English > football: 2 senses > noun 1, act| Meaning | 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. |
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| Synonym | football game |
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| Category of | back | (football) a person who plays in the backfield |
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| ball-hawking | Used of a player skilled in stealing the ball or robbing a batter of a hit |
| ball carrier, runner | (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play |
| broken-field | Varying in direction suddenly and frequently |
| center, snapper | (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback |
| complete, nail | complete a pass |
| completed | caught |
| drop-kick, dropkick | Drop and kick (a ball) as it touches the ground, as for a field goal |
| dropkick | (football) kicking (as for a field goal) in which the football is dropped and kicked as it touches the ground |
| dropkick, drop-kick | make the point after a touchdown with a dropkick |
| end | (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage |
| football score | The score in a football game |
| fullback | (football) the running back who plays the fullback position on the offensive team |
| fullback | Play the fullback |
| ground | Throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage |
| halfback | (football) the running back who plays the offensive halfback position |
| juke, fake | (football) a deceptive move made by a football player |
| kick | make a goal |
| kickoff | (football) a kick from the center of the field to start a football game or to resume it after a score |
| line up | Take one's position before a kick-off |
| midfield | (sports) the middle part of a playing field (as in football or lacrosse) |
| passer, forward passer | (football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by throwing a forward pass |
| passing, pass | Of advancing the ball by throwing it |
| place-kick | score (a goal) by making a place kick |
| place-kicker, placekicker | (football) a kicker who makes a place kick for a goal |
| place kick, place-kicking | (sports) a kick in which the ball is placed on the ground before kicking |
| professional football | Football played for pay |
| punt, punting | (football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground |
| punter | (football) a person who kicks the football by dropping it from the hands and contacting it with the foot before it hits the ground |
| quarter | (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games / games are divided |
| quarterback, signal caller, field general | (football) the person who plays quarterback |
| quarterback | Play the quarterback |
| return | make a return |
| running | Of advancing the ball by running |
| running back | (football) a back on the offensive team (a fullback or halfback) who tries to advance the ball by carrying it on plays from the line of scrimmage |
| rusher | (football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by running with the ball |
| split end | (football) an offensive end who lines up at a distance from the other linemen |
| tackle | seize and throw down an opponent player, who usually carries the ball |
| tailback | (American football) the person who plays tailback |
| tight end | (football) an offensive end who lines up close to the tackle |
| uncompleted | not caught or not caught within bounds |
| wingback | (football) the person who plays wingback |
| winger | (sports) player in wing position |
| yard marker | (football) a marker indicating the yard line |
| Parts | half | One of two divisions into which some games / games or performances are divided |
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| Narrower | American football, American football game | A game / game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long |
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| professional football | Football played for pay |
| rugby, rugby football, rugger | A form of football played with an oval ball |
| soccer, association football | A football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goal |
| Broader | contact sport | A sport that necessarily involves body contact between opposing players |
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| field game | An outdoor game played on a field of specified dimensions |
| Spanish | balompié, futbol, fútbol |
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| Catalan | futbol |
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| Nouns | footballer | an athlete who plays American football |
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