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rusk
English
Etymology
Spanish or Portuguese rosca (“a twist or roll of bread”)
Pronunciation
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??sk/
- Rhymes: -?sk
Noun
rusk (countable and uncountable, plural rusks)
- a rectangular, hard, dry biscuit
- 1719: Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
- […] he brought a large basket of rusk or biscuit, and three jars of fresh water, into the boat.
- 1719: Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
- a twice-baked bread, slices of bread baked until they are hard and crisp (also called a zwieback)
- a weaning food for children
- a cereal binder used in meat product manufacture
Synonyms
- Brussels biscuit
- twice-baked bread
- zwieback
Translations
Faroese
Etymology
Compare Old Norse rosk.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [??sk]
Noun
rusk n (genitive singular rusks, plural rusk)
- waste, rubbish, garbage
Declension
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From ruske.
Noun
rusk n (definite singular rusket, indefinite plural rusk, definite plural ruska or ruskene)
- waste, rubbish, garbage
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Old Norse ruskr
Noun
rusk n (definite singular rusket, indefinite plural rusk, definite plural ruska)
- a large specimen of something
Etymology 2
From ruske.
Noun
rusk n (definite singular rusket, indefinite plural rusk, definite plural ruska)
- waste, dust
Etymology 3
Related to ruse.
Noun
rusk n (definite singular rusket, indefinite plural rusk, definite plural ruska)
- sour weather with rain and wind; drizzle
Etymology 4
Likely from ruske.
Adjective
rusk (masculine and feminine rusk, neuter ruskt, definite singular and plural ruske, comparative ruskare, indefinite superlative ruskast, definite superlative ruskaste)
- crazy
References
- Entry “rusk” in: Bokmålsordboka / Nynorskordboka by Universitetet i Oslo & Språkrådet.
Westrobothnian
Etymology
Cognate with Danish rysk, Swedish rysk, Nilandian ryskr, Smalandian ryskig, rysket, Norwegian rysk, rusk.
Adjective
rusk
- crazy
References
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ruck
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English ruke, from Old Norse. Compare Icelandic hrúka, Swedish ruka.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??k/
- Rhymes: -?k
Noun
ruck (plural rucks)
- A throng or crowd of people or things; a mass, a pack. [from 16th c.]
- In Australian rules football
- 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.
- (now rare) Either of a ruckman or a ruck rover, but not a rover.
- Any one of a ruckman, a ruck rover or a rover; a follower.
- (rugby union) 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. [from 20th c.]
- The common mass of people or things; the ordinary ranks. [from 19th c.]
Usage notes
In the second Australian rules football sense, "ruck" is a gender-neutral term. "Ruckman" is sometimes considered to refer only to men, but is often considered gender-neutral. "Ruckwoman" only refers to women.
Translations
See also
- maul
- scrum
Verb
ruck (third-person singular simple present rucks, present participle rucking, simple past and past participle rucked)
- (obsolete, transitive) To act as a ruck in a stoppage in Australian rules football.
- (transitive, rugby union) To contest the possession of the ball in a ruck.
Translations
Derived terms
- outruck
Etymology 2
1780, from Old Norse hrukka (“wrinkle, crease”), from Proto-Germanic *hrunkij?, *hrunkit? (“fold, wrinkle”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Akin to Icelandic hrukka (“wrinkle, crease, ruck”), Old High German runza (“fold, wrinkle, crease”), German Runzel (“wrinkle”), Middle Dutch ronse (“frown”). More at frounce. Possibly related to Irish roc.
Verb
ruck (third-person singular simple present rucks, present participle rucking, simple past and past participle rucked)
- (transitive) To crease or fold.
- (intransitive) To become folded.
See also
- ruche (“to pleat; to bunch up”)
- rutch (“to slide”)
Noun
ruck (plural rucks)
- A crease, a wrinkle, a pucker, as on fabric.
Etymology 3
Compare Danish ruge (“to brood, to hatch”).
Verb
ruck (third-person singular simple present rucks, present participle rucking, simple past and past participle rucked)
- (Britain, dialect, obsolete) To cower or huddle together; to squat; to sit, as a hen on eggs.
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Etymology 4
Noun
ruck (plural rucks)
- Obsolete form of roc.
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Etymology 5
Clipping of rucksack.
Noun
ruck (plural rucks)
- (slang, especially military) A rucksack; a large backpack.
Verb
ruck (third-person singular simple present rucks, present participle rucking, simple past and past participle rucked)
- To carry a backpack while hiking or marching.
See also
- rucksack
- backpack
- backpacking
Etymology 6
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Noun
ruck (plural rucks)
- A small heifer.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?œk/
Noun
ruck m (plural rucks)
- (rugby) ruck
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