Rucking
/ËrĘkÉŞĹ/noun
The action of gathering, wrinkling, or bunching something, orâespecially in modern fitnessâwalking or exercising while carrying a weighted pack.
Did you know?In modern fitness, âruckingâ revived an older word whose earliest senses referred to material bunching into folds or heaps, while military usage helped give it its tough marching association.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic period
Proto-Germanic
*hrukkĹn / *hrukkaz (proposed)
âA reconstructed Germanic form associated by some scholars with wrinkling, folding, or rough bunching; the ultimate origin is uncertain.â
Old Norse
Old Norse
hrukka
âA wrinkle or fold; a related Scandinavian form often cited in discussions of English ruck.â
16th Century
English
ruck
âA fold, wrinkle, or gathered part of material.â
16thâ17th Century
English
ruck
âTo gather or wrinkle into folds; later, also to form a heap or confused mass.â
19th Century
English
ruck
âA mass or crowd, including the general body of people outside the leaders or elite.â
20thâ21st Century
English
rucking
âThe activity of walking or exercising with a loaded backpack, a usage associated especially with military training and later fitness culture.â