Ruck — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things

an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth)

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɹˈʌk/

🇬🇧British English

/ɹˈʌk/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɹˈʌk/

1 syllable Say it as /ɹˈʌk/.

Examples

his brilliance raised him above the ruck
the children resembled a fairy herd
her lips puckered

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

herd ruck up pucker

Parts of Speech

noun	a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things “his brilliance raised him above the ruck”
noun	an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth)
verb	become wrinkled or drawn together “her lips puckered”

Word Forms

herd	verb	cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
pucker	verb	become wrinkled or drawn together
ruck	verb	become wrinkled or drawn together
pucker	noun	an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth)
ruck	noun	an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth)

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

mêlée ouverte

une foule, surtout composée de personnes ou de choses ordinaires ou sans distinction

🇪🇸Spanish

arruga

una multitud especialmente de personas o cosas ordinarias o poco distinguidas

🇳🇱Dutch

ruk

een menigte, vooral uit gewone of onopvallende personen of dingen

🇷🇺Russian

рак

толпа, особенно состоящая из обычных или ничем не примечательных людей или вещей

India

🇮🇳Hindi

नाक-भौं सिकोड़ना

विशेष रूप से सामान्य या विशिष्ट व्यक्तियों या चीज़ों की भीड़

🇧🇩Bengali

রাক

বিশেষ করে সাধারণ বা অচেনা ব্যক্তি বা জিনিসের ভিড়

🇮🇳Tamil

ரக்

குறிப்பாக சாதாரண அல்லது வேறுபடுத்தப்படாத நபர்கள் அல்லது பொருட்களின் கூட்டம்

🇮🇳Telugu

రక్

ముఖ్యంగా సాధారణ లేదా గుర్తింపులేని వ్యక్తులు లేదా వస్తువుల గుంపు

🇮🇳Marathi

रक

विशेषत: सामान्य किंवा विशिष्ट व्यक्ती किंवा गोष्टींचा जमाव

🇮🇳Gujarati

રક

ખાસ કરીને સામાન્ય અથવા અજાણી વ્યક્તિઓ અથવા વસ્તુઓની ભીડ

🇮🇳Kannada

ರಕ್

ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ಅಥವಾ ಗುರುತಿಸಲಾಗದ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿಗಳು ಅಥವಾ ವಸ್ತುಗಳ ಗುಂಪು

🇮🇳Malayalam

റക്ക്

ഒരു ജനക്കൂട്ടം, പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് സാധാരണ അല്ലെങ്കിൽ തിരിച്ചറിയപ്പെടാത്ത വ്യക്തികളുടെയോ വസ്തുക്കളുടെയോ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਰੱਕ

ਖ਼ਾਸਕਰ ਆਮ ਜਾਂ ਅਣਪਛਾਤੇ ਵਿਅਕਤੀਆਂ ਜਾਂ ਚੀਜ਼ਾਂ ਦੀ ਭੀੜ

🇵🇰Urdu

رک

خاص طور پر عام یا غیر ممتاز افراد یا چیزوں کا ایک ہجوم

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

鲁克

一群人，尤其是普通或不起眼的人或事物

🇯🇵Japanese

ラック

特に普通の、あるいは目立たない人や物の群衆

🇰🇷Korean

잡동사니

특히 평범하거나 구별되지 않는 사람이나 사물의 군중

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự hỗn loạn

một đám đông đặc biệt là những người hoặc vật bình thường hoặc không có gì nổi bật

🇹🇭Thai

เศษซาก

ฝูงชนโดยเฉพาะของบุคคลหรือสิ่งของธรรมดาหรือไม่โดดเด่น

🇮🇩Indonesian

kerut

kerumunan terutama orang-orang atau benda-benda biasa atau tidak terpandang

🇵🇭Filipino

gulo

isang pulutong lalo na ng mga ordinaryong tao o bagay

🇲🇾Malay

geram

orang ramai terutamanya orang atau benda biasa atau tidak dibezakan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

ثنية

حشد من الأشخاص أو الأشياء العادية أو غير المميزة

🇮🇷Persian

راک

انبوهی از افراد یا چیزهای معمولی یا نامتمایز

🇹🇷Turkish

dağ yığını

özellikle sıradan veya ayırt edilemeyen kişi veya şeylerden oluşan bir kalabalık

🇮🇱Hebrew

להתפרע

קהל במיוחד של אנשים או דברים רגילים או בלתי מובחנים

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The primary meaning of 'ruck' is 'a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things'.

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