| NOUN | act | American football game, American football | a game / game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long |
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| Meaning | A game / game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays. | |
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| Synonym | American football | |
| Category of | back | (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage |
| centering, snap | (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back | |
| completion, pass completion | (American football) a successful forward pass in football | |
| down | (American football) a complete play to advance the football | |
| draw, draw play | (American football) the quarterback moves back as if to pass and then hands the ball to the fullback who is running toward the line of scrimmage | |
| end run, sweep | (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running around the end of the line | |
| fair catch | (American football) a catch of a punt on the fly by a defensive player who has signalled that he will not run and so should not be tackled | |
| field goal | A score in American football | |
| football play | (American football) a play by the offensive team | |
| fumble, muff | (sports) dropping the ball | |
| handoff | (American football) a play in which one player hands the ball to a teammate | |
| interception | (American football) the act of catching a football by a player on the opposing team | |
| interference | (American football) blocking a player's path with your body | |
| lineman | (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed on the line of scrimmage | |
| mousetrap, trap play | (American football) a play in which a defensive player is allowed to cross the line of scrimmage and then blocked off as the runner goes through the place the lineman vacated | |
| pass, passing play, passing game, passing | (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate | |
| point after, point after touchdown, extra point | In American football a point awarded for a successful place kick following a touchdown | |
| power play | A play in which there is a concentration of players in one location on the field of play | |
| reception | (American football) the act of catching a pass in football | |
| return | (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble | |
| reverse | (American football) a running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction | |
| run, running, running play, running game | (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team | |
| rush, rushing | (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line | |
| safety | A score in American football | |
| safety blitz, linebacker blitzing, blitz | (American football) defensive players try to break through the offensive line | |
| scrimmage | (American football) practice play between a football team's squads | |
| straight-arm | (American football) the act of warding off a tackler by holding the arm fully extended with the hand against the opponent | |
| tackle | (American football) grasping an opposing player with the intention of stopping by throwing to the ground | |
| touchback | (American football) a play in which the opposing team has kicked the football into your end zone / zone | |
| touchdown | A score in American football | |
| trap block | (American football) an illegal block | |
| Narrower | touch football | A version of American football in which the ball carrier is touched rather than tackled |
| Broader | football, football game | Any of various games / 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 |
| Spanish | American football, fútbol americano | |
| Catalan | futbol americà | |
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