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ruck

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/ɹʌk/ English

Definitions

noun

  1. A throng or crowd of people or things; a mass, a pack.
  2. In Australian rules football
  3. The situation formed when a player carrying the ball is brought to the 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 of people or things; the ordinary ranks.

verb

  1. To act as a ruck in a stoppage in Australian rules football.
  2. To contest the possession of the ball in a ruck.

noun

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

verb

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

verb

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

noun

  1. An enormous mythical bird in Eastern legend.

noun

  1. Rocuronium.

noun

  1. A rucksack; a large backpack.

verb

  1. To carry a backpack while hiking or marching.

noun

  1. A small heifer.

Related words

Synonyms

pengpuckerruck upherdslewwrinklesacksacksroutruckmanraftraffruckworkruckwomanrabblementrascalityriffraff

Associated

maulscrumpillboxroveroffsidefaireststaplesdislocatedferrishawthornfryemau

Rhymes

thunderstrucksuckawestruckpluckstuckmoonstruckshuckamokfuckschmuck

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