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Ruckle

//ˈɹʌkəl// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A disordered collection.

    "Seldom he comes by this way ; but he is amang them yonder, wi' a hookit nose and chin, grey blear'd een, lang black hair, and a ruckle o' duds for claise o' a' sorts, wi' bits o' embroidery sewed on them."

  2. 2
    A rattling noise in the throat, as from suffocation. Scotland
  3. 3
    A wrinkle.

    "After the second lunch, with a little more to drink, he helped her into her coat more zealously, smoothing the material down over one should blade as if the cloth had suddenly thrown up a ruckle."

Verb
  1. 1
    To crease or wrinkle.
  2. 2
    To make a rattling noise in the throat. Scotland, intransitive
  3. 3
    make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; ‘crisp’ is archaic wordnet
  4. 4
    make a hoarse, rattling sound wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Variant of ruck.

Etymology 2

Variant of ruck.

Etymology 3

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

Etymology 4

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

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