ruck

ruck is a 4-letter English word with 9 senses as noun, transitive/intransitive verb, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A roc. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A roc.
2. transitive/intransitive verb. To draw into wrinkles or unsightly folds; to crease; as, to ruck up a carpet.
3. transitive verb. A wrinkle or crease in a piece of cloth, or in needlework.
4. intransitive verb. To cower; to huddle together; to squat; to sit, as a hen on eggs.
5. noun. A heap; a rick.
6. noun. The common sort, whether persons or things; as, the ruck in a horse race.
7. noun. a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things

   "his brilliance raised him above the ruck"

   "the children resembled a fairy herd"

   Synonyms: herd

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

   Synonyms: pucker

9. verb. become wrinkled or drawn together

   "her lips puckered"

   Synonyms: pucker

Synonyms

herd, pucker

Common word forms

rucks, rucked, rucker, rucking

Words from these letters

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