Ruckle
name, noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 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 A rattling noise in the throat, as from suffocation. Scotland
- 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."
- 1 To crease or wrinkle.
- 2 To make a rattling noise in the throat. Scotland, intransitive
- 3 make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; ‘crisp’ is archaic wordnet
- 4 make a hoarse, rattling sound wordnet
- 1 A surname.
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
Variant of ruck.
Probably cognate with Dutch rogchelen (“to hawk”).
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