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Ruck - Rugby(gambling)
ruck 1, noun(dictionary)
ruck 2, verb(dictionary)

ruck(1) (iou)



ruck noun1 & verb1. ME.
[App. of Scandinavian origin, corresp. to Norwegian ruka.]
A. noun.
A gathered heap or stack of fuel or other combustible material. ME.
b. A measure of capacity spec. of coal. ME-M17.
A haystack, a corn-stack. Now Scot. & dial. LME.
a. A large number or quantity; a multitude, a crowd. LME.
b. A rough heap or pile of anything, a bundle, a cluster. Now Scot. & dial. L17.
c. Austral. Rules Football. A group of three players who follow the play without fixed positions. L19.
d. Rugby Football. A loose scrum in which the ball is on the ground. E20.
Nonsense, rubbish. US colloq. L19.
Phrases: in a ruck in one group, in a cluster. the ruck (a) the main body of competitors in a race etc. not likely to overtake the leaders; (b) a grouping of undistinguished people or things; the ordinary or general mass of.
Comb.: ruckman Austral. Rules Football a member of a ruck whose function is esp. to knock the ball to the ruck-rover; ruck-rover Austral. Rules Football a mobile member of a ruck.
b. verb.
verb trans. Stack or pile up (hay etc.). Also foll. by up. Scot. & dial. E18.
verb intrans.
a. Rugby Football. Form a ruck. M20.
b. Austral. Rules Football. Play as one of the members of a ruck. M20.