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Definition football

Etymology

From Middle English footbal, foteball, equivalent to foot +‎ ball, which may refer to the act of kicking a ball with the feet.

Noun

football (countable and uncountable, plural footballs)

  1. (general) A sport played on foot in which teams attempt to get a ball into a goal or zone defended by the other team.
  2. (Britain, uncountable) 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. Known as soccer in Canada, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand.
  3. (US, uncountable) American football: a game played on a field of 100 yards long and 53 1/3 yards wide in which two teams of 11 players attempt to get an ovoid ball to the end of each other's territory.
  4. (Canada, uncountable) Canadian football: a game played on a played on a field of 110 yards long and 65 yards wide in which two teams of 12 players attempt to get an ovoid ball to the end of each other's territory.
  5. (Australia, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania, Northern Territory, uncountable) Australian rules football.
  6. (Ireland, uncountable) Gaelic 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.
  7. (Australia, New South Wales, Queensland, uncountable) rugby league.
  8. (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand) rugby union.
  9. (countable) The ball used in any game called "football".
  10. (uncountable) Practice of these particular games, or techniques used in them.
  11. (figuratively, countable) An item of discussion, particularly in a back-and-forth manner
  12. (slang, US, countable) The leather briefcase containing classified nuclear war plans, which is always near the US President.

Results 84 Words with the letters FOOTBALL

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14 letter words with the letters FOOTBALL ↑
TABLESPOONFULS 27
TABLESPOONSFUL 27
13 letter words with the letters FOOTBALL ↑
TABLESPOONFUL 26
11 letter words with the letters FOOTBALL ↑
FOOTBALLERS 19
10 letter words with the letters FOOTBALL ↑
FOOTBALLER 18
9 letter words with the letters FOOTBALL ↑
FOOTBALLS 17
8 letter words with the letters FOOTBALL ↑
FOOTBALL 16
6 letter words with the letters FOOTBALL ↑
BALLOT 11
5 letter words with the letters FOOTBALL ↑
AFOOT 8
ALLOT 7
ALOFT 9
ALOOF 9
ATOLL 7
BLOAT 9
FLOAT 9
FLOTA 9
LOOFA 9
TABOO 8
4 letter words with the letters FOOTBALL ↑
ALTO 5
BALL 9
BLAT 8
BLOT 8
BOAT 7
BOLA 8
BOLL 9
BOLO 8
BOLT 8
BOOT 7
BOTA 7
FALL 9
FLAB 11
FLAT 8
FOAL 8
FOOL 8
FOOT 7
LOAF 8
LOBO 8
LOFT 8
LOOF 8
LOOT 5
LOTA 5
OBOL 8
OLLA 6
TALL 6
TOLA 5
TOLL 6
TOOL 5
3 letter words with the letters FOOTBALL ↑
ABO 6
AFT 6
ALB 7
ALL 5
ALT 4
BAL 7
BAT 6
BOA 6
BOO 6
BOT 6
FAB 9
FAT 6
FOB 9
LAB 7
LAT 4
LOB 7
LOO 4
LOT 4
OAF 6
OAT 3
OBA 6
OFT 6
OOT 3
TAB 6
TAO 3
TOO 3
2 letter words with the letters FOOTBALL ↑
AB 5
AL 3
AT 2
BA 5
BO 5
FA 5
LA 3
LO 3
OF 5
TA 2
TO 2

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