RUGBY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rugby mean? 

• RUGBY (noun)
  The noun RUGBY has 1 sense:

1. a form of football played with an oval ball

  Familiarity information: RUGBY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RUGBY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A form of football played with an oval ball

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

rugby; rugby football; rugger

Hypernyms ("rugby" is a kind of...):

football; football game (any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal)

Meronyms (parts of "rugby"):

knock on ((rugby) knocking the ball forward while trying to catch it (a foul))

Domain member category:

throw-in ((rugby) an act or instance of throwing a ball in to put it into play)

goal-kick ((rugby) an attempt to kick a goal)

scrum; scrummage ((rugby) the method of beginning play in which the forwards of each team crouch side by side with locked arms; play starts when the ball is thrown in between them and the two sides compete for possession)

knock on ((rugby) knocking the ball forward while trying to catch it (a foul))

hooker ((rugby) the player in the middle of the front row of the scrum who tries to capture the ball with the foot)

winger ((sports) player in wing position)

hook (secure with the foot)

hack (kick on the shins)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

 Context examples 

For this reason, and also on account of the speed of its rotation—Haumea rotates around its axis in 3.9 hours—way quicker than any other body in the Solar System with more than a hundred kilometers wide, the dwarf planet is flattened out and has a shape similar to that of a rugby ball.

(Brazil astronomers discover ring around dwarf planet near Pluto, Agência Brasil)