Definizione monolingua

ruff

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

1. (card games)To play a trump card to a trick, other than when trumps were led

ruff (plural ruffs)

1. A male of the species Philomachus pugnax, a highly gregarious, medium-sized wading bird of Eurasia; the female is a reeve.
2. Any of several freshwater fish, of the genus Acerina, similar to perch.
3. A circular frill or ruffle on a garment, especially a starched, fluted neckware in Elizabethan and Jacobean England.
   • 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter XII:

     “When we first forgathered, I was sitting on the floor with a chair round my neck.” “Like an Elizabethan ruff, as worn by Thomas Botway.” “Otway,” I said stiffly.

Definizione dizionario ruff

gorgiera

philomachus pugnax

Altri significati:

A card game similar to whist, and the predecessor of it ruff and honours.

Any of several freshwater fish, of the genus Acerina, similar to perch.

(card games)To play a trump card to a trick, other than when trumps were led

The bark of a dog; woof.

A circular frill or ruffle on a garment, especially a starched, fluted neckware in Elizabethan and Jacobean England.

A male of the species Philomachus pugnax, a highly gregarious, medium-sized wading bird of Eurasia; the female is a reeve.

collar

a bird