toruffle /təˈɹʌfəl/ verb1 •(no longer used) To ruffle excessively, to the degree of causing something to lose its proper form or shape; ruffle up.She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings / That in the various bustle of resort / Were all toruffl'd, and sometimes impair'd. — 1634 formstoruffled · toruffling · toruffles