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outruck

outruck verb: to outplay an opponent in a ruck.

Verb

outruck (third-person singular simple present outrucks, present participle outrucking, simple past and past participle outrucked)

  1. To outplay an opponent in a ruck
    • So potent, indeed, was this offensive amalgam that it almost obliterated further questions. Anything that was not it had attractions: the Welsh rugby team, outrucking Chamberlain and Hoare and Halifax and the young toffs they'd persuaded to stand in for them - Raymond Williams, Wales and England...

Forms of outruck

third-person singular presentoutrucks
present participleoutrucking
past participleoutrucked
pastoutrucked

Origin of outruck

From out- + ruck (etymology 1).

Questions about outruck

What does outruck mean?
Outruck means to outplay an opponent in a ruck.
What part of speech is outruck?
Outruck is a verb.
What is the past tense of outruck?
The past tense of outruck is outrucked.

Words near outruck in the dictionary

  1. outrovert
  2. outrow
  3. outrowed
  4. outrowing
  5. outrows
  6. outruck
  7. outrucked
  8. outrucking
  9. outrucks
  10. outrule
  11. outruled

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