[
US
/ˈfʊtˌbɔɫ/
]
[ UK /fˈʊtbɔːl/ ]
[ UK /fˈʊtbɔːl/ ]
NOUN
- the inflated oblong ball used in playing American football
- 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
How To Use football In A Sentence
- Smith, who is also a director of Norwich City Football Club, said her CBE was a "very, very great honour". BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition
- Which of them will prefer football and which the ant nest, we'll have to wait and see.
- Regardless of the outcome of the trial, the whole episode has been a huge embarrassment to English football.
- The major problem is punters here expect a diet of top-class football along with decent grub. The Sun
- Such football titbits always float to the surface on third-round day which remains the best, most hectic, interesting and fun day of the season - and this one was even more frenetic than usual.
- My guess is they were either swapping football stickers or comparing notes on how to look after successful women. The Sun
- In a second or three, take one high stakes football match, throw in that controversial miscall, stir it up with loads of angry fans, whisk in a few politicians, let it bake overnight and what you end up with is a tasty football ferrora (ph). CNN Transcript Nov 20, 2009
- AMEN: Grassroots Football is an incredible interactive roadbook from photographer Jessica Hilltout that depicts the essence of soccer as experienced throughout the African continent. Daniel Maree: Six Positively Promising World Cup Campaigns You Might Have Missed
- We've seen how things turned out for Scotland's national football manager; matters are organised no differently in the more modest context that is Scottish shinty.
- Your studies will suffer if you play too much football.