Definition

1. Verb:
   • To huddle; to burrow; to crawl into: To move one's body into a narrow, tight, or enclosed space, often for shelter, concealment, or warmth.
   • To peck; to poke (with a beak or snout): To use a beak or snout to poke, dig, or root into something, typically in search of food.
   • To sound; to blare; to toot: To produce a long, loud, and often piercing sound, like that of a horn, siren, or whistle.

Usage Examples

• Verb (to huddle/burrow):
  • Mèo con rúc vào trong chăn để ngủ. (The kitten burrowed into the blanket to sleep.)
  • Con rắn rúc vào khe đá. (The snake crawled into a crevice in the rock.)
• Verb (to peck/poke):
  • Con vịt đang rúc bùn tìm thức ăn. (The duck is poking in the mud looking for food.)
• Verb (to sound/toot):
  • Còi tàu rúc lên một hồi dài. (The train whistle sounded a long blast.)
  • Xe cứu hỏa rúc còi. (The fire truck blared its siren.)

Advanced Usage

• "rúc đầu vào": To bury one's head into something (often to hide, sleep, or cry).
  • Cậu bé rúc đầu vào gối mẹ. (The boy buried his head in his mother's lap.)
• "rúc rích": To giggle or titter softly; also can describe a light, rustling or squeaking sound (like a mouse).
  • Bọn trẻ rúc rích cười trong góc phòng. (The children were giggling in the corner of the room.)

Variants and Related Words

• Thu mình, co rúc lại (v): To curl up, to huddle oneself into a ball.
  • Nó co rúc lại trong góc vì lạnh. (He curled up in the corner because he was cold.)
• Rúc rỉa (v): To peck at; to pick at (often used figuratively for criticizing or finding fault).
  • Đừng rúc rỉa lỗi nhỏ của người khác. (Don't pick at the small faults of others.)

Synonyms

• To huddle/burrow: to nestle, to snuggle, to hide.
• To peck/poke: to probe, to root, to dig.
• To sound: to blast, to honk, to wail (for a siren).

Related Idioms

• Rúc như rươi: To swarm or gather in a dense, crowded mass (like a swarm of small insects).
  • Khán giả rúc như rươi trước cửa rạp. (The audience swarmed in front of the theater entrance.)
• Rúc vào chỗ chết: To stubbornly stick to a wrong or losing position (literally, to burrow into a deadly spot).
  • Anh ta cứ rúc vào chỗ chết, không chịu nghe ai. (He stubbornly sticks to his losing argument, refusing to listen to anyone.)

verb

1. to peck; to strike with the beak

verb

1. to hoot; to toot
   • rúc còi
     to toot a horn

verb

1. to put (one's head) into something