football

Definition of football in English English dictionary: American football: a game in which two teams attempt to get an ovoid ball to the end of each other's territory
Each team scored two touchdowns when they played football.; 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
Each team scored three goals when they played 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; 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
They played football in the snow.; rugby union; Practise of these particular games, or techniques used in them; Australian rules football; The nickname of the leather briefcase containing classified nuclear war plans, which is always near the US President; An item of discussion, particularly in a back-and-forth manner
That budget item became a political football.; The ball used in any game called "football"
The player kicked the football.; rugby league; {n} a bladder in a leathern case, a 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; Football is a game played by two teams of eleven players using an oval ball. Players carry the ball in their hands or throw it to each other as they try to score goals that are called touchdowns. Two blocks beyond our school was a field where boys played football This year's national college football championship was won by Princeton; Complicated by the presence of the other team [Sartre]; The worlds most popular sport (almost as cool as windsurfing) Known as soccer in the United States; name for soccer everywhere except in the U S ; also, what American's call their popular team sport which evolved from soccer and rugby; 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 the inflated oblong ball used in playing American football; A game similar to rugby football in which two teams attempt to get an ovoid ball to the end of each others territory; What soccer is called everywhere but in the United States; A game in which two teams of eleven players each contend to get a round ball into the other teams goal primarily by kicking the ball with their feet. In amateur games it may be a team of five or six, or indeed any number; n sepak bola (sepak); Canadian football. A game played on a wide field in which two teams attempt to get an ovoid ball to the end of each others territory; Football is a game played by two teams of eleven players using a round ball. Players kick the ball to each other and try to score goals by kicking the ball into a large net. Several boys were still playing football on the waste ground. Arsenal Football Club. Italian football fans. = soccer; The game of kicking the football by opposing parties of players between goals; {i} game in which players must cross into the end zone holding an oval ball or kick the ball through two upright posts; soccer (British); rugby (British); the inflated oblong ball used in playing American football; An inflated ball to be kicked in sport, usually made in India rubber, or a bladder incased in Leather; {i} oval ball used in North American football; oval ball used in rugby; round ball used in soccer; A football is a ball that is used for playing football. or association football or soccer Game in which two 11-member teams try to propel a ball into the opposing team's goal, using any part of the body except the hands and arms. Only the goalkeeper, when positioned within the penalty area in front of the goal, may use hands and arms. The game's first uniform set of rules was put in place in 1863, when England's Football Association was created. Professional leagues began appearing in the late 1880s, first in England and then in other countries. The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) was founded in 1904, and has hosted the World Cup every four years since 1930. Football has been included in the Olympic Games since 1908. Now played on all continents in over 150 nations, with over 40 million registered players, it is the world's most popular ball game. See also Australian Rules football; Gaelic football; football, gridiron; and rugby. association football Australian Rules football Canadian Football League football gridiron Gaelic football National Football League; A game played with a ball on a rectangular field, 100 yards in length, with goal lines and goal posts at either end Opposing teams of 11 players each attempt to gain possession of the ball and advance it by means of running and passing plays across the opponent's goal line A team doing so scores a touchdown, worth six points, and then has the opportunity to kick the ball over the goalpost crossbar for one extra point A field goal -- a kick over the crossbar other than when after a touchdown - counts three points See line of scrimmage, down, forward pass kickoff field goal, safety, touchback, touchdown, point after touchdown; Term occasionally used to refer to the same game as the British definition (association football), though the official name in Australia is "soccer"
football field: A playing field on which the game of football is played. Also used as an informal measurement of size; see illustration
football fields: plural form of football field
football knuckles: testicles
I kicked him in his football knuckles.
football player: A player in the game of football
football pools: A competition in which people try to predict the results of football matches and win money
football tennis: A sport played with a ball over a net on a tennis-like playground, with the ball similar to the football one, and the net to the tennis one
football pitch: A football pitch is the playing surface for the game of football (soccer)
Football Association: the full name of the FA
Football Club of Basel: football team of the city of Basel (city in northwestern Switzerland), FCB
Football League: an organization of professional football teams in England and Wales. It consists of three 'Divisions': Divisions One, Two, and Three, but does not include the FA Premiership, which is the highest division. Professional football in Scotland is controlled by a similar organization called the Scottish Football League
football association: organization responsible for official American football activity; organization responsible for official soccer activity
football club: place where American football practice and games take place; place where soccer practice and games take place
football coach: one who instructs players in the sport of American football; one who instructs players in the sport of soccer
football coach: a coach of football players
football fan: person who is enthusiastic about the sport of American football; soccer fan, person who is enthusiastic about the sport of soccer
football field: the playing field on which football is played
