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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.

A heap; a rick. (Prov Eng. & Scot.)

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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Etymology of 'Ruck'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Ruck" Quotes from Famous Books

... couple of taps like—to settle it," deprecated the other. "Three fences from home I see I'd got the measure of 'em, and come away from the ruck with a rattle. Then I ...

— Boy Woodburn - A Story of the Sussex Downs • Alfred Ollivant

... dust-cloud, lifted now and then, he could see naked forms swaying, bending forward, plying their weapons. Somewhere in the midst of it, out in the ruck of hoof and horn, his friend was riding, forgetting all else but the excitement of the chase. What if accident had befallen either of them? Lewis could not ...

— The Magnificent Adventure - Being the Story of the World's Greatest Exploration and - the Romance of a Very Gallant Gentleman • Emerson Hough

... situation was not so bad. It was Haldane's personal conception of it which caused the difficulty. Probably it was his sense of fairness to her which made him accept matters quietly—as he did accept them. It was his comfort to-day, out of all the ruck of his artificial self-reproach, that Ida had never known—as he ...

— Life at High Tide - Harper's Novelettes • Various

... to be hired, and hounds meet within easy reach of the University City, six days in the week, hunting over a country where you may usually be with them at the finish without doing anything desperate, if content to come in with the ruck, the ponies, and the old farmers; or where, if so inclined, you may have more than an average number of fast and furious runs, and study the admirable style of some of the best horsemen in the world among ...

— A New Illustrated Edition of J. S. Rarey's Art of Taming Horses • J. S. Rarey

... between horse and rider; but Lionel's firm hand triumphed over the animal's temper for the time at least; and presently he was hurrying onward at a stretching gallop, which speedily carried him beyond the ruck of riders. ...

— Run to Earth - A Novel • M. E. Braddon

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