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 Definitions of ruck  [ʌk]  

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Definition of 'ruck' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) ruck
a large number or quantity; mass.

2.  ruck
the great mass of undistinguished or inferior persons or things.

3. (n.) ruck
a fold or wrinkle; crease.

4. (v.i.) ruck
to make or become creased or wrinkled.

Etymology:  (1780–90; < ON hrukka a wrinkle)

Definition of 'ruck' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) ruck, herd
a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things
"his brilliance raised him above the ruck"; "the children resembled a fairy herd"

2. (verb) pucker, ruck
an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth)

3. (verb) pucker, ruck, ruck up
become wrinkled or drawn together
"her lips puckered"


Definition of 'ruck' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) ruck
a roc

2. (noun) ruck
a heap; a rick

3. (noun) ruck
the common sort, whether persons or things; as, the ruck in a horse race

4.  ruck
to draw into wrinkles or unsightly folds; to crease; as, to ruck up a carpet

5. (verb) ruck
a wrinkle or crease in a piece of cloth, or in needlework

6. (verb) ruck
to cower; to huddle together; to squat; to sit, as a hen on eggs



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