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Rareruck
The correct spelling is ruck.
How to pronounce ruck
/ɹʌk/
nounIPA: /ɹʌk/
Say it like: Ruk
The correct spelling is ruck. A throng or crowd of people or things; a mass, a pack.
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Meanings
noun
- 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.
- 5.A crease, a wrinkle, a pucker, as on fabric.
verb
- 1.To act as a ruck in a stoppage in Australian rules football.
- 2.To contest the possession of the ball in a ruck.
- 3.To crease or fold.
- 4.To become folded.
- 5.To cower or huddle together; to squat; to sit, as a hen on eggs.
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