| Afrikaans | English |
|---|
| ruk | ⇆ clutch; ⇆ flick; ⇆ flip; ⇆ flirt; ⇆ flounce; ⇆ hitch; ⇆ jerk; ⇆ job; ⇆ lurch; ⇆ pluck; ⇆ pull; ⇆ snatch; ⇆ space; ⇆ start; ⇆ stretch; ⇆ tear; ⇆ tug; ⇆ tweak; ⇆ wrench; ⇆ wrest; ⇆ yank |
| met ’n ruk | ⇆ with a start |
| met rukke en plukke | ⇆ by fits and starts |
| met rukke en stote | ⇆ brokenly; ⇆ jerkily; ⇆ by fits and starts |
| ’n hele ruk | ⇆ a good while |
| afruk | ⇆ strip off; ⇆ tear off; ⇆ snatch away; ⇆ pull down; ⇆ march off |
| losruk | ⇆ tear |
| omruk | ⇆ jerk down; ⇆ pull down |
| ontruk | ⇆ rend; ⇆ wrest from |
| opruk | ⇆ advance; ⇆ march; ⇆ jerk up; ⇆ hitch up |
| regruk | ⇆ righten; ⇆ knock into shape |
| rukkend | ⇆ jerky |
| rukker | ⇆ tugger |
| rukwind | ⇆ blast; ⇆ gust; ⇆ puff; ⇆ snorter; ⇆ squall; ⇆ gust of wind |
| uitmekaarruk | ⇆ dismember; ⇆ sunder |
| uitruk | ⇆ snatch out; ⇆ rip out; ⇆ tear out; ⇆ drag out; ⇆ pull out; ⇆ get out of hand |
| wegruk | ⇆ flirt; ⇆ snatch; ⇆ snatch away; ⇆ wrench away |