ruck

Etymology 1
From, from. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) A throng or crowd of people or things; a mass, a pack.
 * 2) A contest in games in which the ball is thrown or bounced in the air and two players from opposing teams attempt to give their team an advantage, typically by tapping the ball to a teammate.
 * 3) A player who competes in said contests; a ruckman or ruckwoman.
 * 4)  Either of a ruckman or a ruck rover, but not a rover.
 * 5) Any one of a ruckman, a ruck rover or a rover; a follower.
 * 6)  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.
 * 7) The common mass of people or things; the ordinary ranks.
 * 8)  An argument or fight.
 * 1) The common mass of people or things; the ordinary ranks.
 * 2)  An argument or fight.
 * 1)  An argument or fight.

Usage notes
In the second Australian rules football sense, "ruck" is a gender-neutral term. "Ruckman" is sometimes considered to refer only to men, but is often considered gender-neutral. "Ruckwoman" only refers to women.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Maori: paraketu, ketuketu

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.

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Maori: ketuketu

Etymology 2
1780, from, from , , from. Akin to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. More at. Possibly related to 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)   To crease or fold.
 * 2)   To become creased or folded.
 * 1)   To become creased or folded.
 * 1)   To become creased or folded.
 * 1)   To become creased or folded.
 * 1)   To become creased or folded.

Derived terms

 * ruck up

Noun

 * 1) A crease, a wrinkle, a pucker, as on fabric.

Etymology 3
Compare 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  To cower or huddle together; to squat; to sit, as a hen on eggs.

Etymology 5
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Noun

 * 1)  A rucksack; a large backpack.

Verb

 * 1) To carry a backpack while hiking or marching.

Noun

 * 1) A small heifer.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) rock