football
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- noun
- /ˈfʊtˌbɔl/
- After kicking the ball down the field, he threw the football to his teammate.
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Watch on YouTubeBut, you know, there was like a football, you know, around us.
- But, you know, there was like a football, you know, around us.
- But anyway, ask them to throw a football, ask them to swing a Golf Club.
- You remember those nerve vortex howler footballs that whistle when you throw them?
- It's like a football, a really badly thrown football.
- He couldn't close that hand up and he couldn't grip a football and he couldn't express himself.
- You all know the little miniature on football, good little nerf football, he said.
Examples
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The crowd roars with excitement as a football is kicked off.
Fiction book (1994) -
Paul has an older brother, Erik, a football hero whose destructive and criminal behavior is slowly revealed.
Academic text (2000) -
If you know football and you want football, you come up here.
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Hey, Tony, do you play football?
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- I'm a football coach, remember?
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What do you think of amateur football?
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It's hard to play tackle football with thick glasses on.
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The owner of a large-market football team.
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For example, if children are throwing and catching footballs, they call it playing football rather than throwing and catching.
Academic text (1994) -
The children laughed as they played with a new football in the park.
Synonyms
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A round object used in games like football or tennis
Idioms
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To promise help again and again and then take it away at the last moment
Compounds
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A group of players who play football together, like soccer or American football
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A match where two teams try to score points by moving a ball into the other team's goal
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A team sport where two teams try to carry or pass an oval ball into the other team's end zone
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A version of American football where players touch the player with the ball to stop them instead of tackling
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A hard padded hat with a face mask that protects a player's head and face during American football
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A planned move in American football by the team with the ball to move it or score
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A team game with an oval ball where players run, pass, and kick to score points
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Team sport with two 11-player teams trying to move the ball into the other end zone by running or passing
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A team sport where two teams of eleven kick a ball into the other team's goal
- Australian
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A fast Australian game where teams kick an oval ball between goalposts to score
How Big
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Football comes from joining foot and ball, which literally means a 'ball used with the foot'. So a football is simply the ball used in those games, whether round like soccer or oval like American football.