Meaning

3 senses

  1. A disordered collection.

  2. A wrinkle.

  3. (Scotland)A rattling noise in the throat, as from suffocation.

Origin

Variant of ruck. Probably cognate with Dutch rochelen (“to hawk”).

Variant of ruck.

Probably cognate with Dutch rochelen (“to hawk”).

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Forms

plural: ruckles
Singularruckle
Pluralruckles

regular

Word family

1 related words
Derivedruckly

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
rubricrubyrucksackruckusrudderruddy

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