ruck

ruck ¹  (rk)

n.

1.

a. A multitude; a throng.

b. The undistinguished crowd or ordinary run of persons or things.

2. People who are followers, not leaders.

3. Sports

a. A play in Rugby in which a mass of players gathers around a ball dropped by a tackled ball carrier, with each player attempting to gain possession of the ball by kicking it to a teammate.

b. The mass of players during such a play. Also called loose scrum.

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[Middle English ruke, heap, probably of Scandinavian origin.]

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ruck ²  (rk)

v. rucked, ruck·ing, rucks

v.tr.

To make a fold in; crease.

v.intr.

To become creased.

n.

A crease or pucker, as in cloth.

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[Ultimately from Old Norse hrukka, wrinkle, fold; see sker-² in Indo-European roots.]

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ruck ¹

Noun

1. the ruck ordinary people, often in a crowd

2. rugby a loose scrum that forms around the ball when it is on the ground [probably from Old Norse]

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ruck ²

Noun

a wrinkle or crease

Verb

to wrinkle or crease: the toe of his shoe had rucked up one corner of the pale rug [Scandinavian]

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Ruck a large number; a crowd; a heap or pile; a rick or stack of hay or corn.

Examples: ruck of coal, 1483; of corn, 1610; of fortune, 1601; of fuel, 1459; of hay, 1725; of horses, 1856; of rich pearls and sparkling diamonds, 1601; of sheep and goats, 1657; of stones, 1828; of wheat, 1570.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ruck - a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things; "his brilliance raised him above the ruck"; "the children resembled a fairy herd" herd concourse, throng, multitude - a large gathering of people
	2.	ruck - an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth) pucker crease, crimp, fold, plication, flexure, bend - an angular or rounded shape made by folding; "a fold in the napkin"; "a crease in his trousers"; "a plication on her blouse"; "a flexure of the colon"; "a bend of his elbow"
Verb	1.	ruck - become wrinkled or drawn together; "her lips puckered" ruck up, pucker crease, crinkle, crisp, ruckle, scrunch up, wrinkle, scrunch - make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; "The dress got wrinkled"; "crease the paper like this to make a crane"