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How to pronounce ruff in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms trumping
Type of play, turn
Type Words
Synonyms frill
Type of external body part
Type Words
Synonyms philomachus pugnax
Type of sandpiper
Has types reeve
Type Words
Synonyms trump
Type of go, move
Has types crossruff, overtrump
Type Words
Synonyms choker, neck ruff, ruffle
Type of collar, neckband
Has types fraise

Examples of ruff

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So West cashed the spade ace and led the spade three to give his partner a ruff.
From the nytimes.com
Ruff, who turned 53 Sunday, spent 26 years in Buffalo, including 10 as a player.
From the timesunion.com
She won the second trick with her heart ace and gave her partner a diamond ruff.
From the nytimes.com
Ruff said Lalime's status won't be known until after the team arrives in Boston.
From the heraldtribune.com
West won with the ten, cashed the king and ace and gave his partner a heart ruff.
From the stltoday.com
Ruff a spade, cross to the ace of hearts and trump the table's remaining spade.
From the stltoday.com
Ruff didn't say Connolly has a concussion, but there seemed to be little doubt.
From the democratandchronicle.com
Ruff timed his run and picked well to score in the left-hand corner once again.
From the gazettelive.co.uk
Ruff shifted his lines again in practice Tuesday in the wake of the Vanek injury.
From the buffalonews.com
More examples
  • Trump: play a trump
  • Frill: an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal
  • Choker: a high tight collar
  • Common Eurasian sandpiper; the male has an erectile neck ruff in breeding season
  • (card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit
  • The Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) is a medium-sized wading bird that breeds in marshes and wet meadows across northern Eurasia. ...
  • A ruff is an item of clothing worn in Western Europe from the mid-sixteenth century to the mid-seventeenth century.
  • A male of the species Philomachus pugnax, a highly gregarious, medium-sized wading bird of Eurasia; the female is a reeve; Any of several freshwater fish, of the genus Acerina, similar to perch; A circular frill or ruffle on a garment, especially a starched, fluted neckware in Elizabethan and ...
  • To play a trump onto a trick, usually in order to try to win the trick.