Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to ruck
Participle: rucked
Gerund: rucking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | ruck |
| you | ruck |
| he;she;it | rucks |
| we | ruck |
| you | ruck |
| they | ruck |
Perfect
| I | have rucked |
| you | have rucked |
| he;she;it | has rucked |
| we | have rucked |
| you | have rucked |
| they | have rucked |
Past
| I | rucked |
| you | rucked |
| he;she;it | rucked |
| we | rucked |
| you | rucked |
| they | rucked |
Pluperfect
| I | had rucked |
| you | had rucked |
| he;she;it | had rucked |
| we | had rucked |
| you | had rucked |
| they | had rucked |
Future
| I | will ruck |
| you | will ruck |
| he;she;it | will ruck |
| we | will ruck |
| you | will ruck |
| they | will ruck |
Future Perfect
| I | will have rucked |
| you | will have rucked |
| he;she;it | will have rucked |
| we | will have rucked |
| you | will have rucked |
| they | will have rucked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | ruck |
| you | ruck |
| he;she;it | ruck |
| we | ruck |
| you | ruck |
| they | ruck |
Perfect
| I | have rucked |
| you | have rucked |
| he;she;it | have rucked |
| we | have rucked |
| you | have rucked |
| they | have rucked |
Imperfect
| I | rucked |
| you | rucked |
| he;she;it | rucked |
| we | rucked |
| you | rucked |
| they | rucked |
Pluperfect
| I | had rucked |
| you | had rucked |
| he;she;it | had rucked |
| we | had rucked |
| you | had rucked |
| they | had rucked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would ruck |
| you | would ruck |
| he;she;it | would ruck |
| we | would ruck |
| you | would ruck |
| they | would ruck |
Perfect
| I | would have rucked |
| you | would have rucked |
| he;she;it | would have rucked |
| we | would have rucked |
| you | would have rucked |
| they | would have rucked |
Imperative
| you | ruck |
| we | Let's ruck |
| you | ruck |
Verbs conjugated like 'ruck'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'ruck'
buck,
cruck,
cuck,
duck,
fuck,
huck,
luck,
muck,
puck,
rack,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English ruke, from or related to Old Norse hraukr, which is from Proto-Germanic *hraukaz (“haystack, heap”). Compare Icelandic hrúka, Swedish ruka. See: Icelandic '
hrúka', Swedish '
ruka'.
Sample Sentences
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Puzzle begged very hard to have the lion-skin taken off him. He said it was too hot and the way it was rucked up on his back was uncomfortable […] [1956, C. S. Lewis, The Last Battle, Collins, 1998, Chapter 8:]
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"What, exactly, happened down cellar?" Appleyard asked, straightening with his heel a rucked rug. [1959, Peter De Vries, The Tents of Wickedness, page 28:]
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She wore long dangling earrings faced with mirrors, and white Bermuda shorts rucked back to reveal knees and thighs like waxed maple. [1989, Carol Shields, “Block Out”, in The Collected Stories, Random House Canada, 2004, page 299:]
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The army had a shooting range up there hidden in the chestnut forests, that was all; like a passing plane rucking the fabric of perfect silence, the shots brought all that shatters continuity in life, the violence of emotions, the trajectories of demands and contests of will. [2003, Nadine Gordimer, “L,U, C, I, E.”, in Loot and Other Stories, New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux:]
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"Will you come over now and try on your dress?" Ally asked, looking at her with wistful admiration. "I want to be sure the sleeves don't ruck up the same as they did yesterday." [1917, Edith Wharton, chapter XII, in Summer […], New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, page 178:]