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football
[ foot-bawl ]
noun
- a game in which two opposing teams of 11 players each defend goals at opposite ends of a field having goal posts at each end, with points being scored chiefly by carrying the ball across the opponent's goal line and by place-kicking or drop-kicking the ball over the crossbar between the opponent's goal posts. Compare conversion ( def 13 ), field goal ( def 1 ), safety ( def 6 ), touchdown.
- the ball used in this game, an inflated oval with a bladder contained in a casing usually made of leather.
- Chiefly British. Rugby ( def 1 ).
- Chiefly British. soccer.
- something sold at a reduced or special price.
- any person or thing treated roughly or tossed about:
They're making a political football of this issue.
- (initial capital letter) U.S. Government Slang. a briefcase containing the codes and options the president would use to launch a nuclear attack, carried by a military aide and kept available to the president at all times.
verb (used with object)
- Informal. to offer for sale at a reduced or special price.
football
/ ˈʊˌɔː /
noun
- any of various games played with a round or oval ball and usually based on two teams competing to kick, head, carry, or otherwise propel the ball into each other's goal, territory, etc See association football rugby Australian Rules American football Gaelic football
- ( as modifier )
a football ground
a football supporter
- the ball used in any of these games or their variants
- a problem, issue, etc, that is continually passed from one group or person to another and treated as a pretext for argument instead of being resolved
he accused the government of using the strike as a political football
Derived Forms
- ˈڴǴdzˌ, noun
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
There is no limit to the ambitions of Emery - a master of knockout football who has won 10 trophies as a manager, nine of them in cups.
"I'm not afraid of the worst in football... if they sack me, no problem," he said.
"Everton Football Club is aware of threats made towards James Tarkowski and his family on social media. Such behaviour is completely unacceptable and has no place in football or society," read a Toffees statement.
Its biggest football team, Racing Club Strasbourg, has galvanised the France-Germany identity even further over the last 16 years.
As well her musical career, Mychelle still plays football now - as a left-winger for Islington Borough Ladies in the Greater London Women's Football League.
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