrabble US word. The word ruff is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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4-letter words (1 found)

RUFF,

3-letter words (1 found)

FUR,

2-letter words (2 found)

FU,UR,

You can make 4 words from ruff according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of ruff

ruff urff rfuf fruf ufrf furf ruff urff rfuf fruf ufrf furf rffu frfu rffu frfu ffru ffru uffr fufr uffr fufr ffur ffur

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Definitions and meaning of ruff

ruff

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹʌf/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɹəf/
  • Rhymes: -ʌf
  • Homophones: rough, ruffe

Etymology 1

Clipping of ruffle, or possibly from rough.

Noun

ruff (plural ruffs)

  1. A circular frill or ruffle on a garment, especially a starched, fluted frill at the neck in Elizabethan and Jacobean England (1560s–1620s).
  2. Anything formed with plaits or flutings like a frill.
  3. Senses relating to animals.
    1. Philomachus pugnax (syn. Calidris pugnax), a gregarious, medium-sized wading bird of Eurasia; specifically, a male of the species which develops a distinctive ruff of feathers and ear tufts during mating season (the female is called a reeve).
    2. (ornithology) A set of lengthened or otherwise modified feathers on or around the neck of a bird.
    3. (zoology) A collar of lengthened or distinctively coloured fur on or around the neck of an animal.
  4. (engineering) A collar on a shaft or other piece to prevent endwise motion.
  5. (obsolete) An exhibition of haughtiness or pride.
  6. (obsolete) Tumultuous or wanton conduct or procedure.
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Verb

ruff (third-person singular simple present ruffs, present participle ruffing, simple past and past participle ruffed)

  1. (transitive) To shape (fabric, etc.) into a ruff; to adorn (a garment, etc.) with a ruff.
  2. (transitive, falconry) Of a falcon, hawk, etc.: to hit (the prey) without fixing or grabbing hold of it.
  3. (rare, transitive) To ruffle; to disorder.
  4. (obsolete, transitive) Of a bird: to ruffle its feathers.
  5. (obsolete, transitive) To boast, to brag.
  6. (obsolete, intransitive) To speak in a loud and domineering manner; to bluster, to swagger.
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Etymology 2

Possibly from rough.

Noun

ruff (plural ruffs)

  1. 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.
  3. Arripis georgianus, a fish found in cool waters off the southern coast of Australia; the Australian herring or tommy ruff.
  4. (obsolete) A bottom-dwelling carnivorous fish of the family Sparidae found in temperate and tropical waters; a porgy or sea bream.
Synonyms
  • (Australian herring (Arripis georgianus)): roughy
Derived terms
  • sea-ruff
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Etymology 3

From Old French roffle, rouffle (earlier romfle, ronfle), or from Italian ronfa (“card game similar to whist”); these words are possibly from Old French triomphe (“a triumph, victory”), Italian trionfo (“triumph; trump card”), from Latin triumphus (“hymn to Bacchus; celebration, triumph”), ultimately from Ancient Greek θρῐ́ᾰμβος (thríambos, “hymn to Dionysius, thriambus”). The verb is derived from the noun. Doublet of trump.

Verb

ruff (third-person singular simple present ruffs, present participle ruffing, simple past and past participle ruffed) (card games)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To play a trump card to a trick when unable to follow suit (that is, when unable to play a card of the same suit as the previous or leading card). [late 16th c.]
  2. (transitive) Especially in the form ruff out: to defeat (a card, etc.) by ruffing, thus establishing the master card in the suit led.
Synonyms
  • trump
Derived terms
  • overruff
  • underruff
Translations

Noun

ruff (plural ruffs) (card games)

  1. An instance of ruffing, or an opportunity to ruff, when unable to follow suit. [late 16th c.]
  2. (obsolete) A game similar to whist and its predecessor. [late 16th c.]
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Etymology 4

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

ruff (plural ruffs)

  1. (music, often military) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruffle.

Verb

ruff (third-person singular simple present ruffs, present participle ruffing, simple past and past participle ruffed) (music, often military)

  1. (transitive) To beat a ruff or ruffle, as on a drum.
  2. (intransitive) Of a drum, etc.: to have a ruff or ruffle beaten on it.

Interjection

ruff

  1. The bark of a dog; arf, woof.

Etymology 5

Adjective

ruff (comparative ruffer, superlative ruffest)

  1. (colloquial or obsolete) Alternative spelling of rough.

References

  • “ruff”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Further reading

  • ruff (bird) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • ruff (cards) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • ruff (clothing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • ruff (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Source: wiktionary.org