Ruck Definition

rŭk

rucked, rucking, rucks

noun

rucks

A multitude; a throng.

American Heritage

A heap or stack, as of fuel.

Webster's New World

People who are followers, not leaders.

American Heritage

The horses left behind by the leaders in a race.

Webster's New World

The multitude or mass of undistinguished, ordinary people or things; common run.

Webster's New World

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verb

rucked, rucking, rucks

To make a fold in; crease.

American Heritage

To become creased.

American Heritage

(obsolete) To act as a ruckman in a stoppage in Australian Rules football.

Wiktionary

(UK, dialect, obsolete) To cower or huddle together; to squat; to sit, as a hen on eggs.

Wiktionary

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Origin of Ruck

1780, from Old Norse hrukka (“wrinkle, crease”), from Proto-Germanic *hrunkijō, *hrunkitō (“fold, wrinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Akin to Icelandic hrukka (“wrinkle, crease, ruck”), Old High German runza (“fold, wrinkle, crease”), German Runzel (“wrinkle”), Middle Dutch ronse (“frown”). More at frounce.

From Wiktionary
Ultimately from Old Norse hrukka wrinkle, fold sker-² in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English ruke heap probably of Scandinavian origin

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Compare Danish ruge (“to brood, to hatch”).

From Wiktionary
Middle English ruke

From Wiktionary

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