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.
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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.
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Ruck
\Ruck\, n. [Icel. hrukka. Cf.
Ruck, v. t.]
A wrinkle or crease in a piece of cloth, or in needlework.
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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.
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The sheep that rouketh in the fold. --Chaucer.
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Ruck
\Ruck\, n. [Cf.
Ruck.]
1. A heap; a rick. [Prov Eng. & Scot.]
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2. The common sort, whether persons or things; as, the ruck
in a horse race. [Colloq.]
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The ruck in society as a whole. --Lond. Sat.
Rev.
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