rugby

plural rugbies · alternative Rugby

1. countableuncountableusuallyhobbiesA 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.

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   The two rugbies split following a debate about amateurism.

   Synonyms: rugger

2. countablespecificallyuncountableusuallyhobbiesThe form of the game known as rugby union (see the usage note).
3. abbreviationcountableellipsisEllipsis 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”).

   I bought three jogging suits, a pair of Polo sneakers, and two rugbies.

   2015, Tony Jackson, From the Streets to the Sheets, Page Publishing, →ISBN

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   I don't know why, but for some reason people who work undercover for department store security always wear rugbies and khakis.

   2003, B. Lawson Thornton, Misery Loves Company: The Diary of Kerri Mitchell, East River Press, →ISBN

   Jansports and cargo pants were everywhere, set off with overstated polos, rugbies, and sweatshirts blaring the logos of hip hop designers.

   2007, Adam Mansbach, Angry Black White Boy: […], Crown, →ISBN, page 69

present singular third person rugbies · participle present rugbying · participle past rugbied · past rugbied

1. intransitiveTo play rugby.

plural rugbys

1. PhilippinesRubber cement, contact cement; commonly associated with solvent abuse, as it is often used as an inhalant.

alternative obsolete Rokeby

1. A town in Warwickshire, England, where the sport of rugby is thought to have originated (OS grid ref SP5075).
2. A local government district with borough status in Warwickshire, with its headquarters in the town.
3. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Las Animas County, Colorado.
   2. An unincorporated community in Haw Creek Township, Bartholomew County, Indiana.
   3. A city, the county seat of Pierce County, North Dakota.
   4. An unincorporated community in Morgan County and Scott County, Tennessee.
   5. An unincorporated community in Grayson County, Virginia.
4. A village in Hilltops council area, New South Wales, Australia.