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RUCK

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things

Example:

the children resembled a fairy herd

Synonyms:

herd; ruck

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("ruck" is a kind of...):

concourse; multitude; throng (a large gathering of people)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth)

Synonyms:

pucker; ruck

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("ruck" is a kind of...):

bend; crease; crimp; flexure; fold; plication (an angular or rounded shape made by folding)

Derivation:

ruck (become wrinkled or drawn together)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Become wrinkled or drawn together

Example:

her lips puckered

Synonyms:

pucker; ruck; ruck up

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "ruck" is one way to...):

crease; crinkle; crisp; ruckle; scrunch; scrunch up; wrinkle (make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; 'crisp' is archaic)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

ruck (an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth))

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