runkle1
/ˈrʌŋkl/(also runckle) Now chiefly Scottish and Irish English (northern )
noun
A wrinkle; a crease.
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in Cursor Mundi: a Northumbrian poem of the 14th century. Origin uncertain. Perhaps from early Scandinavian, perhaps showing a blend with wrinkle. Compare later ruckle. Perhaps compare also Middle Dutch (rare) wronckelen to twist, to wind, and the related noun wronckel.
runkle2
/ˈrʌŋkl/(also runcle)
verb
[no object] And with object. To wrinkle, rumple; (in later use also, of fabric, clothing, etc.) to ruck up.
- Apparently largely restricted to Scottish use between the 18th and early 20th centuries..
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in The Prick of Conscience. Probably from runkle.
- kick someone in the teeth
- kick someone out
- kick someone's ass (or butt)
- kick someone/thing to the curb
- kick someone upstairs
- kick someone when they are down
- kick something around (or about)
- kick something in
- kick something into touch (or into the long grass)
- kick something off
- kicksorter
- kickstand
- kick-start
- kick-starter
- kick the bucket
- kick the can down the road
- kick the shit out of
- kick the tin
- kick-to-kick
- kick-turn
- kick up
- kick up (a) dust
- kick up a fuss (or a stink)
- kick up one's heels
- kicky