Football

Word FOOTBALL
Character 8
Hyphenation foot ball
Pronunciations [fʷʊʔt̚bɑɫ]

Definitions and meanings of "Football"

What do we mean by football?

A game played by two teams of 11 players each on a rectangular, 100-yard-long field with goal lines and goalposts at either end, the object being to gain possession of a ball and advance it in running or passing plays across the opponent's goal line or kick it through the air between the opponent's goalposts. noun

The inflated oval ball used in this game. noun

Rugby. noun

Soccer. noun

The ball used in Rugby or soccer. noun

A problem or issue that is discussed among groups or persons without being settled. noun

A ball consisting originally of an inflated bladder, now of a hollow globe of india-rubber or of heavy canvas saturated with rubber, cased in leather, round or oval in shape, and designed to be driven by the foot in the game called by the same name. See def. 2. noun

A game played with such a ball by two parties of players on a level plot of ground, at each end of which is a goal through or beyond which the players strive to drive the ball. noun

Figuratively, an object or a person subjected to hard usage or to many vicissitudes or changes of condition: as, he was the foot-ball of fortune. noun

An inflated ball to be kicked in sport, usually made in India rubber, or a bladder incased in Leather. noun

The game played with a football{1}, by two opposing teams of players moving the ball between goals at opposite ends of a rectangular playing field. Outside the United States football refers to soccer, and in England, also to rugby, but in the United States the shape of the ball and the rules of the game are different. noun

Soccer or rugby. noun

Something which is treated in a rough manner, usually as part of a dispute. noun

Association football: a game in which two teams each contend to get a round ball into the other team's goal primarily by kicking the ball. Known as soccer in the US noun

American football: a game in which two teams attempt to get an ovoid ball to the end of each other's territory. noun

Canadian football: a game played on a wide field in which two teams attempt to get an ovoid ball to the end of each other's territory. noun

Australian rules football. noun

Gaelic football: a field game played with similar rules to hurling, but using hands and feet rather than a stick, and a ball, similar to, yet smaller than a soccer ball. noun

(general) A sport played on foot in which teams attempt to get a ball into a goal or zone defended by the other team.

Association football: a game in which two teams each contend to get a round ball into the other team's goal primarily by kicking the ball. Known as soccer in Canada, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand.

American football: a game played on a field of 100 yards long and 53 1/3 yards wide in which two teams of 11 players attempt to get an ovoid ball to the end of each other's territory.

Canadian football: a game played on a played on a field of 110 yards long and 65 yards wide in which two teams of 12 players attempt to get an ovoid ball to the end of each other's territory.

(Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania, Northern Territory) Australian rules football.

Gaelic football: a field game played with similar rules to hurling, but using hands and feet rather than a stick, and a ball, similar to, yet smaller than a soccer ball.

(New South Wales) rugby league.

Rugby union.

The ball used in any game called "football".

Practice of these particular games, or techniques used in them.

An item of discussion, particularly in a back-and-forth manner

The leather briefcase containing classified nuclear war plans which is always near the US President.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Football

The word "football" in example sentences

Maybe it's time to lay the term "football widow" to rest.

Winning in football is about having talent at every position, or at least enough of it sprinkled throughout your team that you can make plays on offense and defense. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As for me, the best bet in football is betting the point spread or over/under totals on individual games. ❋ Chris Maloney (2010)

If you make Y variable then you are like the sports guys on television who say that the most important thing in football is momentum and that the last team to score has momentum. joe from Lowell Says: ❋ Unknown (2009)

The problem with such a philosophy in football is that when you are spending so much on individual players, those individual players are still at the mercy of their teammates. ❋ Doug Farrar (2010)

If you didn't stick in the word "football" in front of "club" people might be misled. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The sport is yet another one with a claim to the name "football." ❋ Joshua Robinson (2011)

I think the perception of Virginia football is a lot better right now than it was maybe in August because of the way the Cavaliers have started, and I think it would be a feather in everybody's cap in Charlottesville if they were to win that game on Saturday. ❋ Steve Yanda (2010)

There's also a sense of inverse snobbery in English football, which is why your classic old school simple background managers like Redknapp or Allardyce or Bruce are revered but some people tend to look down on the more scholarly types like Hodgson who being an intellectual is incredibly rare in English football or a Wenger/Houllier type. ❋ Unknown (2010)

` ` I think the nation got to see what Tulsa football is all about tonight and, I'm going to tell you, it's pretty impressive, '' Graham said. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Lucy with the football is a great analogy (I always cringed watching Peanuts when that part came on). ❋ Unknown (2007)

Tom not being able to throw a football is my favorite! ❋ Unknown (2007)

Florida football is about a guy who outworks his opponent, is maybe the underdog and will fight until he can't fight no more. ❋ Unknown (2006)

'' I think we showed the world what Nebraska football is all about, '' ❋ Unknown (2004)

Soccer, which they call football in Europe, he thought, recalling his new set. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Cross Reference for Football

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