Definitions

ruck

[ruhk] / rʌk /

NOUN

fold

Synonyms

STRONG

bend circumvolution cockle convolution corrugation crease crimp crinkle crumple double flection flexure furrow gather gathering groove knife-edge lap lapel layer loop overlap plait pleat plica plication ply pucker ridge ruffle rumple shirring smocking tuck turn wrinkle

WEAK

dog's ear plicature rimple rivel ruche

Antonyms

STRONG

line smoothness

NOUN

commonalty

Synonyms

STRONG

bourgeois bourgeoisie citizen civilian common commonality commoner crowd mass mob peasant pleb plebeian populace public

WEAK

hoi polloi third estate

NOUN

crowd

Synonyms

STRONG

army array blowout bunch cattle circle clique cloud cluster company concourse confluence conflux congeries congregation coterie crew crush deluge drove faction flock flood gaggle group herd horde host jam legion lot mass masses meet mob multitude muster organization pack party people posse press rabble score scores sellout set stream surge swarm throng troupe tumult

WEAK

great unwashed rank and file

Antonyms

STRONG

individual one peace single whole

Example Sentences

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"Miss RUCK" has the neatest hand for this kind of thing; she permits no loose ends to the series of love-knots that she ties so amusingly.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 19, 1919 by Various

The fact is that "BERTHA RUCK" can achieve something better than these meandering methods and this spinelessness of characterisation; and it is distinctly disappointing to see her content with the curate's egg standard.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, August 8, 1917 by Various

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