ruck

Speech parts

1. ruck - Noun

2. ruck - Verb

4. Ruck - Proper noun

Meaning

A roc.

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

A wrinkle or crease in a piece of cloth, or in needlework.

To cower; to huddle together; to squat; to sit, as a hen on eggs.

A heap; a rick.

The common sort, whether persons or things; as, the ruck in a horse race.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

mass ridge rumple crowd fold herd crease throng pucker wrinkle crumple ruck up moraine maul WAD
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Antonyms

concord amity agreement understanding concert expand
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Hypernyms

bend concourse fold multitude crisp crease

Phrases with the word

common ruck ruck march

Derivatives

rucked Rucking

Examples

In the interest of the dictionaries of the future let me lay down the principle that the Demi-Monde, contrary to the common belief and in spite of what is printed, does not represent the ruck of courtesans, but the class of women that have lost caste. Alexandre Dumas, fils

his brilliance raised him above the ruck Source: Internet

the children resembled a fairy herd Source: Internet

her lips puckered Source: Internet

Davis 2005: 199; cf. MacCambridge 2005: 15, Peterson: 159 Bell, who was not well respected in Pittsburgh, Ruck; Patterson and Weber: 225; cf. Davis 2005: 201 was elected to replace him. Source: Internet

He made his senior debut for Buln Buln as a top-age 15-year-old and in 2014 he got the chance to rove to one of the best ruck duos seen in the Gippsland region’s current era – Matt Gray and Bob McCallum. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

ruchnik rucinol Rucinski ruck march ruck rover ruck up