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 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 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 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 Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania, Northern Territory) Australian rules football. Examples : "The schoolyard in Melbourne was full of kids kicking footballs during lunch break. " sport area game 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 sports store sells soccer balls and Gaelic footballs. " sport game Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (New South Wales) rugby league. Examples : "The kids down the street are playing footballs after school; I can hear them cheering. " sport Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Rugby union. Examples : "The shop sells both footballs for American football and rugby union footballs. " sport 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 Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Practice of these particular games, or techniques used in them. Examples : "The school offers a variety of footballs, including American football and soccer, for students to choose from during gym class. " sport game 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 Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The leather briefcase containing classified nuclear war plans which is always near the US President. Examples : "Because the President traveled by helicopter, two aides accompanied him, each carrying one of the "footballs." " government military politics nation plan weapon Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading