Ruck Crease Corolla Ruk Noun Large Mass Ordinary

ruck /ruk/

noun

1. A large mass, especially of ordinary people or things. 

2. A crease or wrinkle.

verb tr., intr.

1. In the US military, to carry heavy loads while afoot.

To make a crease or to become creased.

[From Old Norse hrukka (wrinkle, fold). Ultimately from the Indo-European root sker- (to turn or bend), which is also the source of ranch, rank, shrink, circle, circa, crisp, corolla, search, ring, curb, ridge, curve, corolla, and coronary. Earliest documented use: 1225.]

"Any genuine pilgrim would have to fight his way past a ruck of tourists to get close to such an object." - Keith Miller; St Peter's; Profile Books; 2010.

"She ran across the room and tripped on the rucked carpet under the bed." - Liz Ryan; Sometimes a Rogue; Hodder & Stoughton; 1997.