ALL meanings of football
foot·ball
F f - noun football A form of team game played in North America with an oval ball on a field marked out as a gridiron. 1
- noun football a game in which two opposing teams of 11 players each defend goals at opposite ends of a field having goal posts at each end, with points being scored chiefly by carrying the ball across the opponent's goal line and by place-kicking or drop-kicking the ball over the crossbar between the opponent's goal posts. Compare conversion (def 13), field goal (def 1), safety (def 6), touchdown. 1
- noun football the ball used in this game, an inflated oval with a bladder contained in a casing usually made of leather. 1
- noun football Chiefly British. Rugby (def 3). 1
- noun football Chiefly British. soccer. 1
- noun football something sold at a reduced or special price. 1
- noun football any person or thing treated roughly or tossed about: They're making a political football of this issue. 1
- noun football (initial capital letter) U.S. Government Slang. a briefcase containing the codes and options the president would use to launch a nuclear attack, carried by a military aide and kept available to the president at all times. 1
- verb with object football Informal. to offer for sale at a reduced or special price. 1
- noun football sport: soccer 1
- noun football sport: American 1
- noun football Australian ball sport 1
- noun football round ball 1
- noun football oblong ball 1
- uncountable noun football Football is a game played by two teams of eleven players using a round ball. Players kick the ball to each other and try to score goals by kicking the ball into a large net. 0
- uncountable noun football Football is a game played by two teams of eleven players using an oval ball. Players carry the ball in their hands or throw it to each other as they try to score goals that are called touchdowns. 0
- countable noun football A football is a ball that is used for playing football. 0
- noun football any of various games played with a round or oval ball and usually based on two teams competing to kick, head, carry, or otherwise propel the ball into each other's goal, territory, etc 0
- noun football (as modifier) 0
- noun football the ball used in any of these games or their variants 0
- noun football a problem, issue, etc, that is continually passed from one group or person to another and treated as a pretext for argument instead of being resolved 0
- noun football soccer 0
- noun football Rugby1 (sense 2) 0
- noun football 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. 0
- noun football Canadian football 0
- noun football the oval, inflated, leather or rubber ball used in playing football in the U.S. or Canada 0
- noun football any issue, problem, etc. that is passed about or shunted from one group to another 0