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What (who) is ruck - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Ruck (disambiguation); Rucking
ruck
I. v. n.
Squat, cower, crouch, lie close, take shelter, rook.
II. v. a.
Wrinkle, crease.
ruck
(rucks, rucking, rucked)
1.
A ruck is a situation where a group of people are fighting or struggling. (BRIT)
There'll be a huge ruck with the cops as they try to take photographs...
= scrap
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2.
In the sport of rugby, a ruck is a situation where a group of players struggle for possession of the ball.
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ruck
ruck1
¦ noun
1. Rugby a loose scrum formed around a player with the ball on the ground. Compare with maul.
Australian Rules a group of three players who follow the play without fixed positions.
2. a tightly packed crowd of people.
¦ verb Rugby & Australian Rules take part in a ruck.
Origin
ME (in the sense 'stack of fuel, heap'): appar. of Scand. origin.
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ruck2
¦ verb make or form wrinkles, creases, or folds.
¦ noun a crease or wrinkle.
Origin
C18: from ON hrukka.
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ruck3 Brit.
informal
¦ noun a brawl.
¦ verb engage in a brawl.
Origin
Wikipedia
Ruck
Ruck may refer to:
- Ruck (rugby union), a contesting for the ball in Rugby Union from a grounded player
- Ruck (Australian rules football), an aerial contest in Australian rules football between rival ruckmen
- Ruck (rugby league), the area surrounding a tackled player in rugby league football
- People
- Sean Price, American rapper who went by the name Ruck as a member of Heltah Skeltah
- Alan Ruck (born 1956), American actor
- Berta Ruck (1878–1978), British writer of short stories and romance novels
- Calvin Ruck (1925–2004), Canadian Senator and author
- Carl A. P. Ruck (born 1935), American professor of Classical Studies
- Carl Ruck (field hockey) (1912–1980), German field hockey player
- Caroline Rück, Swiss curler
- Monique Ruck-Petit (born 1942), Swiss and French chess master
- Richard Ruck (1851–1935), Welsh footballer and Royal Engineers soldier
- Róbert Ruck (born 1977), Hungarian chess grandmaster
- Sian Ruck (born 1953), New Zealand international cricketer
- Ulrich Rück (1882–1962), German collector of musical instruments and dealer in pianofortes
- Wolfgang Ruck (born 1946), Canadian sprint canoeist
Examples of use of ruck
1. Ms Davey, through her lawyers Carter–Ruck, has denied any fraudulent practices.
2. Some 20,000 of Carter–Ruck bills have since been paid at public expense.
3. Messrs Carter–Ruck insist electric wires were hanging from the ceiling and immediate action was necessary.
4. Jameson‘s solicitor, Peter Carter–Ruck, hid the advice from his client, and Jameson lost 75,000.
5. Driven to fury by Press criticism last year, the Speaker hired libel lawyers Carter–Ruck to act as his spokesmen.