Definition of "ruck" in Englisch

noun

1. A throng or crowd of people or things; a mass, a pack.

2. In Australian rules football

3. (rugby union) 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.

4. The common mass of people or things; the ordinary ranks.

5. (colloquial) An argument or fight.

verb

1. (obsolete, transitive) To act as a ruck in a stoppage in Australian rules football.

2. (transitive, rugby union) To contest the possession of the ball in a ruck.

verb

1. (transitive) To crease or fold.

2. (intransitive) To become creased or folded.

noun

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

verb

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

noun

1. Obsolete form of roc.

noun

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

verb

1. To carry a backpack while hiking or marching.

noun

1. A small heifer.