noun Download 🔗Share (general) A sport played on foot in which teams attempt to get a ball into a goal or zone defended by the other team. Examples : "Roman and medieval football matches were more violent than any modern type of football." sport game entertainment essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "Each team scored three goals when they played football." sport game entertainment essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "Each team scored two touchdowns when they played football." sport game essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "They played football in the snow." sport game essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania, Northern Territory) Australian rules football. Examples : "My uncle plays football for the local team. " sport game essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "The school team practiced Gaelic football every afternoon after school. " sport game culture essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (New South Wales) rugby league. Examples : "My uncle plays football for the local team. " sport game essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Rugby union. Examples : "My brother plays football for the school team. " sport essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The ball used in any game called "football". Examples : "The player kicked the football." sport game item essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Practice of these particular games, or techniques used in them. Examples : "The football team's practice focused on improving their kicking techniques. " sport game essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An item of discussion, particularly in a back-and-forth manner Examples : "That budget item became a political football." communication media essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The leather briefcase containing classified nuclear war plans which is always near the US President. Examples : "The President kept the football close, ready to use in case of a national emergency. " politics government military war essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To play football. Examples : "The students are going to football practice after school. " sport action game essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading