to ruck
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9.6
- verb
- /rʌk/
:
arrugarse
- The sheets on the bed were rucked from the nights of restless sleeping.
- to ruck a skirt
Examples
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After the clothes were washed, they rucked together in a pile due to the spinning of the dryer.
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She followed Mary's eyes to her own lap, to where she had rucked her skirt up between her legs to feel the sun on her thighs.
Fiction book (1990) -
Lise's skirt is rucked up to her waist, and the sweat courses down.
Fiction book (1999) -
The knot was still tight at his neck, but the flowing part was rucked up and hunched to one side, and his thick neck was exposed.
Fiction book (1991) -
She smoothed her hands on her skirt and found that her blouse was rucked up at the back, showing half an inch of skin.
Fiction book (1995) -
Dark and rucked at one end like a sleeve, it seemed to violate airspace, to sprawl across layers of atmosphere like a thing loosed.
Academic text (1998) -
Jerking her head away from his searching kisses, she rucked up her sari and rubbed her belly against his like an artful cat.
Fiction book (1993) -
He walked into the hall to see the dark-haired woman lying on the floor outside the bathroom, her skirt rucked up over her thin thighs all the way to her yellow-spotted underwear.
Fiction book (2001) -
As she sat down, her dress rucked up, creating a series of creases along the fabric.
Synonyms
56
2.1
To make a small fold in cloth, paper, or skin
29
3.4
Get folded and wrinkled when pressed, like paper or cloth
25
5.2
To make small wrinkles in skin or cloth
18
2.3
To make a line in cloth or paper by folding it
12
3.7
Form small lines on paper, skin, or cloth
11
5.8
To make lines or wrinkles in the skin, often on the forehead
9
5.5
Squeeze something until it becomes wrinkled or folded
5
4.5
Gather cloth into small folds to make a decorative edge
3
4.2
To bring the eyebrows together to make small lines on the forehead
1
4.1
To press something so it becomes wrinkled, for example paper or your face
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4.2
To make a smooth surface uneven or wrinkled
To become wrinkled and folded into small ridges
To make small folds in cloth by pressing or gathering it
To gather small folds in cloth to make a decorative edge
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
- Jargon
Make players from both teams gather over the ball on the ground after a tackle
- Jargon
In rugby, gather closely over a tackled player to protect and try to get the ball
How Wrinkled
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb ruck means to gather into folds or to become wrinkled, like when cloth 'bunches' up under movement. That's why we say a skirt or sheet can 'ruck' when it makes creases.