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PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: ruff

1
 n
a high tight collar
2
 nv
(card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit
play a trump
3
 n
common Eurasian sandpiper; the male has an erectile neck ruff in breeding season
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: ruff
1

n a high tight collar

Synonyms:
choker, neck ruff, ruffle
Types:
fraise
a ruff for the neck worn in the 16th century
Type of:
collar, neckband
a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over

n an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal

Synonyms:
frill
Type of:
external body part
any body part visible externally
2

n (card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit

Synonyms:
trumping
Type of:
play, turn
(game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession

v play a trump

Synonyms:
trump
Types:
overtrump
play a trump higher than (one previously played) to the trick
crossruff
trump alternately in two hands
Type of:
go, move
have a turn; make one's move in a game
3

n common Eurasian sandpiper; the male has an erectile neck ruff in breeding season

Synonyms:
Philomachus pugnax
Types:
reeve
female ruff
Type of:
sandpiper
any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers
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