rugbylike

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adjective

Similar to or reminiscent of rugby.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

adjectiverugbylike (comparative more rugbylike, superlative most rugbylike)

comparative more rugbylike · superlative most rugbylike · alternative rugby-like

  1. Similar to or reminiscent of rugby.

    (already the rugbylike form of the game was [developing])

    2004, Robert Cowley, What Ifs? Of American History: Eminent Historians Imagine What Might Have Been, Penguin, →ISBN
    2 more examples

    But perhaps our example of the heart that both pumps blood and is employed in a rugbylike game can still be of help.

    2007, Paul R. DeHart, Uncovering the Constitution's Moral Design, University of Missouri Press, →ISBN, page 60

    Now everyone from his table was jigging around in a fearful, nervous rugbylike scrum, while people from other tables were rushing over to shout suggestions.

    2018, Laura Childs, Pekoe Most Poison, Penguin, →ISBN, page 10

Origin

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APA

rugbylike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rugbylike

MLA

“rugbylike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rugbylike. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rugbylike,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rugbylike.

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