rugby
IPA: rˈʌgbi
noun
- (usually uncountable, sports)
- A form of football in which players can hold or kick an ovoid ball; rugby football. The ball cannot be handled forwards and points are scored by touching the ball to the ground in the area past the opponent's territory or by kicking the ball between goalposts and over a crossbar.
- (specifically) The form of the game known as rugby union (see the usage note).
- (Philippines) Rubber cement, contact cement.
- A town in Warwickshire, England, where the sport of rugby is thought to have originated.
- A local government district with borough status in Warwickshire, with its headquarters in the town.
- A number of places in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in Las Animas County, Colorado.
- An unincorporated community in Haw Creek Township, Bartholomew County, Indiana.
- A city, the county seat of Pierce County, North Dakota.
- An unincorporated community in Morgan County and Scott County, Tennessee.
- An unincorporated community in Grayson County, Virginia.
- A village in Hilltops council area, New South Wales, Australia.
- (countable) Ellipsis of rugby shirt (“a shirt of the kind worn by rugby players, usually short-sleeved and with a buttoned opening at the neck like a polo shirt, but with a stiffer collar”). [A shirt of the kind worn by rugby players, usually short-sleeved and with a buttoned opening at the neck like a polo shirt, but with a stiffer collar.]
verb
- (intransitive) To play rugby.
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Examples of "rugby" in Sentences
- Rugby union is now the collaboration of the fortnight.
- The principal appoints him the coach of the rugby team.
- Brazier currently plays for the USA Falcons in rugby union.
- The popularity of the sport of rugby in Mali is on the rise.
- Sport enthusiast and journo to the world of premiership rugby.
- The game of rugby league was formed from the disaffected clubs.
- The Flag of Ulster is the official flag of the Ulster rugby team.
- Both the rugby and football club were earmarked to use the facility.
- As with rugby union, the heartland of the game is the south of the country.
- Edward Mordant Bannerman was a Scottish international rugby and cricket player.