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Definition of Ruck
1. Noun. A crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things. "The children resembled a fairy herd"
2. Verb. Become wrinkled or drawn together. "The sheets didn't ruck"; "Her lips puckered"
Generic synonyms: Crease, Crinkle, Crisp, Ruckle, Scrunch, Scrunch Up, Wrinkle
Derivative terms: Pucker
3. Noun. An irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth).
Generic synonyms: Bend, Crease, Crimp, Flexure, Fold, Plication
Derivative terms: Pucker, Pucker
Definition of Ruck
1. n. A roc.
2. v. t. & i. To draw into wrinkles or unsightly folds; to crease; as, to ruck up a carpet.
3. n. A wrinkle or crease in a piece of cloth, or in needlework.
4. v. i. To cower; to huddle together; to squat; to sit, as a hen on eggs.
5. n. A heap; a rick.
Definition of Ruck
1. Noun. A throng or crowd of people or things; a mass, a pack. (defdate from 16th c.) ¹
2. Noun. (context: Australian Rules Football) Contesting a bounce or ball up; used appositionally in "ruck contest". Rucks also used collectively either of ruckmen or of ruckmen and ruck rovers, and occasionally used in place of "followers" (including rovers too). (defdate from 19th c.) ¹
3. Noun. (rugby union) The situation formed when a runner is brought to ground and one or more members of each side are engaged above the ball, trying to win possession of it; a loose scrum. (defdate from 20th c.) ¹
4. Noun. The common mass (term of) people or things; the ordinary ranks. (defdate from 19th c.) ¹
5. Verb. (obsolete transitive) To act as a ruckman in a stoppage in Australian Rules football. ¹
6. Verb. (transitive) To crease or fold. ¹
7. Verb. (intransitive) To become folded. ¹
8. Noun. A crease, a wrinkle, a pucker, as on fabric. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ruck
1. to wrinkle or crease [v -ED, -ING, -S]
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