Football
['fʊtbɔːl] or ['fʊtbɔl]
Definition
(noun.) any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal.
(noun.) the inflated oblong ball used in playing American football.
Checked by Bernadette--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) An inflated ball to be kicked in sport, usually made in India rubber, or a bladder incased in Leather.
(n.) The game of kicking the football by opposing parties of players between goals.
Edited by Lester
Unserious Contents or Definition
A clever subterfuge for carrying on prize-fights under the guise of a reputable game.
Checker: Peggy
Examples
- They used to yell that at football when you lugged the ball. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Football strategy does not originate in a scrimmage: it is useless to expect solutions in a political campaign. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The football match does not come within my horizon at all. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The war seemed as far away as the football games of some one else's college. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The man shook his head with the big padded-leather helmet like a football player's on it and said, There is no ammunition for the machine gun. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Like a football. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Personally I am in agreement with Dr. Armstrong, and football does not come within my horizon. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- To-morrow is the 'Varsity football match. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
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