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Definition of rugby
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: 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
Rugby
geographical name
Rug·​by
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Definition of Rugby (Entry 2 of 2)
town on the Avon River in Warwickshire, central England population 71,000
Examples of rugby in a Sentence
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From coining the catchphrase 'Geezer' to randomly rugby-tackling unaware Chelsea TV presenters to the ground, the centre back was always looking to get the laughs in. — SI.com, "6 of the Biggest Dressing Room Clowns in World Football," 4 Sep. 2019 Gibbs rewrote practice plans and started teaching his team rugby-style tackling. — Roman Stubbs, Twin Cities, "This high school football team never tackled in practice last year. Then it won a state title.," 28 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'rugby.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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rugby
noun
English Language Learners Definition of rugby
: a game played by two teams in which each team tries to carry or kick a ball over the other team's goal line
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