football

Plural

footballs

1. 1.A sport played on foot in which teams attempt to get a ball into a goal or zone defended by the other team.

   • Roman and medieval football matches were more violent than any modern type of football.

2. 2.The ball used in any game called "football".

   • Hans Moleman Production presents: Man getting hit by football.
   • The player kicked the football.
   • The league said the Super Bowl-bound New England Patriots used footballs that didn’t meet league specifications in the first half of the AFC championship game last Sunday.

3. 3.Association football, also called soccer: a game in which two teams each contend to get a round ball into the other team's goal primarily by kicking the ball.

   • Each team scored three goals when they played football.

4. 4.American football: a game played on a field 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.

   • Each team scored two touchdowns when they played football.

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