Found 2 items, similar to Ruck.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: ruck ruck n 1: a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things; “his brilliance raised him above the ruck”; “the children resembled a fairy herd” [syn: herd] 2: an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth) [syn: pucker] ruck v : become wrinkled or drawn together; “her lips puckered” [syn: pucker, ruck up]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Ruck Ruck \Ruck\, n. A roc. [Obs. or prov. Eng.] --Drayton. [1913 Webster] Ruck \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. [1913 Webster] Ruck \Ruck\, n. [Icel. hrukka. Cf. Ruck, v. t.] A wrinkle or crease in a piece of cloth, or in needlework. [1913 Webster] Ruck \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. [1913 Webster] The sheep that rouketh in the fold. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Ruck \Ruck\, n. [Cf. Ruck.] 1. A heap; a rick. [Prov Eng. & Scot.] [1913 Webster] 2. The common sort, whether persons or things; as, the ruck in a horse race. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] The ruck in society as a whole. --Lond. Sat. Rev. [1913 Webster]