Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To act as a ruck in a stoppage in Australian rules football. · To contest the possession of the ball in a ruck.
A throng or crowd of people or things; a mass, a pack. · A contest in games in which the ball is thrown or bounced in the air and two players from opposing teams attempt to give their team an advantage, typically by tapping the ball to a teammate. · A player who competes in said contests; a ruckman or ruckwoman. · Either of a ruckman or a ruck rover, but not a rover.
From Middle English ruke, from or related to Old Norse hraukr, which is from Proto-Germanic *hraukaz (“haystack, heap”). Compare Icelandic hrúka, Swedish ruka.
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