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Webster 1913 Edition

Ruck

Ruck

,
Noun.
A roc.
[Obs. or prov. Eng.]
Drayton.

Ruck

,
Verb.
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.

Ruck

,
Noun.
[Icel.
hrukka
. Cf.
Ruck
,
Verb.
T.
]
A wrinkle or crease in a piece of cloth, or in needlework.

Ruck

,
Verb.
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.

Ruck

,
Noun.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ruck

RUCK

,
Verb.
T.
[l. rugo, to wrinkle, to fold; ruga, a fold.]
1.
To cower; to bend and set close. [Not in use.]
2.
To wrinkle; as, to ruck up cloth or a garment.
[In this sense, the word is still used by the common people of New England.]

RUCK

,
Noun.
A wrinkle; a fold; a plait.

Definition 2024

rück

rück

See also: ruck, Ruck, and rück-

German

Verb

rück

  1. Imperative singular of rücken.
  2. (colloquial) First-person singular present of rücken.

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