Definition of "ruck" [ruck]

• A multitude; a throng. (noun)
• The undistinguished crowd or ordinary run of persons or things. (noun)
• People who are followers, not leaders. (noun)
• Sports 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. (noun)
• Sports The mass of players during such a play. Also called loose scrum. (noun)

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• "Today he was great, after first quarter even in ruck duel."
• ""We see Daniel as a medium-term ruck project for us - we certainly don't have high expectations for the coming season, but we think it could be a two-to-three year development process instead of a four-to-five year one.""
• "What lifts Chandler above the ruck is the exquisiteness of his prose—economical yet flexible."