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Ruck

/ɹʌk/

A throng or crowd of people or things; a mass, a pack.

📖 Definitions of "Ruck"

noun
  1. 1

    A throng or crowd of people or things; a mass, a pack.

  2. 2

    In Australian rules football

  3. 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. 4

    The common mass of people or things; the ordinary ranks.

verb
  1. 1

    To act as a ruck in a stoppage in Australian rules football.

  2. 2

    To contest the possession of the ball in a ruck.

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