Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable, usually)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.

    The scrum is a distinctive element of rugby.

    The two rugbies split following a debate about amateurism.

    Rugby

    ре́гбиrégbi

    ре́гбіréhbi

  2. (countable, specifically, uncountable, usually)The form of the game known as rugby union (see the usage note).

  3. (Philippines)Rubber cement, contact cement; commonly associated with solvent abuse, as it is often used as an inhalant.

More definitions
  • a form of football played with an oval ball

Examples

81 sentences
  1. I don't play rugby.

    Я не граю в регбі.

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  2. I hurt myself playing rugby.

    Я зазнав пошкодження, граючи у регбі.

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  3. I play rugby.

    Я граю в регбі.

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  4. Rugby is an outdoor game.

    В регбі грають на свіжому повітрі.

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  5. Do you play soccer or rugby?

    ruТы играешь в футбол или в регби?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
form of football in which players can hold or kick an ovoid ball:
Русский
By meaning 1
form of football in which players can hold or kick an ovoid ball:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
form of football in which players can hold or kick an ovoid ball:

Origin

From the name of Rugby School in Rugby, in Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, where th

From the name of Rugby School in Rugby, in Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, where the modern game was developed in the 19th century. The place name Rugby is attested in the Domesday Book as Old English Rocheberie (probably equivalent to rook (“Corvus frugilegus, a bird of the crow family”) + -by (suffix indicating a village or town)), possibly from *Hrōcebyriġ, dative singular of *Hrōceburh, from hrōc (“rook”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“to crow”)) + burh, burg (“castle, fort, stronghold; city; town”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“hill, mountain; high, lofty; to rise”)).

Genericized trademark from Rugby, a brand of rubber cement by Bostik.

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Forms

plural: rugbies / rugbys
Singularrugby
Pluralrugbies / rugbys

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

22 related words

Collocations

5 patterns
  • playing rugby
  • a rugby player
  • good at rugby
  • play rugby
  • rugby player

See also

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