rucking

Verb (1)

ruck (third-person singular simple present rucks, present participle rucking, simple past and past participle rucked)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To act as a ruck in a stoppage in Australian rules football.
2. (transitive, rugby union) To contest the possession of the ball in a ruck.

Verb (2)

ruck (third-person singular simple present rucks, present participle rucking, simple past and past participle rucked)

1. (transitive) To crease or fold.
   • Puzzle begged very hard to have the lion-skin taken off him. He said it was too hot and the way it was rucked up on his back was uncomfortable […]1956, C. S. Lewis, The Last Battle, Collins, 1998, Chapter 8
2. (intransitive) To become creased or folded.
   • "Will you come over now and try on your dress?" Ally asked, looking at her with wistful admiration. "I want to be sure the sleeves don't ruck up the same as they did yesterday."1917, Edith Wharton, chapter XII, in Summer […], New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, page 178

Verb (3)

ruck (third-person singular simple present rucks, present participle rucking, simple past and past participle rucked)

1. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) To cower or huddle together; to squat; to sit, as a hen on eggs.
   • Bot now thei rucken in here nest
     And resten as hem liketh best.c. 1386–1390, John Gower, edited by Reinhold Pauli, Confessio Amantis of John Gower: Edited and Collated with the Best Manuscripts, volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Bell and...

Verb (4)

ruck (third-person singular simple present rucks, present participle rucking, simple past and past participle rucked)

1. To carry a backpack while hiking or marching.
   • He started at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday as he began rucking to church. He changed his clothes, went to church and then began rucking again. That distance totaled about nine miles. Rucking is hiking with a military style backpack, filled with weight.2015 June 16, Brandon Cole, “Mount Vernon's Barnes to Compete in "Death Race"”, in the Posey County News, page 13

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