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1. 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
   - football game
    
2. The inflated oblong ball used in playing American football
    
3. [Brit] A football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goal
   - soccer, association football, beautiful game [Brit]
    
4. [Brit] An inflated ball used in playing soccer
   - soccer ball

Derived forms: footballs

See also: footballer [N. Amer]

Type of: ball, contact sport, field game

Encyclopedia: Football