Ricked vs Rucked - What's the difference?
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(rick)
A stack, stook or pile of grain, straw, hay etc., especially as protected with thatching.
*(George Eliot) (1819-1880)
*:There is a remnant still of last year's golden clusters of beehive ricks , rising at intervals beyond the hedgerows;.
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*:It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind the elm, with the back turned on the rick and nothing in front but the tall elms and the oaks in the other hedge, it was quite easy to fancy it the verge of the prairie with the backwoods close by.
(lb) A stack of wood, especially cut to a regular length; also used as a measure of wood, typically four by eight feet.
(military, pejorative, and, demeaning) A brand new (naive ) boot camp inductee.
(ruck)
A throng or crowd of people or things; a mass, a pack.
*1873 , (Anthony Trollope), Phineas Redux ,
*:Dandolo was constantly in the ditch, sometimes lying with his side against the bank, and had now been so hustled and driven that, had he been on the other side, he would have had no breath left to carry his rider, even in the ruck of the hunt.
*1914 , (Booth Tarkington), Penrod ,
*:At last, out of the ruck rose Verman, disfigured and maniacal. With a wild eye he looked about him for his trusty rake; but Penrod, in horror, had long since thrown the rake out into the yard.
(Australian Rules Football) Contesting a bounce or ball up; used appositionally in "ruck contest". Rucks also used collectively either of ruckmen or of ruckmen and ruck rovers, and occasionally used in place of "followers" (including rovers too).
(rugby union) The situation formed when a runner is brought to ground and one or more members of each side are engaged above the ball, trying to win possession of it; a loose scrum.
The common mass (of) people or things; the ordinary ranks.
*1874 , (Thomas Hardy),
*:"He is well born." "His being higher in learning and birth than the ruck o' soldiers is anything but a proof of his worth. It shows his course to be down'ard."
*1911 , (Saki), ‘Tobermory’, The Chronicles of Clovis :
*:‘Here and there among cats one comes across an outstanding superior intellect, just as one does among the ruck of human beings [...].’
(obsolete) To act as a ruckman in a stoppage in Australian Rules football.
To contest the possession of the ball in a game of Rugby.
To crease or fold.
To become folded.
* 1917' ''"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."'' — Edith Wharton, ''Summer ,
(UK, dialect, obsolete) To cower or huddle together; to squat; to sit, as a hen on eggs.
As verbs the difference between ricked and rucked
is that ricked is past tense of rick while rucked is past tense of ruck.ricked
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
* *rick
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) , Icelandic (m).Alternative forms
*Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* rickburnerEtymology 2
(etyl) wrickeEtymology 3
Abbreviated form from recruitNoun
(en noun)- No turning back now rick, you are property of the US government, no longer protected by the bill of rights; you follow the UCMJ now.
rucked
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
*ruck
English
(wikipedia ruck)Etymology 1
(etyl) rukeNoun
(en noun)Chapter 16:
Chapter 23:
Far from the Madding Crowd:
See also
* maul * scrumVerb
(en verb)Etymology 2
1780, from (etyl) . More at (l).Verb
(en verb)Chapter 12.
Etymology 3
Compare (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- (Gower)
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