often capitalized
: a football game in which play is continuous without time-outs or substitutions, interference and forward passing are not permitted, and kicking, dribbling, lateral passing, and tackling are featured
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Olympic rugby player Ilona Maher and partner Alan Bersten scored a 24 on the Tango.
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Katie Campione, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
The aircraft had been chartered to take the Uruguayan amateur rugby team from Montevideo, Uruguay, to Santiago, Chile, for a match but went down after striking a mountain and losing both wings.
—Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 8 Oct. 2024
Olympic rugby player Ilona Maher and partner Alan Bersten scored a 24 on the Tango.
—Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2024
Luke Milton, former Australian rugby player and founder of Training Mate, grew up in a world where community was everything.
—Brin Snelling, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Rugby.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rugby. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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rugby
noun
rug·by
ˈrəg-bē 
often capitalized
: a football game between two teams in which play is continuous and the team that has the ball may run with it, kick it, or pass it sideways or backward but is not allowed to block or make forward passes
Etymology
named for Rugby School in England where the game was first played
Geographical Definition
Rugby
geographical name
Rug·by
ˈrəg-bē
town on the Avon River in Warwickshire, central England population 71,000
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