ruck Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things
    herd.
    • his brilliance raised him above the ruck
    • the children resembled a fairy herd
  2. noun an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth)
    pucker.
  3. verb become wrinkled or drawn together
    ruck up; pucker.
    • her lips puckered

WordNet

Ruck noun
Definitions
  1. A roc. Obs. or prov. Eng. Drayton.
Ruck transitive verb & intransitive verb
Etymology
Icel hrukkast to wrinkle, hrukka wrinkle, fold.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Rucked ; present participle & verbal noun Rucking
Definitions
  1. To draw into wrinkles or unsightly folds; to crease; as, to ruck up a carpet. Smart.
Ruck noun
Etymology
Icel. hrukka. Cf. Ruck, v. t.
Definitions
  1. A wrinkle or crease in a piece of cloth, or in needlework.
Ruck intransitive verb
Etymology
Cf. Dan. ruge to brood, to hatch.
Definitions
  1. 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.
Ruck noun
Etymology
Cf. Ruck.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913