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ruck1 (rŭk)

[Middle English ruke, heap, probably of Scandinavian origin.]

noun 

    1. A multitude; a throng.
    2. The undistinguished crowd or ordinary run of persons or things.
  2. People who are followers, not leaders.
  3. Sports
    1. 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.
    2. The mass of players during such a play. Also called loose scrum
ruck2 (rŭk)

[Ultimately from Old Norse hrukka, wrinkle, fold.]

verb: rucked, ruck·ing, rucks. 

transitive verb 

To make a fold in; crease.

intransitive verb 

To become creased.

noun 

A crease or pucker, as in cloth.