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NOUN:

1. A multitude; a throng.
2. The undistinguished crowd or ordinary run of persons or things.
People who are followers, not leaders.
Sports
1. 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.
2. The mass of players during such a play. Also called loose scrum .

ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English ruke, heap, probably of Scandinavian origin

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