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Word: ruck (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A crease, a wrinkle, a pucker, as on fabric.
  • archaic A fight, a scuffle.
  • Australian Rules Football Contesting a bounce or ball up; used appositionally in "ruck contest". Rucks also used collectively either of ruckmen or of ruckmen and ruck rovers, and occasionally used in place of "followers" (including rovers too).
  • obsolete A rapidly moving throng or mob; a pack of people actively engaged in something.
  • obsolete The commonplace; the lower social classes.
  • rugby union The situation formed when a runner is brought to ground and one or more members of each side are engaged above the ball, trying to win possession of it; a loose scrum.

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Verb:

  • intransitive To become folded.
  • obsolete|transitive To act as a ruckman in a stoppage in Australian Rules football.
  • transitive To crease or fold.

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