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The Meaning of ruck

  • (n.) A roc.
  • (v. t. & i.) To draw into wrinkles or unsightly folds; to crease; as, to ruck up a carpet.
  • (v. t.) A wrinkle or crease in a piece of cloth, or in needlework.
  • (v. i.) To cower; to huddle together; to squat; to sit, as a hen on eggs.
  • (n.) A heap; a rick.
  • (n.) The common sort, whether persons or things; as, the ruck in a horse race.

Synonyms

pucker , herd , ruck up , crumple , knit , gather , tuck , rumple , cockle , wrinkle , ruckle , crease , crinkle , scrunch , scrunch up , crisp

Homophones

wruck

Rhymes

amok , amuck , bruck , buc , buck , canuck , chuck , chuck-a-luck , cluck , cruck , druck , duc , duck , duk , dumbstruck , fluck , fuck , gluck , guck , huck , hucke , kluck , kruck , kruk , kuc , kuck , kuk , luck , lucke , luk , megabuck , moonstruck , muck , pluck , potluck , puck , roebuck , schmuck , schuch , schuck , sculk , shuck , smuck , snuck , starstruck , struck , stuck , stucke , suck , suk , thunderstruck , truck , tuck , tuque , unstuck , wnuk , woodchuck , wruck , yuck , yuk , zuck , zuk