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6 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: ruck n : a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things "his briliance raised him above the ruck"; "the children resembled a fairy herd" [syn: {herd}] v : become puckered [syn: {pucker}, {ruck up}]
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