ruck

ruck ¹  (rk)

n.

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.

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[Middle English ruke, heap, probably of Scandinavian origin.]

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ruck ²  (rk)

v. rucked, ruck·ing, rucks

v.tr.

To make a fold in; crease.

v.intr.

To become creased.

n.

A crease or pucker, as in cloth.

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[Ultimately from Old Norse hrukka, wrinkle, fold; see sker-² in Indo-European roots.]

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ruck¹

n

1. a large number or quantity; mass, esp of ordinary or undistinguished people or things

2. (General Sporting Terms) (in a race) a group of competitors who are well behind the leaders at the finish

3. (Team Sports / Rugby) Rugby a loose scrum that forms around the ball when it is on the ground

4. (Team Sports / Australian Rules Football) Australian Rules football the three players, two ruckmen and a rover, that do not have fixed positions but follow the ball closely

vb

(Team Sports / Rugby) (intr) Rugby to try to win the ball by mauling and scrummaging

[C13 (meaning ``heap of firewood''): perhaps from Scandinavian; compare Old Norse hraukr rick¹]

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ruck²

n

a wrinkle, crease, or fold

vb

(usually foll by up) to become or make wrinkled, creased, or puckered

[from Scandinavian; related to Old Norse hrukka]

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ruck³

n

Prison slang a fight

[short for ruckus]

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Ruck a large number; a crowd; a heap or pile; a rick or stack of hay or corn.

Examples: ruck of coal, 1483; of corn, 1610; of fortune, 1601; of fuel, 1459; of hay, 1725; of horses, 1856; of rich pearls and sparkling diamonds, 1601; of sheep and goats, 1657; of stones, 1828; of wheat, 1570.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ruck - a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things; "his brilliance raised him above the ruck"; "the children resembled a fairy herd" herd concourse, throng, multitude - a large gathering of people
	2.	ruck - an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth) pucker crease, crimp, fold, plication, flexure, bend - an angular or rounded shape made by folding; "a fold in the napkin"; "a crease in his trousers"; "a plication on her blouse"; "a flexure of the colon"; "a bend of his elbow"
Verb	1.	ruck - become wrinkled or drawn together; "her lips puckered" ruck up, pucker crease, crinkle, crisp, ruckle, scrunch up, wrinkle, scrunch - make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; "The dress got wrinkled"; "crease the paper like this to make a crane"

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ruck

noun battle, fight, conflict, clash, set-to (informal), encounter, riot, scrap (informal), fray, brawl, skirmish, head-to-head, tussle, scuffle, free-for-all (informal), fracas, dogfight, affray (Law), scrimmage, exchange of blows, melee or mêlée There'll be a huge ruck with the cops.

Translations

ruck¹ [rʌk] N (Racing) → grueso m del pelotón (Rugby) → melé f (fig) → gente f, común personas fpl corrientes
to get out of the ruck → empezar a destacar, adelantarse a los demás

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ruck² [rʌk]

A. N (in clothing etc) → arruga f

B. VT (also to ruck up) → arrugar

C. VI → arrugarse

ruck [ˈrʌk]

n

(British) (= scrap) → mêlée f

(RUGBY) → mêlée f ouverte, maul m

(= crease) (in clothing, carpet) → faux pli m

ruck up

vi → se plisser

ruck¹

n

(Racing) → Pulk m; the (common) ruck (fig) → die (breite) Masse; to get out of the ruck (fig) → sich von der breiten Masse absetzen

(Rugby) → offenes Gedränge

(Prison sl: = ruckus) → Krawall m (inf)

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ruck²

n (= wrinkle) → Falte f