football field: field on which American football is played; grassy expanse on which the sport of soccer is played
football game: American football match; competitive game of soccer
football helmet: a padded helmet with a face mask to protect the head of football players
football hero: a football player who has achieved a reputation for success
football hooligan: {i} form of disorderly hooliganism wherein the partakers are supporters or fans of one or more football clubs or national teams
football league: a league of football teams
football match: American football match; competitive game of soccer
football official: an official who enforces the rules at a football game
football play: (American football) a play by the offensive team
football player: person who plays American football (especially professionally); person who plays soccer
football player: an athlete who plays American football
football pools: If you do the football pools, you take part in a gambling competition in which people try to win money by guessing the results of football matches. = pools. another word for the pools
football practice: training session during which players practice playing American football; training session during which players practice playing soccer
football score: the score in a football game
football season: the season when football is played
football shoes: shoes worn by American football players; shoes worn by soccer players
football stadium: a stadium where football games are held
football star: person who excels in playing American football; soccer star
football team: a team that plays football
football team: group of people who play American football together; group of people who play soccer together
American football: A game similar to rugby football in which two teams attempt to get an ovoid ball into each other's territory. Called football in the United States and Canada and American football elsewhere in the world
Australian rules football: A variety of football, or soccer, devised in Australia
Canadian football: A game played on a field of 110 yards long and 65 yards wide in which two teams attempt to get an ovoid ball to the end of each other's territory. Called football in Canada and Canadian football elsewhere in the world
Gaelic football: A form of football played mainly in Ireland
arena football: A form of American football played on a smaller field
association football: A ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent; soccer
blow football: An indoor tabletop game, normally for children, simulating football (soccer), in which plastic straws are blown through in order to move a small ball and score goals
fantasy football: A competition in which participants select combinations of players in a real league and score points according to their performance
flag football: A version of American football where the players must remove a flag, worn around the waist, from the ball carrier instead of tackling
international rules football: A sport created as a mixture of Australian rules football and Gaelic football, to allow international matches between Australia and Ireland
monkey humping a football: A manner of riding a horse, motorcycle or other vehicle, in which the rider crouches forward and may bounce in the saddle
This poseur was riding like a monkey humping a football, but I blew past him.
monkey humping a football: Energetic but useless action, or a person engaged in such action
The whole exercise was a monkey humping a football.
political football: A political topic that is continually debated but left unresolved
rugby football: The sport of rugby (either rugby league or rugby union)
table football: a game, based on football (soccer), in which opposing players are represented by small figures mounted on rotating bars
political football: (deyim) A program or issue used by politicians to get votes, play political games
A day-care program is a political football. Politicians use it to get the votes of parents with babies.
table football: (Spor) Table football (UK) or foosball (US, Canada) is a table-top game that is based on Football (soccer). The origins of the game are unclear, but most historians agree that the first tables probably appeared in Spain, France or Germany in the 1880s-1890s
A football: pigskin
American Football Conference: one of the two conferences in the National Football League (subdivided into the AFC-East, AFC-Central, and the AFC-West), AFC
American Football League: AFL, one of the two professional football leagues in the USA
American football: American football is a game similar to rugby that is played by two teams of eleven players using an oval-shaped ball. Players try to score points by carrying the ball to their opponents' end of the field, or by kicking it over a bar fixed between two posts
American football: An American football is an oval-shaped ball used for playing American football. a game played in the US by two teams of eleven players, who carry, throw, or kick an oval ball American Equivalent: football
American football: a term used by non-Americans to distinguish the popular U S sport of football from soccer which they also call football
Australian Rules football: Variety of football played between two teams of 18 players. The field is oval, 148-202 yd (135-185 m) long, with four goalposts at each end. A six-point goal is scored when the oval ball is kicked through the two central goalposts. A one-point "behind" is scored when the ball is kicked over the behind line extending between the central and outer goalposts. The game's finest spectacle is the "mark" in which competing players leap, sometimes riding on the back of an opponent, in order to catch the ball directly from the kick of another player. The player making such a catch is awarded a mark, an unhindered kick from behind the spot of the catch. The sport, Australia's foremost, was developed in Melbourne. The Victorian Football League was established in 1896 as the first professional league. It was renamed the Australian Football League in 1990 to reflect the addition of franchises outside of Victoria state
Canadian Football League: Major Canadian professional gridiron football organization, formed in 1958. The league's Western Conference includes teams from Edmonton, Calgary, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Winnipeg; its Eastern Conference comprises teams from Hamilton, Montreal, Ottawa, and Toronto. The conference winners compete for the Grey Cup. The CFL plays a gridiron style of football
Federation of International Football Associations: head organization for international football associations
