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ALL meanings of footballing

foot·ball
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  • noun footballing Football (attributive). 1
  • noun footballing 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 footballing the ball used in this game, an inflated oval with a bladder contained in a casing usually made of leather. 1
  • noun footballing Chiefly British. Rugby (def 3). 1
  • noun footballing Chiefly British. soccer. 1
  • noun footballing something sold at a reduced or special price. 1
  • noun footballing any person or thing treated roughly or tossed about: They're making a political football of this issue. 1
  • noun footballing (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 footballing Informal. to offer for sale at a reduced or special price. 1
  • adjective footballing Footballing means relating to the playing of football. 0
  • adjective footballing of or relating to playing football 0
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