ruck /ˈrʌk/
(vt.)弄皺(vi.)變皺皺,一群
Ruck, v. i. To cower; to huddle together; to squat; to sit, as a hen on eggs. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
The sheep that rouketh in the fold. --Chaucer.
Ruck, n.
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.
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Ruck n. A roc. [Obs. or prov. Eng.]
Ruck, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Rucked p. pr. & vb. n. Rucking.] To draw into wrinkles or unsightly folds; to crease; as, to ruck up a carpet.
Ruck, n. A wrinkle or crease in a piece of cloth, or in needlework.
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 wrinkled or drawn together; "her lips puckered" [syn:
pucker, ruck up]