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Definition of a football in English English dictionary: pigskin
football: 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.
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.
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
football: 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.
football: rugby union
football: Practise of these particular games, or techniques used in them
football: Australian rules football
football: The nickname of the leather briefcase containing classified nuclear war plans, which is always near the US President
football: {n} a bladder in a leathern case, a game
football: The ball used in any game called "football"
football: 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: 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
football: Complicated by the presence of the other team [Sartre]
football: The worlds most popular sport (almost as cool as windsurfing) Known as soccer in the United States
football: name for soccer everywhere except in the U S ; also, what American's call their popular team sport which evolved from soccer and rugby
football: 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
football: A game similar to rugby football in which two teams attempt to get an ovoid ball to the end of each others territory
football: What soccer is called everywhere but in the United States
football: 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
football: n sepak bola (sepak)
football: 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: An item of discussion, particularly in a back-and-forth manner
football: 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
football: The game of kicking the football by opposing parties of players between goals
football: {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)
football: the inflated oblong ball used in playing American football
football: An inflated ball to be kicked in sport, usually made in India rubber, or a bladder incased in Leather
football: {i} oval ball used in North American football; oval ball used in rugby; round ball used in soccer
football: 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
football: 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
football: Rugby League
football: Term occasionally used to refer to the same game as the British definition (association football), though the official name in Australia is "soccer"