rugby

Etymology 1
From the name of in Rugby, in Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, where the modern game was developed in the 19th century. The place name is attested in the Domesday Book as  (probably equivalent to ), possibly from, dative singular of , from  (ultimately from ) + ,  (ultimately from ).

Noun

 * 1) 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.
 * 2)  The form of the game known as rugby union.
 * 1)  The form of the game known as rugby union.
 * 1)  The form of the game known as rugby union.
 * 1)  The form of the game known as rugby union.
 * 1)  The form of the game known as rugby union.

Usage notes
The word rugby when used without any modifying word is commonly used to refer specifically to the game of rugby union – for example, the is a rugby union tournament. Referring to rugby league simply as rugby is less common, except in countries where that is the predominant version of rugby football played.

A major difference between rugby and football (association football or soccer) is that in the latter sport players apart from the goalkeeper are not permitted to handle the ball.

Hyponyms

 * ,  evolved into
 * evolved into

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic: رَغْبِي, رَجْبِي, رَكْبِي
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: rugbi
 * Azerbaijani: reqbi
 * Basque: errugbi
 * Belarusian: рэ́гбі
 * Bulgarian: ръ́гби
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: rugby,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: ragbi
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: რაგბი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: רוגבי
 * Hindi: रग्बी
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: rugbaí
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean:
 * Latvian: regbijs
 * Lithuanian: regbis
 * Macedonian: рагби
 * Malay: ragbi
 * Manx: ruggyr
 * Maori: rakapi, rakapī, whutupaoro
 * Occitan:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Samoan: lakapi
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ра̏гби
 * Roman:, rugby
 * Slovak: ragby
 * Slovene: ragbi
 * Sotho: rakebi
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Tamil: ரக்பி
 * Thai: รักบี้
 * Tongan: aka pulu
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: ре́гбі
 * Urdu: رگبی
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh:

Verb

 * 1)  To play rugby.

Translations

 * Dutch:

Etymology 2
from, a brand of rubber cement by.

Noun

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

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Noun

 * 1)  rugby

Etymology 1
From Rugby, (a brand of rubber cement by Bostik).

Noun

 * 1) rubber cement, contact cement

Etymology 2
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) the sport of

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sport.

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Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) rugby sport

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From.

Noun

 * 1)  rugby

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Noun

 * 1)  sport

Etymology
. For the compare.

Noun

 * 1)  (form of football)

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