rugby
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2.7
- noun
- /ˈrʌɡbi/
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rugby
- I joined a local club to play rugby every weekend with my friends.
- play rugby
- rugby players
- rugby league
So I think those who've played rugby end up with a really special bond.
- So I think those who've played rugby end up with a really special bond.
- He did handball, I did some rugby, skiing, swimming, wrestling.
- But I think there's a we need to make rugby as safe as possible.
- But it was junior rugby so you're not yet Leicester and Bath.
- I was taught that by playing rugby for so many years.
- You know, it's a traditionally sort of working class rugby league town.
- Ended up going to Harvard and played on the women's, played rugby internationally, super competitive.
- I'm pretty sure it's got rugby, NFL, fucking hockey.
- You know what I've, I've always said rugby, rugby changing rooms.
- And then he goes to rugby and rugby was one of the oldest.
Examples
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Oh, and the 6-foot-2 former rugby player plans to lose his bachelor status as early as this spring.
Academic text (2008) -
I played rugby with him at school.
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Did you watch the rugby last night, Will?
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When I left school, I knew I just had to continue rugby in some way.
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The game of rugby began at the Rugby School in England in 1823.
Academic text (2002) -
I think women's involvement in rugby has been about us breaking down doors.
Academic text (2003) -
As with any other sport, one of the keys to photographing rugby is capturing the ball.
Academic text (2002) -
The research is positioned in the context of rugby as a masculine sport, with women now playing the sport.
Academic text (2003) -
The rugby match between our school and their school was the highlight of the year.
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Many fans gathered to watch the rugby finals on a giant screen in the park.
Synonyms
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9.3
A team game that people play with an oval ball, often at school
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3.2
A team game with an oval ball where players run, pass, and kick to score points
Compounds
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3.2
A team game with an oval ball where players run, pass, and kick to score points
How Physical
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rugby gets its name from the town and school called Rugby School in England, where students began playing a new kind of football in the 1800s. One popular story says a boy there 'picked up the ball and ran', which makes an easy image to remember why rugby is the team game played with an oval ball.