Football - English meaning

noun

Any of various forms of team game involving kicking (and in some cases also handling) a ball, in particular (in the uk) soccer or (in the us) american football.

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A football club

noun

A ball used in football, either round (as in soccer) or oval (as in rugby and american football) and typically made of leather or plastic and filled with compressed air.

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But, when you are carrying one of the footballs or the soccer ball, you can be tackled.

noun

A briefcase containing authentication codes and other items that allow the us president to authorize a nuclear strike at any time.

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Whose fingers would we prefer to have on america's nuclear football?

noun

(the oval ball used in) a game played by two teams in which each team tries to kick, run with, or throw the ball across the opposing team’s goal line to score points. american and canadian football differ in the number of players, the size of the field, and some rules of play

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[ c ] mom bought me a football., [ u ] let’s play football after lunch.