Gaelic football: {i} type of football played with 15 players on each team having a net attached to the goal where the object of the game is to kick or punch or dribble the ball into the net or over the crossbar (played mainly in Ireland)
Gaelic football: a game played in Ireland between two teams of 15 players, using a round ball that can be kicked or hit with the hands. Irish sport, an offshoot of the violent medieval game mêlée. In the modern game, sides are limited to 15 players. Players may not throw the ball but may dribble it with hand or foot and may punch or punt it toward their opponents' goal. Goals count as either one or three points, depending on whether the ball passes above (one) or below (three) a crossbar attached to the goalposts. It is played mostly in Ireland and the U.S
National Football League: Major professional football organization in the U.S. It was founded in 1920 at Canton, Ohio; its first president was Jim Thorpe. In 1970 it merged with the rival American Football League (founded 1959). Beginning with the 2002 season, it was divided into two conferences, each with four divisions. The National Conference consists of the East Division (Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles, and Washington Redskins), the South Division (Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, New Orleans Saints, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers), the North Division (Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, and Minnesota Vikings), and the West Division (Arizona Cardinals, St. Louis Rams, San Francisco Forty-Niners, and Seattle Seahawks). The American Conference consists of the East Division (Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots, and New York Jets), the South Division (Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Tennessee Titans), the North Division (Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, and Pittsburgh Steelers), and the West Division (Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs, Oakland Raiders, and San Diego Chargers). The league season culminates with the Super Bowl, the annual championship game between the winners of the National and American conferences
National Football League: one of the two professional football leagues in the USA
Newcastle United Football Club: Soccer team based in Newcastle (England)
american football: a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays
association football: Soccer. football
fantasy football: a game in which lots of people make imaginary football teams by choosing real players. They get points according to how well the players do in real games, and the winner is the person whose team gets the most points
flag football: {i} softer and more gentle form of football
flag football: A type of football in which the advancement of the ball is stopped by removing a flag attached to the ball carrier's clothing. a game like American football in which players tear off small pieces of cloth called flags from around other players' waists instead of knocking them down touch football
footballer: an athlete who plays American football
footballer: A footballer is a person who plays football, especially as a profession. someone who plays football, especially a professional player American Equivalent: soccer player
footballer: a person who plays football
footballer: {i} (British) person who plays soccer
footballing: Footballing means relating to the playing of football. My two years at Farnham were the best of my footballing life
footballs: plural of football
gridiron football: Game played, predominantly in the U.S. and Canada, on a rectangular field having two goalposts at each end. In the U.S. it is played between two teams of 11 players each. The object is to get an oblong ball, in possession of one side at a time, over a goal line or between goalposts by running, passing, or kicking. A team must advance the ball 10 yards in four attempts (called downs) in order to continue to have the ball for another four downs. A kick through the goalposts (field goal) counts as three points. A run or completed pass over the goal line (touchdown) counts as six points. Following a touchdown, a team may attempt to kick the ball through the goalposts for one additional point or to run or pass the ball over the goal line for two additional points. Gridiron football (so-called because of the markings on the field), derived from rugby and soccer (see football), emerged in the late 19th century as a collegiate sport; the early rules were mostly written by representatives from Yale, Harvard, and Princeton universities. Each year the college football season concludes with a host of bowl games held on and around New Year's Day. Professional football began in the 1890s but did not become a major sport until after World War II. The National Football League was formed in 1922. The NFL is now divided into an American and a National conference; the conference winners compete for the Super Bowl championship. A Football Hall of Fame is located in Canton, Ohio, U.S. Canadian football differs from U.S. football principally by having 12 players on a team rather than 11, employing a larger field, and allowing only three downs to move the ball 10 yards. These variations allow for a more wide-open style of game, with an emphasis on passing. See also Canadian Football League
mini-football: game played on a small playing field whose rules are similar to those of regular football
professional football: football played for pay
professional football: football or soccer of professionals, turning of soccer into a central occupation in one's life, soccer on a very high level that is played by players who make this their living
table football: a game played on a special table by two players or teams. You score goals by moving rows of model football players from side to side so that they can kick the ball, using handles attached to the players foosball
touch football: A variety of football in which the advancement of the ball is stopped by touching rather than tackling the ball carrier. a type of American football in which you touch the person with the ball instead of tackling them
touch football: a version of American football in which the ball carrier is touched rather than tackled

football

Hyphenation

foot·ball

Turkish pronunciation

fûtbôl

Synonyms

association football, soccer, wogball, footie, american football, gridiron, gridiron football, canadian football, footy, aussie rules, vfl, afl, league, ball, pill

Pronunciation

/ˈfo͝otˌbôl/ /ˈfʊtˌbɔːl/

Etymology

[ fut-"bol ] (noun.) 15th century. foot + ball; may refer to the act of kicking a ball with the feet, or to the fact that games are played on foot, as opposed to on horseback.