rugby
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noun- 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.
Đồng nghĩa: rugger
- 2.
(countable, specifically, uncountable, usually)The form of the game known as rugby union (see the usage note).
- 3.
(abbreviation, alt of, countable, ellipsis)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”).
- 4.
(Philippines)Rubber cement, contact cement; commonly associated with solvent abuse, as it is often used as an inhalant.
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verb- 1.
(intransitive)To play rugby.
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ine-pro 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 + -by), possibly from *Hrōcebyriġ, dative singular of *Hrōceburh, from hrōc (rook) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (to crow)) + burh,…