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ruff

7 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) ruff (noun)
  2. 2) ruff (noun)
  3. 3) ruff (verb)
  4. 4) ruff (noun)
  5. ruff and honours (noun)
  6. ruff out (verb)
  7. black ruff (noun)

1ruff

noun \ˈrəf\

Definition of RUFF

: a small freshwater European perch (Acerina cernua)

Variants of RUFF

ruff or ruffe \ˈrəf\

Origin of RUFF

Middle English ruf
First Known Use: 15th century

Rhymes with RUFF

bluff, buff, chough, chuff, cuff, duff, fluff, gruff, guff, huff, luff, muff, puff, rough, scruff, scuff, slough, snuff, sough, stuff, tough, tuff

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