to ruck up

Examples

• All

• The fabric of the curtains rucked up whenever the window was opened to let in a breeze.

• 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 picked up the laundry, she noticed that her blouse had rucked up, leaving an unsightly crease.

• After sitting for hours, my pants had rucked up at the knees, making me realize I needed to adjust them.

Synonyms

W

to wrinkle

vsto ruck up

56 2.1

To make a small fold in cloth, paper, or skin

is the passive physical gathering into ridges rather than general creasing

C

to crumple

vsto ruck up

29 3.4

Get folded and wrinkled when pressed, like paper or cloth

implies gentle drawing into ridges rather than forceful crushing

P

to pucker

vsto ruck up

25 5.2

To make small wrinkles in skin or cloth

is broader, covering ridges and larger drawn-together folds as well

C

to crease

vsto ruck up

18 2.3

To make a line in cloth or paper by folding it

covers both sharp lines and multiple gathered ridges, not only one line

C

to crinkle

vsto ruck up

12 3.7

Form small lines on paper, skin, or cloth

describes general gathering into ridges rather than only tiny lines

F

to furrow

vsto ruck up

11 5.8

To make lines or wrinkles in the skin, often on the forehead

refers to drawn-together ridges rather than deep or long grooves

S

to scrunch

vsto ruck up

• Informal

9 5.5

Squeeze something until it becomes wrinkled or folded

is the passive forming of ridges rather than an active crushing act

R

to rumple

vsto ruck up

6 5.4

To make clothes or hair wrinkled and messy

focuses on natural drawing together into neat ridges rather than messiness

R

to ruffle

vsto ruck up

5 4.5

Gather cloth into small folds to make a decorative edge

means rough gathering into ridges for shape, not decorative pleating

S

to scrunch up

vsto ruck up

• Informal

1 4.1

To press something so it becomes wrinkled, for example paper or your face

describes natural drawing into ridges without deliberate squeezing

R

to ruck

vsto ruck up

1 9.6

To form wrinkles or folds in cloth

is the phrasal form that names the same gathering action

R

to ruffle up

vsto ruck up

1 4.2

To make a smooth surface uneven or wrinkled

implies clearer ridge formation and tighter drawn-together folds

R

to ruckle

vsto ruck up

9.9

To make small folds in cloth by pressing or gathering it

describes the same passive gathering rather than an active making

Antonyms

U

to unfold

39 1.3

Open something that is folded so it becomes flat

How Wrinkled

to crumple

29 3.4

to rumple

6 5.4

to ruck up

8.4

to crease

18 2.3

to pucker

25 5.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology