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outruck

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To outplay an opponent in a ruck

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, rugby, sports

Examples

  • So potent, indeed, was this offensive amalgam that it almost obliterated further questions. Anything that was not it had attractions: the Welsh rugby team, outrucking Chamberlain and Hoare and Halifax and the young toffs they'd persuaded to stand in for them - Raymond Williams, Wales and England, 1983.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From out- + ruck (etymology 1).