ruck

noun

/rʌk/

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[countable] (in rugby) a group of players who gather round the ball when it is lying on the ground and push each other in order to get the ballTopics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2
[singular] a group of people standing closely together or fighting
- He pushed his way through the ruck of drinkers to get to the bar.
- When the police arrived, it soon turned into an ugly ruck.
the ruck
[singular] (disapproving) ordinary people or events
- She saw marriage to him as a way out of the ruck.

Word Originnoun Middle English (in the sense ‘stack of fuel, heap’): apparently of Scandinavian origin; compare with Norwegian ruke ‘heap of hay’.

verb

/rʌk/

[intransitive]

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they ruck	/rʌk/ /rʌk/
he / she / it rucks	/rʌks/ /rʌks/
past simple rucked	/rʌkt/ /rʌkt/
past participle rucked	/rʌkt/ /rʌkt/
-ing form rucking	/ˈrʌkɪŋ/ /ˈrʌkɪŋ/

Phrasal Verbs

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(in rugby) to take part in a ruck
Word Originverb Middle English (in the sense ‘stack of fuel, heap’): apparently of Scandinavian origin; compare with Norwegian ruke ‘heap of hay’. ruck up/ruck something up. late 18th cent. (as a noun): from Old Norse hrukka.