football
A sport played on foot in which teams attempt to get a ball into a goal or zone defended by the other team.
Example
“Roman and medieval football matches were more violent than any modern type of football.”
Other meanings
The ball used in any game called "football".
“The player kicked the football.”
Practice of these particular games, or techniques used in them.
Related words
- Angeball
- antifootball
- Australian football
- fantasy football
- feetsball
- football bar
- football club
- footballene
- footballer
- footballese
- football field
- footballfish
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle English "fotbal".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “football” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.