ruck

1. n. A roc. Source: opted

2. v. t. & i. To draw into wrinkles or unsightly folds; to crease; as, to ruck up a carpet. Source: opted

3. v. t. A wrinkle or crease in a piece of cloth, or in needlework. Source: opted

4. v. i. To cower; to huddle together; to squat; to sit, as a hen on eggs. Source: opted

5. n. A heap; a rick. Source: opted

6. n. The common sort, whether persons or things; as, the ruck in a horse race. Source: opted

7. n. a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things Source: wordnet

8. n. an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth) Source: wordnet

9. v. become wrinkled or drawn together Source: wordnet

10. A roc. [Obs. or prov. Eng.] Drayton. To draw into wrinkles or unsightly folds; to crease; as, to ruck up a carpet. Smart. 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. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Gower. South. The sheep that rouketh in the fold. Chaucer. 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. Source: webster

11. A roc. [Obs. or prov. Eng.] Drayton. Source: adambom

12. n:49/v:51 n. a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things Source: ecdict

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