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rucking up

rucking up is the present participle and gerund of ruck up.

Meaning of ruck up

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.

Questions about rucking up

What is rucking up the present participle and gerund of?
Rucking up is the present participle and gerund of ruck up.

Words near rucking up in the dictionary

  1. Ruckel
  2. Ruckels
  3. Rucker
  4. Rucki
  5. rucking
  6. rucking up
  7. Ruckis
  8. ruckle
  9. ruckled
  10. ruckles
  11. Rucklidge

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