ruck

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things
  2. noun an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth)
  3. verb become wrinkled or drawn together

Etymology

From Middle English ruke, from or related to Old Norse hraukr, which is from Proto-Germanic *hraukaz (“haystack, heap”). Compare Icelandic hrúka, Swedish ruka.

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Synonyms

herd

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