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ruck

1 noun
     
Related topics: Other Sports
ruck1
1DSO [countable] 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 was seen as a way out of the ruck.
3 [singular] a group of people standing very closely together or fighting
4 [countable] British English informal a fight
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