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What (who) is rucks - definition
rucks
RUCKS, meaning lots. (Used by all generations in Welshpool, Mid-Wales)
I've got rucks of work. There were rucks of people.
I've got rucks of work. There were rucks of people.
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Ruck (disambiguation); Rucking
(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 (disambiguation); Rucking
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¦ 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
Examples of use of rucks
1. I hate going into rucks if I’m not doing any good there.
2. "I like hitting rucks and my stats for the season showed I hit a fair number.
3. They wrote about other things too – relationships, late nights, boozy citycentre rucks – turning the flotsam and jetsam of everyday British life into pop gold.