Meanings
comparative more ruckly · superlative most ruckly
- Wrinkly or bumpy.
It meant ruckling his sock right down, and nobody likes a ruckly sock, but this was no time to be stopped by a ruckle.
2015, Georgia Pritchett, Wilf the Mighty Worrier: Saves the World, →ISBN2 more examples
I min' when they were jist auld sort o' ruckly boxes, awfu' licht, ye ken, upon the springs, and just went dodderin' alang, the body swingin' to and fro, as if it would flee richt oot.
1979, Reincarnation: the best short stories of R. B. Cunninghame Graham, →ISBN, page 70I grip the bike rack with both hands, but then the track gets rucklier so I steady myself by hooking one thumb through a belt-loop on Brubeck's jeans.
2014, David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks, →ISBN, pages 27–28Synonyms: bewrinkled, rugose, wrinkly
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveWrinkly or bumpy.
Origin
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