ALL meanings of ruffle someone's feathers
feath·er
R r - noun ruffle someone's feathers one of the horny structures forming the principal covering of birds, consisting typically of a hard, tubular portion attached to the body and tapering into a thinner, stemlike portion bearing a series of slender, barbed processes that interlock to form a flat structure on each side. 1
- noun ruffle someone's feathers kind; character; nature: two boys of the same feather. 1
- noun ruffle someone's feathers something like a feather, as a tuft or fringe of hair. 1
- noun ruffle someone's feathers something very light, small, or trivial: Your worry is a mere feather. 1
- noun ruffle someone's feathers Archery. one of the vanes at the tail of an arrow or dart. 1
- noun ruffle someone's feathers Carpentry. a spline for joining the grooved edges of two boards. 1
- noun ruffle someone's feathers Masonry. See under plug and feathers. 1
- noun ruffle someone's feathers a featherlike flaw, especially in a precious stone. 1
- noun ruffle someone's feathers Machinery. feather key. 1
- noun ruffle someone's feathers Archaic. attire. 1
- noun ruffle someone's feathers Obsolete. plumage. 1
- verb with object ruffle someone's feathers to provide with feathers, as an arrow. 1
- verb with object ruffle someone's feathers to clothe or cover with or as with feathers. 1
- verb with object ruffle someone's feathers Rowing. to turn (an oar) after a stroke so that the blade becomes nearly horizontal, and hold it thus as it is moved back into position for the next stroke. 1
- verb with object ruffle someone's feathers Aeronautics. to change the blade angle of (a propeller) so that the chords of the blades are approximately parallel to the line of flight. to turn off (an engine) while in flight. 1
- verb without object ruffle someone's feathers to grow feathers. 1
- verb without object ruffle someone's feathers to be or become feathery in appearance. 1
- verb without object ruffle someone's feathers to move like feathers. 1
- verb without object ruffle someone's feathers Rowing. to feather an oar. 1
- idioms ruffle someone's feathers a feather in one's cap, a praiseworthy accomplishment; distinction; honor: Being chosen class president is a feather in her cap. 1
- idioms ruffle someone's feathers birds of a feather. bird (def 15). 1
- idioms ruffle someone's feathers feather one's nest, to take advantage of the opportunities to enrich oneself: The mayor had used his term of office to feather his nest. 1
- idioms ruffle someone's feathers in fine / high feather, in good form, humor, or health: feeling in fine feather. 1
- idioms ruffle someone's feathers ruffle someone's feathers, to anger, upset, or annoy (another person). 1
- idioms ruffle someone's feathers smooth one's ruffled / rumpled feathers, to regain one's composure; become calm: After the argument, we each retired to our own rooms to smooth our ruffled feathers. 1