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ruck
1[ ruhk ]
noun
- a large number or quantity; mass.
- the great mass of undistinguished or inferior persons or things.
ruck
2[ ruhk ]
noun
- a fold or wrinkle; crease.
verb (used with or without object)
- to make or become creased or wrinkled.
ruck
1/ rʌk /
noun
- slang.military a rucksack
ruck
2/ rʌk /
noun
- slang:prison.a fight
ruck
3/ rʌk /
noun
- a large number or quantity; mass, esp of ordinary or undistinguished people or things
- (in a race) a group of competitors who are well behind the leaders at the finish
- rugby a loose scrum that forms around the ball when it is on the ground
- Australian rules football the three players, two ruckmen and a rover, that do not have fixed positions but follow the ball closely
verb
- intr rugby to try to win the ball by advancing over it when it is on the ground, driving opponents backward in the process
ruck
4/ rʌk /
noun
- a wrinkle, crease, or fold
verb
- usually foll by up to become or make wrinkled, creased, or puckered
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Example Sentences
Frank joined the ruck of the demonstrators and passed through the portals of the magnificent gate.
He's stuck up and citified, and wears gloves, and takes his meals private in his room, and all that sort of ruck.
He shoved the doctor forward, and followed him, kicking to right and left a ruck of weapons and dbris.
There were so much ruck and stuff under his feet that Mayo gave up searching after a time.
In that riot of tempest and ruck of sea he was straining his eyes, trying to get a glimpse of the hulk on Razee.
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