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The referee's not called a ruck, I'm on my feet and I've got a hand on the ball.

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  1. noun A multitude; a throng.
  2. noun The undistinguished crowd or ordinary run of persons or things.
  3. noun People who are followers, not leaders.
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  • The referee's not called a ruck, I'm on my feet and I've got a hand on the ball. —  The Guardian World News
  • ALMOST total dominance in the ruck was the catalyst for a boilover at ANZ Stadium in Sydney on Saturday night, where the Swans handed Hawthorn a 38-point defeat. —  AFL Latest News and Broadband
  • With White lifting in the ruck, the Swans responded with a withering burst of goals through Jarred Moore, O'Keefe, Malceski and Hall. —  AFL Latest News and Broadband
  • Care was given his marching orders by referee Craig Joubert after barging in to the back of Ireland prop Marcus Horan at a ruck, an act of petulance that has drawn great scorn from fans and commentators alike. —  Rugby news from Scrum.com
  • His snipes around the ruck area and his ability to chime in with tries from dummy-half have been features of his performances, especially in the latter half of the season. —  The Roar - Your Sports Opinion
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Etymologies (10)

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  1. Middle English ruke, heap, probably of Scandinavian origin.
  2. Ultimately from Old Norse hrukka, wrinkle, fold; see sker-2 in Indo-European roots.

Toggle Century etymologies Century Dictionary (8)

  1. Also rook, rouk; from Middle English rouken, rukken, crouch, bend, lie close; cf. Danish ruge, brood.
  2. from Icelandic hrukka, a wrinkle on the skin or in cloth; cf. Icelandic hrokkin, curled, wrinkled, past participle of hrökkva, recoil, give way, curl; cf. Swedish rynka, Danish rynke, a wrinkle (see runkle, wrinkle); Gaelic roc, a wrinkle.
  3. = Icelandic rykkja, draw into folds: see ruck, n.
  4. A variant of rick.
  5. from Middle English rok, ruke; from Old Swedish ruka, a heap, prob. connected with Icelandic hraukr = Anglo-Saxon hreác, a heap, rick: see reek, rick, ruck.
  6. from ruck, n.
  7. Origin obscure.
  8. A variant of rut.
 

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