ruck
[noun]
Synonyms: pile, bank, bing, cock, drift, heap, mass, mound, rick, stack, gathering, aggregation, assemblage, collection, company, congeries, congregation, crowd, group, muster
[noun]
Synonyms: wrinkle, corrugation, crease, crinkle, fold, furrow, plica, ridge, rimple, rivel

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. ruck¹ /rʌk/ noun

1. [countable] a group of rugby players trying to get the ball when it is lying on the ground

2. the ruck formal ordinary events or people, which seem rather boring compared to the lives of rich or famous people:
Obtaining a good education was seen as a way out of the ruck.

3. [singular] a group of people standing very closely together or fighting

4. [countable] British English informal a fight

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. ruck² verb
ruck up phrasal verb
if a piece of cloth rucks up, or if you ruck it up, it forms folds in an untidy way
ruck something ↔ up
Your coat’s all rucked up at the back.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