Definition of FOOTBALL

football

Plural: footballs

Noun

  • A type of ball, or a game played with such a ball.
  • 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 sport played on foot in which teams attempt to get a ball into a goal or zone defended by the other team.
  • The ball used in any game called "football".
  • Association football, also called soccer: a game in which two teams each contend to get a round ball into the other team's goal primarily by kicking the ball.
  • American football: a game played on a field 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.
  • Canadian football: a game played on a field 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.
  • Australian rules football.
  • 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.
  • Any form of rugby.
  • Any form of rugby.
  • rugby league.
  • Any form of rugby.
  • rugby union.
  • Practice of these particular games, or techniques used in them.
  • An item of discussion, particularly in a back-and-forth manner
  • The leather briefcase containing classified nuclear war plans which is always near the US President.

Verb

  • To play football.

Examples

  • Each team scored three goals when they played football.
  • Each team scored two touchdowns when they played football.
  • Playing "FOOTBALL" in Words With Friends might be a long word, but it takes up a lot of valuable space.
  • Roman and medieval football matches were more violent than any modern type of football.
  • That budget item became a political football.
  • The player kicked the football.
  • They played football in the snow.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English fotbal, footbal, equivalent to foot + ball, which may refer to the act of kicking a ball with the feet or to the fact the game was played on foot (as opposed to on horseback or with players in fixed positions). The name for the briefcase is a play on “dropkick”, the code name of an early version of the nuclear war plan.

Synonyms

football game, AFL, American football, Aussie rules, Canadian football, VFL, association football, atomic football, ball, black bag, black box, football, footer, footie, footy, gridiron, gridiron football, league, nuclear football, pigskin, pill, rugby ball, soccer, soccer ball, soccer football, wogball

Scrabble Score: 13

football: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
football: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
football: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

football: valid Words With Friends Word