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ruck

The correct spelling is ruck.

How to pronounce ruck

/ɹʌk/
noun

IPA: /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. 1.A throng or crowd of people or things; a mass, a pack.
  2. 2.In Australian rules football
  3. 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. 4.The common mass of people or things; the ordinary ranks.
  5. 5.A crease, a wrinkle, a pucker, as on fabric.

verb

  1. 1.To act as a ruck in a stoppage in Australian rules football.
  2. 2.To contest the possession of the ball in a ruck.
  3. 3.To crease or fold.
  4. 4.To become folded.
  5. 5.To cower or huddle together; to squat; to sit, as a hen on eggs.

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