Associations to the word «Ruck»

RUCK, noun. A throng or crowd of people or things; a mass, a pack. [from 16th c.]

RUCK, noun. (Australian Rules Football) Contesting a bounce or ball up; used appositionally in "ruck contest". Rucks also used collectively either of ruckmen or of ruckmen and ruck rovers, and occasionally used in place of "followers" (including rovers too). [from 19th c.]

RUCK, noun. (rugby union) The situation formed when a runner is brought to ground and one or more members of each side are engaged above the ball, trying to win possession of it; a loose scrum. [from 20th c.]

RUCK, noun. The common mass of people or things; the ordinary ranks. [from 19th c.]

RUCK, verb. (obsolete) (transitive) To act as a ruckman in a stoppage in Australian Rules football.

RUCK, verb. (transitive) To contest the possession of the ball in a game of Rugby.

RUCK, verb. (transitive) To crease or fold.

RUCK, verb. (intransitive) To become folded.

RUCK, noun. A crease, a wrinkle, a pucker, as on fabric.

RUCK, verb. (UK) (dialect) (obsolete) To cower or huddle together; to squat; to sit, as a hen on eggs.

RUCK, noun. Obsolete form of roc.

RUCK, noun. (slang) (especially military) A rucksack; a large backpack.

RUCK, verb. To carry a backpack while hiking or marching.

RUCK ROVER, noun. Position in Australian rules football, one of three followers, formerly a secondary ruckman, now an athletic player generally taller than a rover.

RUCK ROVERS, noun. Plural of ruck rover

RUCK, noun. A crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things; "his brilliance raised him above the ruck"; "the children resembled a fairy herd".

RUCK, noun. An irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth).

RUCK, verb. Become wrinkled or drawn together; "her lips puckered".