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1  [ruhk] ,
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–noun
1. a large number or quantity; mass.
2. the great mass of undistinguished or inferior persons or things.
Origin:
1175–1225; ME ruke, perh. < Scand; cf. Norw ruka in same senses; akin to rick 1

ruck

2  [ruhk] ,
–noun
1. a fold or wrinkle; crease.
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
2. to make or become creased or wrinkled.
Origin:
1780–90; < ON hrukka a wrinkle
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ruck 1   (rŭk)   
n.  
    1. A multitude; a throng.
    2. The undistinguished crowd or ordinary run of persons or things.
    3. 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.
    4. The mass of players during such a play. Also called loose scrum.
  2. People who are followers, not leaders.
  3. Sports
    1. 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.
    2. The mass of players during such a play. Also called loose scrum.

[Middle English ruke, heap, probably of Scandinavian origin.]
ruck 2   (rŭk)   
v.   rucked, ruck·ing, rucks

v.   tr.
To make a fold in; crease.
v.   intr.
To become creased.
n.  A crease or pucker, as in cloth.

[Ultimately from Old Norse hrukka, wrinkle, fold; see sker-2 in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Ruck

Ruck\, n. A roc. [Obs. or prov. Eng.] --Drayton.

Ruck

Ruck\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Rucked; p. pr. & vb. n. Rucking.] [Icel hrukkast to wrinkle, hrukka wrinkle, fold.] To draw into wrinkles or unsightly folds; to crease; as, to ruck up a carpet. --Smart.

Ruck

Ruck\, n. [Icel. hrukka. Cf. Ruck, v. t.] A wrinkle or crease in a piece of cloth, or in needlework.

Ruck

Ruck\, v. i. [Cf. Dan. ruge to brood, to hatch.] To cower; to huddle together; to squat; to sit, as a hen on eggs. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Gower. South.

The sheep that rouketh in the fold. --Chaucer.

Ruck

Ruck\, n. [Cf. Ruck.]

1. A heap; a rick. [Prov Eng. & Scot.]

2. The common sort, whether persons or things; as, the ruck in a horse race. [Colloq.]

The ruck in society as a whole. --Lond. Sat. Rev.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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