ruck

(ruk)

noun

  1. Archaic a heap or stack, as of fuel
  2. a large quantity, mass, or crowd
  3. the horses left behind by the leaders in a race
  4. the multitude or mass of undistinguished, ordinary people or things; common run

Origin: ME ruke, a heap < ON hroki, a heap, pile; akin to hruga: see rick

noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb

crease, fold, wrinkle, or pucker

Origin: prob. via dial. < ON hrukka

See ruck in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. a. A multitude; a throng.
    b. The undistinguished crowd or ordinary run of persons or things.
  2. People who are followers, not leaders.
  3. Sports
    a. A play in Rugby in which a mass of players gathers around a ball dropped by a tackled ball carrier, with each player attempting to gain possession of the ball by kicking it to a teammate.
    b. The mass of players during such a play. Also called loose scrum.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English ruke, heap

Origin: , probably of Scandinavian origin

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verb rucked, ruck·ing, rucks
verb, transitive
To make a fold in; crease.
verb, intransitive
To become creased.
noun
A crease or pucker, as in cloth.

Origin:

Origin: Ultimately from Old Norse hrukka, wrinkle, fold; see sker-2 in Indo-European roots

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