ruckly

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English

Etymology

From ruckle +‎ -y.

Adjective

ruckly (comparative more ruckly, superlative most ruckly)

  1. Wrinkly or bumpy.
    • 1979, Reincarnation: the best short stories of R. B. Cunninghame Graham, →ISBN, page 70:
      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.
    • 2014, David Mitchell, The Bone Clocks, →ISBN, pages 27–28:
      I 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.
    • 2015, Georgia Pritchett, Wilf the Mighty Worrier: Saves the World, →ISBN:
      It meant ruckling his sock right down, and nobody likes a ruckly sock, but this was no time to be stopped by a ruckle.

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