ruff

🇺🇸 /rʌf/ 🇬🇧 /rʌf/
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A ruff is a circle of colorful or patterned feathers or fur around the neck of a bird or an animal.

The peacock proudly displayed its ruff to attract a mate.

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A ruff is also a wide, stiff, and folded white collar worn especially in the 16th and 17th centuries.

The costume included a ruff that made the actor look like a nobleman from the Renaissance era.

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n. A ruff is a circle of colorful or patterned feathers or fur around the neck of a bird or an animal.; A ruff is also a wide, stiff, and folded white collar worn especially in the 16th and 17th centuries.

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Plural ruffs