NOUN
  • Definition - (general) 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.
  • Definition - Association football: a game in which two teams each contend to get a round ball into the other team's goal primarily by kicking the ball. Known as soccer in Canada, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand.
  • Example - Each team scored three goals when they played football.
  • Definition - American football: a game played on a field of 100 yards long and 53 1/3 yards wide in which two teams of 11 players attempt to get an ovoid ball to the end of each other's territory.
  • Example - Each team scored two touchdowns when they played football.
  • Definition - Canadian football: a game played on a played on a field of 110 yards long and 65 yards wide in which two teams of 12 players attempt to get an ovoid ball to the end of each other's territory.
  • Example - They played football in the snow.
  • Definition - (Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania, Northern Territory) Australian rules football.
  • Example - They played football in the snow.
  • Definition - Gaelic football: a field game played with similar rules to hurling, but using hands and feet rather than a stick, and a ball, similar to, yet smaller than a soccer ball.
  • Example - They played football in the snow.
  • Definition - (New South Wales) rugby league.
  • Example - They played football in the snow.
  • Definition - Rugby union.
  • Example - They played football in the snow.
  • Definition - The ball used in any game called "football".
  • Example - The player kicked the football.
  • Definition - Practice of these particular games, or techniques used in them.
  • Example - The player kicked the football.
  • Definition - An item of discussion, particularly in a back-and-forth manner
  • Example - That budget item became a political football.
  • Definition - The leather briefcase containing classified nuclear war plans which is always near the US President.
  • Example - That budget item became a political football.
  • Synonyms - atomic football black bag black box nuclear football
VERB
  • Definition - To play football.
  • Example - That budget item became a political football.
Words in your word
8 Letter Words
football 13
6 Letter Words
ballot 8
5 Letter Words
afoot 8 aloft 8 aloof 8 float 8 flota 8 loofa 8 bloat 7 taboo 7 allot 5 atoll 5
4 Letter Words
flab 9 fall 7 flat 7 foal 7 fool 7 foot 7 loaf 7 loft 7 loof 7 ball 6 blat 6 blot 6 boat 6 bola 6 boll 6 bolo 6 bolt 6 boot 6 bota 6 lobo 6 obol 6 alto 4 loot 4 lota 4 loto 4 olla 4 tall 4 tola 4 toll 4 tool 4
3 Letter Words
fab 8 fob 8 aft 6 fat 6 foo 6 oaf 6 oft 6 oof 6 abo 5 alb 5 bal 5 bat 5 boa 5 boo 5 bot 5 lab 5 lob 5 oba 5 tab 5 all 3 alt 3 lat 3 loo 3 lot 3 oat 3 oot 3 tao 3 too 3
2 Letter Words
fa 5 of 5 ab 4 ba 4 bo 4 al 2 at 2 la 2 lo 2 ta 2 to 2
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