"Ruck" Definition

Definitions for the word "Ruck" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
A roc.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. t. & i.
To draw into wrinkles or unsightly folds; to crease; as, to ruck up a carpet.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. t.
A wrinkle or crease in a piece of cloth, or in needlework.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. i.
To cower; to huddle together; to squat; to sit, as a hen on eggs.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
A heap; a rick.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
The common sort, whether persons or things; as, the ruck in a horse race.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
1 (prec. By the) main body of competitors not likely to overtake the leaders. 2 undistinguished crowd or group. 3 rugby loose scrum. [apparently scandinavian]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
8. v.
(often foll. By up) make or become creased or wrinkled. n. Crease or wrinkle. [old norse]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
9. slang
the undistinguished crowd; “to come in with the RUCK,” to arrive at the winning-post among the thick of the unplaced horses.—_Racing term._
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864

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