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1. (n.) football
an American game in which two opposing teams of 11 players each defend goals at opposite ends of a field, with points being scored chiefly by carrying the ball across the opponent's goal line or by place-kicking or drop-kicking the ball over the crossbar between the opponent's goal posts.
2. football
Canadian football.
3. football
the ball used in either of these games, an inflated oval with a bladder contained in a casing usu. made of leather.
4. football
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5. football
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6. football
a problem over which various parties debate continually.
7. football
(cap.) Slang. a briefcase containing the codes and options the president of the U.S. would use to launch a nuclear attack.
Etymology: (1350–1400)
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| Definition of 'football' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) football, football game
any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal
2. (noun) football
the inflated oblong ball used in playing American football
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1. (noun) football
a game played with eleven layers and an oval-shaped ball, or the ball used in this game
to play football; kids throwing a football
2. football
soccer, or the ball used in this sport
***to play football; ***a football match; ***a brand new football
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) football
an inflated ball to be kicked in sport, usually made in India rubber, or a bladder incased in Leather
2. (noun) football
the game of kicking the football by opposing parties of players between goals
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. football
A competitive team sport played on a rectangular field. This is the American or Canadian version of the game and also includes the form known as rugby. It does not include non-North American football (= SOCCER).
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Sense: a game played by kicking a large ball
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 Afrikaans: voetbal |
 Arabic: لُعْبَة كُرة القَدَم |
 Bulgarian: футбол |
 Brazilian: futebol |
 Czech: fotbal; fotbalový |
 German: das Fußballspiel, Fußball |
 Danish: fodbold; fodbold- |
 Greek: ποδόσφαιρο |
 Spanish: fútbol |
 Estonian: jalgpall |
 Farsi: فوتبال |
 Finnish: jalkapallo |
 French: football |
 Hebrew: כַּדוֹרֶגֶל |
 Hindi: फुटबॉल |
 Croatian: nogomet; nogometni |
 Hungarian: futball, labdarúgás |
 Indonesian: sepakbola |
 Icelandic: fótbolti |
 Italian: calcio; di calcio |
 Japanese: サッカー |
 Korean: 미식 축구 |
 Lithuanian: futbolas |
 Latvian: futbols; futbola- |
 Malay: bola sepak |
 Dutch: voetbal |
 Norwegian: fotball |
 Polish: piłka nożna |
 Persian: فوتبال |
 Pashto: فټ بال (توپ) |
 Portuguese: futebol |
 Romanian: fotbal |
 Russian: футбол |
 Slovak: futbal; futbalový |
 Slovenian: nogomet |
 Serbian: fudbal |
 Swedish: fotboll |
 Thai: กีฬาฟุตบอล |
 Turkish: futbol |
 Taiwanese: 足球運動 |
 Ukrainian: футбол |
 Urdu: فٹبال |
 Vietnamese: môn bóng đá |
 Chinese: 足球运动 |
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