Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Ruck

Ruck , noun

A roc. [Obsolete or prov. English] — Drayton

Ruck , verb, transitive and intransitive

[Icel hrukkast to wrinkle, hrukka wrinkle, fold.]

To draw into wrinkles or unsightly folds; to crease; as, to ruck up a carpet. — Smart

Ruck , noun

[Icelandic hrukka. Compare Ruck, transitive verb]

A wrinkle or crease in a piece of cloth, or in needlework.

Ruck , intransitive verb

[Compare Danish ruge to brood, to hatch.]

To cower; to huddle together; to squat; to sit, as a hen on eggs. [Obsolete or Provincial English] — Gower. South
The sheep that rouketh in the fold. — Chaucer

Ruck , noun

[Compare Ruck.]

1.
A heap; a rick. [Prov English & Scottish]
2.
The common sort, whether persons or things; as, the ruck in a horse race. [Colloquial]
The ruck in society as a whole. — Lond. Sat. Rev