rugby, rugby football, rugger
(noun) a form of football played with an oval ball
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Rugby
A town in Warwickshire, England, where the sport of rugby is thought to have originated.
A local government district with borough status in Warwickshire with its headquarters in the town.
A city, the county seat of Pierce County, North Dakota, United States.
rugby (countable and uncountable, plural rugbies)
(usually, uncountable) A form of football in which players can hold or kick an ovoid ball. The ball cannot be handled forwards and points are scored by touching the ball to the ground in the area past their opponent’s territory or kicking the ball between goalposts and over a crossbar.
(countable) A loose fitting shirt with a collar, as worn by rugby players.
Rugby is commonly used to refer specifically to the game of rugby union – for example, the Rugby World Cup is a rugby union tournament. Referring to rugby league simply as rugby is less common outside the sport's strongholds.
• rugby football, rugger
• rugby league, league
• rugby union, RU, union
• rugby sevens, rugby 7s
• rugby tens, rugby 10s, ten-a-side rugby, 10-a-side rugby, ten-a-side, 10-a-side
• rugby fifteens, rugby 15s
• (obsolete) Canadian rules rugby (now evolved into Canadian football)
• (obsolete) American rules ruby / Harvard rules football (now evolved into American football)
rugby (plural rugbies)
(Philippines) Rubber cement, contact cement.
Source: Wiktionary
26 March 2025
(noun) bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal
Espresso is both a coffee beverage and a brewing method that originated in Italy. When making an espresso, a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure forces through finely-ground coffee beans. It has more caffeine per unit volume than most coffee beverages. Its smaller serving size will take three shots to equal a mug of standard brewed coffee.
