row vs ruck

row

noun
  • A noisy argument. 

  • A horizontal line of entries in a table, etc., going from left to right, as opposed to a column going from top to bottom. 

  • A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden etc. 

  • An exercise performed with a pulling motion of the arms towards the back. 

  • An act or instance of rowing. 

  • A continual loud noise. 

verb
  • To transport in a boat propelled with oars. 

  • To be moved by oars. 

  • To propel (a boat or other craft) over water using oars. 

  • To argue noisily. 

ruck

noun
  • An argument or fight. 

  • 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. 

  • Any one of a ruckman, a ruck rover or a rover; a follower. 

  • The common mass of people or things; the ordinary ranks. 

  • A small heifer. 

  • The situation formed when a player carrying the ball is brought to the ground and one or more members of each side are engaged above the ball, trying to win possession of it; a loose scrum. 

  • A player who competes in said contests; a ruckman or ruckwoman. 

  • A rucksack; a large backpack. 

  • A throng or crowd of people or things; a mass, a pack. 

  • A crease, a wrinkle, a pucker, as on fabric. 

verb
  • To become folded. 

  • To contest the possession of the ball in a ruck. 

  • To carry a backpack while hiking or marching. 

  • To crease or fold. 

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