Noun
a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things; "his brilliance raised him above the ruck"; "the children resembled a fairy herd"

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

Verb
become wrinkled or drawn together; "her lips puckered"

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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.

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Ruck

Ruck , n. A roc. [Obs. or prov. Eng.] Drayton.

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.

Ruck

Ruck, n. [Icel. hrukka. Cf. Ruck, v. t.] A wrinkle or crease in a piece of cloth, or in needlework.

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.

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.

A roc.

To draw into wrinkles or unsightly folds; to crease; as, to ruck up a carpet.

A wrinkle or crease in a piece of cloth, or in needlework.

To cower; to huddle together; to squat; to sit, as a hen on eggs.

A heap; a rick.