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ruck

UK/ɹʌk/ US/ɹʊk/ uncommon archaic obsolete slang uk
noun (2) verb (1)

noun

1.

a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things

  • “his brilliance raised him above the ruck”
  • “the children resembled a fairy herd”
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2.

an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth)

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verb

1.

become wrinkled or drawn together

  • “her lips puckered”
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Origin

1780, from Old Norse hrukka (“wrinkle, crease”), from Proto-Germanic *hrunkijō, *hrunkitō (“fold, wrinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Akin to Icelandic hrukka (“wrinkle, crease, ruck”), Old High German runza (“fold, wrinkle, crease”), German Runzel (“wrinkle”), Middle Dutch ronse (“frown”). More at frounce. Possibly related to Irish roc.

Phrases

  • ruck up

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