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Noun: ruck  rúk
  1. A crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things
    "his brilliance raised him above the ruck";
    - herd
     
  2. An irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth)
    - pucker
Verb: ruck  rúk
  1. Become wrinkled or drawn together
    "her lips rucked";
    - pucker, ruck up

Derived forms: rucks, rucked, rucking

Type of: bend, concourse, crease, crimp, crinkle [archaic], crisp [archaic], flexure, fold, multitude, plication, ruckle [archaic], scrunch [archaic], scrunch up [archaic], throng, wrinkle [archaic]

Encyclopedia: Ruck