RUCK

ruck

Noun

  1. A throng or crowd of people or things; a mass, a pack.
  2. 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).
  3. 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.
  4. The common mass people or things; the ordinary ranks.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A crease, a wrinkle, a pucker, as on fabric.

Noun (etymology 3)

Verb

  1. To act as a ruckman in a stoppage in Australian Rules football.

Verb (etymology 2)

  1. To crease or fold.
  2. To become folded.

Verb (etymology 3)

  1. To cower or huddle together; to squat; to sit, as a hen on eggs.


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