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Word for the Day, FRiday, February 24, 2012 - Ruck
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Posted on 02/24/2012 5:13:35 AM PST by tioga
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of Word for the Day.
Ruck
Noun
1. a. A multitude; a throng.
b. The undistinguished crowd or ordinary run of persons or things.
2. People who are followers, not leaders.
3. Sports
a. A play in Rugby in which a mass of players gathers around a ball dropped by a tackled ball carrier, with each player attempting to gain possession of the ball by kicking it to a teammate.
b. The mass of players during such a play. Also called loose scrum.
RuckVerb
rucked, rucking, rucks
Verb Tr.
To make a fold in; crease.
Verb Intr.
To become creased.
Noun
A crease or pucker, as in cloth.
Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.
The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Review Threads:
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
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posted on
02/24/2012 5:13:37 AM PST
by
tioga
To: xsmommy; secret garden; VRWCmember; Slip18; SoothingDave; Gabz; Texan5; NicknamedBob; ...
Rise and Shine, tis a snowy day here....already turning to slush. Only a two hour school delay here, I expect your homework on my desk on time despite the delay.
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posted on
02/24/2012 5:16:08 AM PST
by
tioga
To: tioga
FREEPERS: A rowdy ruck if there ever was one!
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posted on
02/24/2012 5:17:02 AM PST
by
Panzerlied
("We shall never surrender!")
To: tioga
Rots a’ Ruck on this thlead!
ROR!
4
posted on
02/24/2012 5:18:39 AM PST
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
To: Panzerlied
Hey, we’re a friendly ruck. We pick up our trash, say pleas and thank you. A+++
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posted on
02/24/2012 5:19:00 AM PST
by
tioga
To: MrB
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posted on
02/24/2012 5:22:33 AM PST
by
tioga
To: tioga
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posted on
02/24/2012 5:25:54 AM PST
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
To: tioga
You really do not kick the ball to a teammate, you move it backwards with your feet on legs to the rear of the ruck, where the scrum half grabs the ball and passes out to a teammate. This starts a new phase of the attack. You have to enter a ruck from your side, or else it is a penalty. You cannot move the ball with your hands in the ruck or it a penalty to the other team.
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posted on
02/24/2012 5:26:15 AM PST
by
mfish13
(ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES!!!!)
To: tioga
All Hail Obama's Ruck of Imperial Commissars, Czars,
Czarettes and Czarinos.
9
posted on
02/24/2012 5:28:17 AM PST
by
Diogenesis
("Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. " Pres. Ronald Reagan)
To: tioga
Everyone who has ever been in the Army or Marine Corps knows what a “ruck” is, and those aren’t the definition.
n. short for rucksack - a big a$$ heavy backpack that holds a ton of gear.
v. short for road march conducted while carrying a rucksack - a long a$$ road march while carrying a fully loaded big a$$ ruck on your back going over miles and miles of hills.
Sentence: Which *%@(#^&% genius thought it was a good idea to make us ruck in the freezing rain with our rucks filled with 80 lbs. of gear and ammo, but leaving our snivel gear in the barracks.
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posted on
02/24/2012 5:30:30 AM PST
by
cizinec
("Brother, your best friend ain't your Momma, it's the Field Artillery.")
To: mfish13
well THAT explains it all! A++
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posted on
02/24/2012 5:32:58 AM PST
by
tioga
To: Diogenesis
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posted on
02/24/2012 5:34:42 AM PST
by
tioga
To: cizinec
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posted on
02/24/2012 5:35:22 AM PST
by
tioga
To: tioga
The sheeple, the lemmings, the ruck
Chose Obama, and now we are stuck
The left loves his color
The right finds him duller
Than dishwater; plus, he’s a shmuck
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posted on
02/24/2012 5:35:36 AM PST
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
(How bad would an Obama II administration be, without the constraints of re-election?)
To: tioga
don’t scooby doo say thuis all the time?
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posted on
02/24/2012 5:35:41 AM PST
by
camle
(keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
To: tioga
Hey, who’s raising the ruckus?
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posted on
02/24/2012 5:35:46 AM PST
by
NicknamedBob
(If "everybody's different" then two of them have to be the same. It's the only way to be different.)
To: TruthShallSetYouFree
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posted on
02/24/2012 5:39:48 AM PST
by
tioga
To: camle
Scooby is a scholar.......
.....who knew?
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posted on
02/24/2012 5:44:08 AM PST
by
tioga
To: camle
No, that was “Astro,” the Jetson family dog.
To: NicknamedBob
just the usual FRiday crowd, er ruck.
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posted on
02/24/2012 5:46:09 AM PST
by
tioga
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