ruckle
Definitions
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- verb to crease or wrinkle
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- noun A rattling noise in the throat, as from suffocation.
- verb To make a rattling noise; rattle.
Examples
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Suddenly, the dead silence struck me: my ear missed the "ruckle," and the occasional exclamations of delight.
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He did let go, but only with one hand, and this in order to slide it down her leg, evidently meaning to get hold of her skirt and ruckle it up.
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It is not too much to say that almost every step of the weary sultry way was in pain, and I reached Ujiji a mere ruckle of bones.
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That and this ruckle of stones we sit in are all that's left of what was my father's and my grandfather's and their forebears back till the dark of time.
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The "ruckle-ruckle" of the blocks sounded at quick intervals and indicated haste; there was a suggestion of vicious determination on the part of the men who were tugging at the halyards.
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“The inspector ceased from his search of the rooms, and spent a minute in trying whether the mats would really fall flat when the doors were open, or merely ruckle up in a way as to appear they had been untouched; but in each case, the mats fell flat, and remained so.
Note
The word 'ruckle' is a variant of 'ruck', ultimately from an Old Norse word meaning 'wrinkle'.
