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31ruck — [[t]rʌ̱k[/t]] rucks, rucking, rucked 1) N COUNT A ruck is a situation where a group of people are fighting or struggling. [BRIT] There ll be a huge ruck with the cops as they try to take photographs... Ministers will find their budgets being… …
32ruck — I UK [rʌk] / US noun [countable] Word forms ruck : singular ruck plural rucks 1) British informal a fight 2) in a game of rugby, a group of players who are all trying to get the ball when it is on the ground 3) the ruck ordinary people or… …
33ruck — ruck1 [rʌk] n 1.) a group of ↑rugby players trying to get the ball when it is lying on the ground 2.) the ruck formal ordinary events or people, which seem rather boring compared to the lives of rich or famous people ▪ Obtaining a good education… …
34ruck — 1. noun a) The situation formed when a runner is brought to ground and one or more members of each side are engaged above the ball, trying to win possession of it; a loose scrum. 1873 Dandolo was constantly in the ditch, sometimes lying with his… …
35Ruck — Rụck der; (e)s, e; meist Sg; 1 eine plötzliche und kräftige kurze Bewegung: sich mit einem Ruck losreißen; Der Zug fuhr mit einem Ruck los 2 ein Ruck nach links / rechts eine plötzliche politische Entwicklung nach links / rechts, z.B. ein… …
36ruck — ruck1 [ rʌk ] noun count 1. ) BRITISH INFORMAL a fight 2. ) in a game of RUGBY, a group of players who are all trying to get the ball when it is on the ground ruck ruck 2 [ rʌk ] verb intransitive to form a ruck in a game of RUGBY ,ruck up… …
37Rück — 1. Auf den Ruck wird no keh Durchbruch. (Oberlausitz.) Vom Laxiren entlehnt. 2. Auf den Ruck wird noch nichts. (Oberlausitz.) 3. Auf einen Ruck und Druck. – Eiselein, 535. 4. Es geht nicht den ersten Ruck. – Lehmann, 23, 19. *5. Ruck ein, Joppin …
38ruck´er — ruck1 «ruhk», noun, verb. –n. 1. a large group; crowd; throng: »a ruck of people, a ruck of horses. 2. the great mass of common or inferior people or things. 3. the horses left behind in a race: »a brilliant young charioteer in the ruck of the… …
39ruck — n. (esp. BE) mass of undistinguished people 1) the common ruck 2) above; out of the ruck * * * [rʌk] out of the ruck (esp. BE) [ mass of undistinguished people ] the common ruck above …
40ruck — 1 noun (C) 1 the ruck ordinary events or people, which seem rather boring compared to the lives of rich or famous people: She dreamed of getting out of the ruck and becoming a famous singer. 2 a group of rugby players trying to get the ball when… …
