rugby

Meanings

Verb

• To play rugby.

Noun

• Rubber cement, contact cement.

Related

Narrower meaning words

• 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

Origin

• ), possibly from *Hrōceburh, from hrōc (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ker-, *kor-) + burh, burg (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-).
• Borrowed from Cebuano rugby, from English Rugby, a brand of rubber cement by Bostik.