outruck

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English

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Etymology

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From out- +‎ ruck (etymology 1).

Verb

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outruck (third-person singular simple present outrucks, present participle outrucking, simple past and past participle outrucked)

  1. (rugby) To outplay an opponent in a ruck
    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.