Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ruck"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ruck \Ruck\, n.
A roc. [Obs. or prov. Eng.] --Drayton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ruck \Ruck\, n. [Icel. hrukka. Cf. {Ruck}, v. t.]
A wrinkle or crease in a piece of cloth, or in needlework.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
The sheep that rouketh in the fold. --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ruck \Ruck\, n. [Cf. {Ruck}.]
1. A heap; a rick. [Prov Eng. & Scot.]
2. The common sort, whether persons or things; as, the ruck
in a horse race. [Colloq.]
The ruck in society as a whole. --Lond. Sat.
Rev.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}]
v : become puckered [syn: {pucker}, {ruck up}]
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