ruck

(ruk)

noun

Origin: ME ruke, a heap < ON hroki, a heap, pile; akin to hruga: see rick

noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb

crease, fold, wrinkle, or pucker

Origin: prob. via dial. < ON hrukka

See ruck in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. A multitude; a throng.
b. The undistinguished crowd or ordinary run of persons or things.
People who are followers, not leaders.
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.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English ruke, heap

Origin: , probably of Scandinavian origin

verb rucked, ruck·ing, rucks

verb, transitive

To make a fold in; crease.

verb, intransitive

To become creased.

noun

A crease or pucker, as in cloth.

Origin:

Origin: Ultimately from Old Norse hrukka, wrinkle, fold; see sker-² in Indo-European roots