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football
has definitions from the fields of sport,games,american football
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[ noun ] (sport,games) 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
Synonyms Used in print (The Dallas Morning News,...)During his college career , Dr._Clark was captain of his basketball_team and was a football letterman . (The Dallas Morning News,...)Although he never gets to play while the clock is running , he gets a big kick - several every Saturday , in_fact - out of football . Moritz came to Texas in 1954 but his freshman football efforts were hampered by a knee injury . `` Nelson played magnificent football '' , Meek praised . The early Southwest_Conference football leaders - Texas , Arkansas and Texas_A+M - made a big dent in the statistics last week . Related terms contact_sport field_game professional_football soccer American_football rugby completion blocking half return fair_catch interception reception halfback quarterback end place_kick kickoff fullback return center place-kicker split_end tailback wingback complete fullback dropkick ground dropkick passing midfield fake running football_score yard_marker ball_carrier back completed passer punter uncompleted broken-field dropkick tight_end place-kick winger kick drop-kick quarterback drop-kick tackle running_back rusher professional_football punt |
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[ noun ] (american football,games) the inflated oblong ball used in playing American football
Used in print (The Dallas Morning News,...)He broke that boy ( Air_Force fullback Nick_Arshinkoff ) in two and knocked him loose from the football '' . (The New York Times,...)Shaw and Skorich headed a group of players , coaches and team officials who received an engrossed copy of an official city citation and a pair of silver cufflinks shaped like a football . |
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