Football Definition

fo͝otbôl
noun
Any issue, problem, etc. that is passed about or shunted from one group to another.
A political football.
Webster's New World
The oval, inflated, leather or rubber ball used in playing football in the U.S. or Canada.
Webster's New World

Soccer.

Webster's New World
In the U.S., a game played on a field that is 100 yards long, with 2 teams of 11 players and a goal at each end: the players may attempt to score a touchdown by running or passing the ball, kick a field goal, etc.
Webster's New World
Rugby.
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Other Word Forms of Football

Noun

Singular:
football
Plural:
footballs

Football Sentence Examples

  • Quinn, still steaming, plopped down and switched on the television to a college football game, turning off the sound.

  • You're built like a wrestler or football player or something.

  • You shouldn't talk that way about your football team.

  • There is a public park, besides bowling-greens and cricket and football fields.

  • I get to clean up the crumbs on the Byrne business and you get to play chauffeur for the federal guy—take him up to meet your old football buddy.

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Words Starting With

FFOFOO

Words Ending With

LLLALL

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With F8 Letter Words Ending With L