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   ruck

   /rʌk/

   noun

   • 1. a loose scrum formed around a player with the ball on the ground: "players will be encouraged to go to the ground when tackled to form a ruck"
   • ▪ a group of three players who follow the play without fixed positions.
   • 2. a tightly packed crowd of people: "Harry squeezed through the ruck to order another pint"
   • ▪ the mass of ordinary people or things: "education was the key to success, a way out of the ruck"

   verb

   • 1. take part in a ruck: "too often the pack failed to ruck as a unit"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘stack of fuel, heap’): apparently of Scandinavian origin; compare with Norwegian ruke ‘heap of hay’.

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2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › ruckRuck Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   How to use ruck in a sentence. the usual run of persons or things : generality; an indistinguishable gathering : jumble; the persons or things following the vanguard… See the full definition

3. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishRUCK definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   24 meanings: 1. a large number or quantity; mass, esp of ordinary or undistinguished people or things 2. (in a race) a group of.... Click for more definitions.

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5. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishRUCK | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   Ruck can mean ordinary people or things, or a group of players in rugby. Learn how to use this word in different contexts with examples and translations.

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   Ruck can mean ordinary people or things, or a group of players in rugby. Learn how to use it in sentences and find synonyms and translations in different languages.

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   Ruck can mean a large number or quantity, a crease or fold, or a type of play in rugby. Learn the different meanings, origins, and usage of ruck with examples and synonyms.

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   3 days ago · become wrinkled or drawn together. make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in

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   What does ruck mean?

   • Get Word of the Day daily email! Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once? Blossom Word Game Pick the best words! The meaning of RUCK is the usual run of persons or things : generality. How to use ruck in a sentence.

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   What is a ruck in rugby?

   • In the sport of rugby, a ruck is a situation where a group of players struggle for possession of the ball. A ruck is a fold or crease in cloth or clothing. ...a small ruck in the carpet. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

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   What is a political ruck?

   • A ruck is a situation where a group of people are fighting or struggling. There'll be a huge ruck with the cops as they try to take photographs. Ministers will find their budgets being decided in a political ruck with their colleagues. In the sport of rugby, a ruck is a situation where a group of players struggle for possession of the ball.

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   What is rucking & how does it work?

   • It’s easiest to think of rucking as a low-impact, high-return form of cross-training. You’ll work patterns similar to running, but put less stress on your joints (particularly if you’re walking) while strengthening critical running muscles.

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   What does ruke mean in rugby?

   • a. A play in Rugby in which a mass of players gathers around a ball dropped by a tackled ball carrier, with each player attempting to gain possession of the ball by kicking it to a teammate. b. The mass of players during such a play. Also called loose scrum. [Middle English ruke, heap, probably of Scandinavian origin.] To make a fold in; crease.

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   What is a ruck march?

   • To raise money, he's led "ruck marches," in which participants carry weighted backpacks or military rucksacks on long hikes. And yet his work stands out from the ruck of the contemporary versifiers as a balas ruby among carrots. It has a true literary quality which raises it from the ruck of ephemeral publications to an enduring place.

   RUCK | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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    The earliest known use of the noun ruck is in the Middle English period (1150—1500).. OED's earliest evidence for ruck is from around 1225, in Ancrene Riwle.. It is also recorded as a verb from the Middle English period (1150—1500).