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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
/ ˈ´ÚÊŠ³ÙËŒ²úɔ˱ô /
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
- ˈ´Ú´Ç´Ç³ÙËŒ²ú²¹±ô±ô±ð°ù, noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Example Sentences
Salah believes he still has more to accomplish in European football too, starting, of course, with winning Liverpool's 20th league title this season.
She came from an influential family in the city known for textile manufacturing as well as its association with FC Barcelona, one of the biggest teams in world football.
USC football’s new general manager has seen enough during his rapid rise through the personnel ranks to know little things can make a major impact on a program.
He has, at times, almost looked like a man on a personal mission to re-establish Liverpool as the dominant force in domestic football.
I'm enjoying my life here, enjoying my football.
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