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Synonyms for football

Grammar : Noun
Spell : foo t-bawl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfʊtˌbɔl

Top 10 synonyms for football
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Définition of football

Origin :
  • open-air game, first recorded c.1400; see foot (n.) + ball (n.1). Forbidden in a Scottish statute of 1424. The first reference to the ball itself is late 15c. Figurative sense of "something idly kicked around" is first recorded 1530s. Ball-kicking games date back to the Roman legions, at least, but the sport seems to have risen to a national obsession in England, c.1630. Rules first regularized at Cambridge, 1848; soccer (q.v.) split off in 1863.
  • The U.S. style (known to some in England as "stop-start rugby with padding") evolved gradually 19c.; the first true collegiate game is considered to have been played Nov. 6, 1869, between Princeton and Rutgers, at Rutgers, but the rules there were more like soccer. A rematch at Princeton Nov. 13, with the home team's rules, was true U.S. football. The earliest recorded application of the word football to this is from 1881.
  • noun a sport
  • noun the ball used in football
Example sentences :
  • In his youth he had overtaxed his strength on the football field.
  • Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • When I had finished, I was as hot and dirty as if it were half-time at a football match.
  • Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro
  • Also 'twas Willie who thought of the paper bein' in the football.
  • Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Why, Loosh, I thought you were an invalid; you look like a football player.
  • Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • I like football immensely and dancing too, but there is something else in life.
  • Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • It was his conviction that unselfishness was stimulated by football.
  • Extract from : « War Letters of a Public-School Boy » by Paul Jones.
  • Don declares that he has all the earmarks of a football player.
  • Extract from : « The Wall Street Girl » by Frederick Orin Bartlett
  • It was football tactics, with me bucking the line, Bill carrying the ball.
  • Extract from : « The Million-Dollar Suitcase » by Alice MacGowan
  • Little boys are most interested in games with balls, like jai alai or football.
  • Extract from : « Getting to know Spain » by Dee Day
  • They show the true sport in their games of football and baseball.
  • Extract from : « Policing the Plains » by R.G. MacBeth
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