Ruck - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |rʌk|  American pronunciation of the word ruck
Brit.  |rʌk|  British pronunciation of the word ruck

noun

- a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things (syn: herd)
his brilliance raised him above the ruck
- an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth) (syn: pucker)

verb

- become wrinkled or drawn together (syn: pucker)

Extra examples

He got drunk and started a ruck with the police.

The general ruck of our politicians have scarcely a vestige of noble principle.

Obtaining a good education was seen as a way out of the ruck.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: ruck
he/she/it: rucks
present participle: rucking
past tense: rucked
past participle: rucked
noun
singular: ruck
plural: rucks
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