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football

DEFINITIONS OF: football

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n 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

Synonyms:
football game
Types:
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American football, American football game
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
professional football
football played for pay
rugby, rugby football, rugger
a form of football played with an oval ball
association football, soccer
a football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goal
touch football
a version of American football in which the ball carrier is touched rather than tackled
Type of:
contact sport
a sport that necessarily involves body contact between opposing players
field game
an outdoor game played on a field of specified dimensions

n the inflated oblong ball used in playing American football

Type of:
ball
round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games
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