rugby

Questions about rugby

What does rugby mean?

rugby means "a form of football played with an oval ball".

How many syllables are in rugby?

rugby has 2 syllables: rug-by. The stress falls on "rug". In IPA it is /ˈɹʌɡbi/.

What is another word for rugby?

Close synonyms include rugby football, rugger. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rugby a common word?

rugby is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.