About The Word Ruck
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Ruck
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What's The Definition Of Ruck?
[n] a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things; "his brilliance raised him above the ruck"; "the children resembled a fairy herd"
[n] an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth) [v] become puckered Synonyms | Synonyms for Ruck: herd | pucker | pucker | ruck up Related Terms | Find terms related to Ruck: See Also | bend | concourse | crease | crease | crimp | crinkle | crisp | flexure | fold | multitude | plication | ruckle | scrunch | scrunch up | throng | wrinkle Ruck In Webster's Dictionary \Ruck\, n.
A roc. [Obs. or prov. Eng.] --Drayton.
\Ruck\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Rucked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rucking}.] [Icel hrukkast to wrinkle, hrukka wrinkle, fold.] To draw into wrinkles or unsightly folds; to crease; as, to ruck up a carpet. --Smart. \Ruck\, n. [Icel. hrukka. Cf. {Ruck}, v. t.] A wrinkle or crease in a piece of cloth, or in needlework. \Ruck\, v. i. [Cf. Dan. ruge to brood, to hatch.] To cower; to huddle together; to squat; to sit, as a hen on eggs. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Gower. South. The sheep that rouketh in the fold. --Chaucer. \Ruck\, n. [Cf. {Ruck}.] 1. A heap; a rick. [Prov Eng. & Scot.] 2. The common sort, whether persons or things; as, the ruck in a horse race. [Colloq.] The ruck in society as a whole. --Lond. Sat. Rev. |
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