ruck — ozdic

Definitions

noun

1

A throng or crowd of people or things; a mass, a pack.

Dandolo was constantly in the ditch, sometimes lying with his side against the bank, and had now been so hustled and driven that, had he been on the other side, he would have had no breath left to carry his rider, even in the ruck of the hunt.

2

In Australian rules football

3

In Australian rules football

4

In Australian rules football

5

In Australian rules football

verb

1

To act as a ruck in a stoppage in Australian rules football.

2

To contest the possession of the ball in a ruck.

verb

1

To crease or fold.

Puzzle begged very hard to have the lion-skin taken off him. He said it was too hot and the way it was rucked up on his back was uncomfortable […]

"What, exactly, happened down cellar?" Appleyard asked, straightening with his heel a rucked rug.

2

To become creased or folded.

"Will you come over now and try on your dress?" Ally asked, looking at her with wistful admiration. "I want to be sure the sleeves don't ruck up the same as they did yesterday."

Collocations

4

ADJ.

huge

VERB + RUCK

dragged, like

RUCK + NOUN

beings, floo, gillingham, human

PREP.

across, among, from

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or

herd

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

pucker

verb — become wrinkled or drawn together

pucker

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

ruck up

To form untidy creases or folds in an article of clothing.

Example Bank

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01

Dandolo was constantly in the ditch, sometimes lying with his side against the bank, and had now been so hustled and driven that, had he been on the other side, he would have had no breath left to car

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02

‘Here and there among cats one comes across an outstanding superior intellect, just as one does among the ruck of human beings [...].’

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03

Your worth as a couple is not down to how passionate your rucks are—I said rucks—and how frantic the making-up sex is.

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04

Puzzle begged very hard to have the lion-skin taken off him. He said it was too hot and the way it was rucked up on his back was uncomfortable […]

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05

"What, exactly, happened down cellar?" Appleyard asked, straightening with his heel a rucked rug.

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06

She wore long dangling earrings faced with mirrors, and white Bermuda shorts rucked back to reveal knees and thighs like waxed maple.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, ruck is marked as archaic, obsolete, slang, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.