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Ruck   /rək/   Listen
noun
Ruck  n.  A roc. (Obs. or prov. Eng.)


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


Ruck  n.  
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."


verb
Ruck  v. t. & v. i.  (past & past part. rucked; pres. part. rucking)  To draw into wrinkles or unsightly folds; to crease; as, to ruck up a carpet.


Ruck  v. i.  To cower; to huddle together; to squat; to sit, as a hen on eggs. (Obs. or Prov. Eng.) "The sheep that rouketh in the fold."





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"Ruck" Quotes from Famous Books



... one of them yourself—though maybe just so much above the ruck of them that I'm willing to waste words on you. Listen to me!" She springs to her feet and moves towards him. "I hate you and despise you every one. Oh, I could tear the eyes out of every man on this earth—and yours ...
— The Song Of The Blood-Red Flower • Johannes Linnankoski
... keep their heads. Signs of that are on all sides of us. "What is the Kingdom of Heaven?" asks Mr. Clutton-Brock, and succeeds at his best in telling us what it is not. As for anything more positive, he concludes very reasonably that it is a state of mind, and leaves us to infer that the ruck of humanity need the guidance of ...
— In a Green Shade - A Country Commentary • Maurice Hewlett
... jumbled jargon of Spanish shouts, mingled with Mexican and American words, and then out of the ruck of riders a solitary horseman ...
— The Boy Ranchers Among the Indians - or, Trailing the Yaquis • Willard F. Baker
... hope and relentlessly marching doom. Outwardly Cara set a pace for vivacious and care-free enjoyment that left Mrs. Porter-Woodleigh, the "semi-professional light-hearted lady," as O'Barreton named her, "to trail along in the ruck." Alone with Benton, there was always the furrow between the brows and the distressed gaze upon the mystery beyond the sky-line, but Pagratide and Von Ritz were vigilant, to the end that ...
— The Lighted Match • Charles Neville Buck
... I didn't land a dollar," said Porter. "Andy, it hurt me more to see the filly banged about there in the ruck than it did ...
— Thoroughbreds • W. A. Fraser


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