RUCKLE

wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp

(verb) make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; ‘crisp’ is archaic; “The dress got wrinkled”; “crease the paper like this to make a crane”

ruckle

(verb) make a hoarse, rattling sound

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Verb

ruckle (third-person singular simple present ruckles, present participle ruckling, simple past and past participle ruckled)

To crease or wrinkle.

Noun

ruckle (plural ruckles)

A disordered collection.

A wrinkle.

Etymology 2

Noun

ruckle (plural ruckles)

(Scotland) A rattling noise in the throat, as from suffocation.

Verb

ruckle (third-person singular simple present ruckles, present participle ruckling, simple past and past participle ruckled)

(Scotland, intransitive) To make a rattling noise in the throat.

Anagrams

• lucker

Source: Wiktionary



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