ruck
noun
[ rʌk ]
• a loose scrum formed around a player with the ball on the ground.
• "players will be encouraged to go to the ground when tackled to form a ruck"
• a tightly packed crowd of people.
• "Harry squeezed through the ruck to order another pint"
ruck
verb
• take part in a ruck.
• "too often the pack failed to ruck as a unit"
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘stack of fuel, heap’): apparently of Scandinavian origin; compare with Norwegian ruke ‘heap of hay’.
ruck
verb
• compress or move (cloth or clothing) so that it forms a number of untidy folds or creases.
• "her skirt was rucked up"
Similar:
scrunch up,
wrinkle,
crinkle,
cockle,
crumple,
rumple,
pucker,
corrugate,
ruffle,
screw up,
crease,
shrivel,
furrow,
crimp,
gather,
draw,
tuck,
pleat,
ruckle,
ruck
noun
• a crease or wrinkle.
Origin:
late 18th century (as a noun): from Old Norse hrukka .
ruck
noun
• a rucksack.
• "I barely had time to repack my ruck"
ruck
noun
• a quarrel or fight, especially a brawl involving several people.
• "there was a rare old ruck before the police arrived"
ruck
verb
• engage in a ruck.
• "with no money and nothing to do, they started rucking"
Origin:
1950s: perhaps a shortened form of ruction or ruckus.
