ruck
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8.8
- noun
- /rʌk/
- Archaic
:
masa
- Other good spots are straight on when there is a ruck. This is when 6-7 players from each side bend over and push at each other while one player tosses the ball at their feet so it can be kicked backwards and out of the melee.
Examples
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Have security just throw my ruck over the wall.
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We merry band, unbound by the constraints of society and the prejudices of the common ruck.
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Too many guys off their feet at the rucks.
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And he had written a really kind of dreadful book about his journey called The Ruck Suck Man.
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During play, there are rucks, mauls, scrums, and lineouts.
Academic text (2002) -
All the folk coming out of the pubs cheer us on; and if one of us runs into a feller, there's always a ruck of some sort.
Fiction book (1998) -
For a time he put his trust in the people of Rishon Le-Tsion, until he discovered that they weren't interested in the library but in the ruck.
Fiction book (1994) -
Suddenly, his halo is enlarged to saintly proportions, and everyone insists he move to the front of the bus as a sign he is no longer of the common ruck.
Blog text (9) -
This in turn could endow an object with additional meaning: it could express a particular mark of favor from a ruler, be charged with a specific affective or political meaning, or signal an aggressive social climber who sought to rise above the ruck by disregarding the rules.
Academic text (2001) -
The street was filled with a ruck of people enjoying the festival.
Synonyms
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1.6
A large group of people who act the same and do not stand out
Antonyms
How Large
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ruck (a crowd of ordinary people) brings to mind a rough 'heap' or mass, like the word ruckus which suggests a noisy group. So to call someone part of the ruck is to say they are in the common 'mass' of people, not standing out.