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ruck up

ruck up verb: to form untidy creases or folds in an article of clothing.

Verb

ruck up (third-person singular simple present rucks up, present participle rucking up, simple past and past participle rucked up)

  1. To form untidy creases or folds in an article of clothing.
  2. (US, colloquial, idiomatic, vulgar) To be brave, to show some courage, to keep moving forward in a difficult situation.

Forms of ruck up

third-person singular presentrucks up
present participlerucking up
past participlerucked up
pastrucked up

Questions about ruck up

What does ruck up mean?
Ruck up means to form untidy creases or folds in an article of clothing.
What part of speech is ruck up?
Ruck up is a verb.
What is the past tense of ruck up?
The past tense of ruck up is rucked up.

Words near ruck up in the dictionary

  1. Rucinski
  2. Rucinskis
  3. ruck
  4. ruck rover
  5. ruck rovers
  6. ruck up
  7. Rucka
  8. rucked
  9. rucked up
  10. Ruckel
  11. Ruckels

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