rugby

/ˈɹʌɡbi/noun

A team sport played with an oval ball that players may carry, pass, or kick.

Example sentences

“He broke his nose playing rugby in high school.”
“Rugby players don't wear the heavy pads that American football players use.”

Named after Rugby School in England, where the game is said to have begun when a pupil picked up the ball and ran.

Related words

hockeyA group of sports in which players use curved sticks to drive a ball or puck into the other team's goal.cricketAn outdoor team sport in which two sides of eleven players use a bat and ball, widely played in England and Commonwealth nations.golfAn outdoor game in which players try to hit a small ball into a series of holes, usually nine or eighteen, using as few strokes as possible.badmintonA game in which players use light rackets to hit a shuttlecock back and forth over a high net.bowlingA game in which players roll a heavy ball along a lane, aiming to knock down a set of ten pins arranged in a triangle.handballA team game in which two sides of seven players each throw and bounce a ball, trying to get it into the other team's goal.