Definitions for rugby
ˈrʌg birug·by

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.5 / 2 votes

1. rugby, rugby football, ruggernoun

   a form of football played with an oval ball

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rugbynoun

   A sport where players can hold or kick an ovoid ball. The ball cannot be handled forwards and points are scored by touching the ball to the ground in the area past their opponent's territory or kicking the ball between goalposts and over a crossbar.

   The scrum is a distinctive element of rugby.

2. Rugbynoun

   A town in Warwickshire, where the sport of rugby is thought to have originated

3. Etymology: 1823: Named after Rugby School in Warwickshire where William Webb Ellis ‘with a fine disregard for the rules of football as played in his time, first took the ball in his arms and ran with it, thus originating the distinctive feature of the rugby game’. From the plaque at the school.

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1. rugby

   Rugby is a team sport that originated in England, characterized by running with an oval ball in hand which is often kicked, carried, or passed from hand to hand. Points are scored by grounding the ball behind the opponents' goal line, or by kicking it between goalposts and over a crossbar. It consists of two types - Rugby Union and Rugby League, each with its distinct rules and regulations. It is played by both men and women, with teams typically composed of 15 players (in Rugby Union) or 13 players (in Rugby League).

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Rugby

   Rugby is a market town in Warwickshire, England, located on the River Avon. The town has a population of 61,988 making it the second largest town in the county. The enclosing Borough of Rugby has a population of 91,600. Rugby is 13 miles east of Coventry, on the eastern edge of Warwickshire, near the borders with Northamptonshire and Leicestershire. The town is credited with being the birthplace of rugby football.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Rugby

   rug′bi, n. the game of football according to the rules of the Rugby Football Union (1871), the sides numbering 15 each, played on ground 110 by 75 yards.

The Nuttall EncyclopediaRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Rugby

   a town in Warwickshire, at the junction of the Swift and the Avon, 83 m. NW. of London; an important railway centre and seat of a famous public school founded in 1567, of which Dr. Arnold (q. v.), and Archbishops Tait and Temple were famous head-masters, is one of the first public schools in England, and scholars number about 450.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rugby

   A type of sport.

   Rugby is a popular sport and played all over the world.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on April 6, 2020  

Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Rugby

   A corruption of the Saxon Rothby, “red village,” in allusion to its soil.

Matched Categories

1. • Football

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'rugby' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3488

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'rugby' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3243

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'rugby' in Nouns Frequency: #1438

How to pronounce rugby?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say rugby in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of rugby in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of rugby in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of rugby in a Sentence

1. Simon Chadwick:

   You've got a tried and tested product there that cuts across all ages, classes and genders who will subscribe to watch football, so it's a no-risk deal, in rugby it's different because the sport doesn't have the cross-cultural or cross-demographic appeal that football does. I still don't think rugby has broken out of its heartlands.

2. Steve Walsh:

   I have lived my dream and I am truly grateful for every experience that I have had in World Rugby. It's been an incredible journey, i would be doing all of the key stakeholders in the game an injustice if I was unable to 100 percent channel my energies and devote my full attention toward refereeing Australian Rugby and test matches.

3. Eric Fry:

   The Rugby World Cup is the third biggest sporting event in the world and it will be the largest sporting event in England next year, some of the best teams in the world will be playing at St. James' Park, including New Zealand -- the current world champions.

4. World Athletics:

   There's a rather sobering statistic : 70 % of competitors that are chasing an Tokyo Olympics slot are only going to have one chance of this, to pull the plugs on an Olympic Games when football, tennis, rugby and so many other sports are now up and running -- and some even with crowds -- where cities are coming out of lockdown and are moving towards normalcy, I can see no good reason why you wouldn't want to do everything you possibly can to make sure that you're not discarding a generation of athletes who have spent over half their young lives in pursuit of this one moment which is real life for them and their families and their friends and the systems that have been in place to support them.

5. Grant Robertson:

   New Zealand Rugby has been working hard on New Zealand Rugby, trying to establish what New Zealand Rugby believes is a more secure financial base for the sport, some of the details that are now emerging show the provincial unions will be getting some slice of the extra money that might be coming in, but other details are still a little bit unclear.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=rugby
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Rugby
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=rugby
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=rugby
6. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Rugby
7. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=rugby