ruck
noun
uk/rʌk/us/rʌk/rucknoun(CROWD)
the ruckUK
ordinarypeopleor things, that youconsiderboring:
普通人,庸众;寻常事Carter'sbrilliantsecondnovelliftedherout ofthe ruck.
Come out from the ruck of grumblers, who justcriticizeand do nothing, andtryto do something tohelp.
[C]sportsspecialized
agroupofplayersinrugbywho are all together around theballwhen it is on theground:
Thefrontrowis doingbetterin thescrumbut not so good in the ruck.
Heservedtimein thesin-binfor usinghandsin the ruck.
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Ordinary people
- banausic
- community
- Essex girl
- everyman
- grassroots
- John Doe
- John Q. Public
- man/woman of the peopleidiom
- mass
- mass market
- mortal
- omnibus
- popular
- popularly
- prole
- public
- rabble
- the common manidiom
- the man/woman in the streetidiom
- the man/woman on the Clapham omnibusidiom
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Rugby
rucknoun(FOLD)
[C]
afold
褶;皱Making things more or less smooth or straight
- bunch
- bunch(something)up
- coarsen
- coarsening
- creased
- crinkle
- fold
- foldaway
- folding
- furl
- grooming
- interfold
- pucker
- rumple
- sand
- sandpaper
- screw
- sleek
- sleek back/down
- wrinkle