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Meaning of ruck

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

ruck

Pronunciation:/ɹʌk/

noun

Definitions

  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

Definitions

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

  2. To contest the possession of the ball in a ruck.