ruckle
/ˈɹʌkəl/verb, noun
ruckle is a verb meaning “To crease or wrinkle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-U-C-K-L-E and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 62 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does ruckle mean?
verb
- 1
To crease or wrinkle.
- 2
ScotlandTo make a rattling noise in the throat.
noun
- 1
A disordered collection.
- 2
A wrinkle.
- 3
ScotlandA rattling noise in the throat, as from suffocation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce ruckle?
- /ˈɹʌkəl/
Ruckle has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-ruckle.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of ruckle
- ruckles present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- ruckling participle, present
- ruckled participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is ruckle?
Ruckle appears about once in every 62 million words in written English, the 246,401st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does ruckle come from?
Variant of ruck.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).