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Footballese

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baseballesenounThe jargon associated with the sport of baseball.
basketballesenounThe jargon associated with the sport of basketball.
footbrawlnoun(informal) The sport of football when regarded as violent.
golfesenounThe jargon used by golf players and commentators.
foot-ballnoun(dated) Alternative spelling of football. [A sport played on foot in which teams attempt to get a ball into a goal or zone defended by the other team.]
fitbanoun(Scotland, slang) football
hoofballnoun(soccer, derogatory) A style of play characterised by many long balls and few short passes.
footynoun(uncountable, UK, Ireland) Football (association football) (soccer in US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand).
soccernoun(originated, late 19th C, now often US, Australia, Ireland, Philippines, and other countries; see usage notes) Association football.
soccerballnounAlternative form of soccer ball. [(soccer) A ball that is designed for use in the sport of soccer; a football.]
foot ballnounArchaic form of football. [A sport played on foot in which teams attempt to get a ball into a goal or zone defended by the other team.]
footballnounA sport played on foot in which teams attempt to get a ball into a goal or zone defended by the other team.
goalballnoun(disability, sports) A ball game, designed for the blind, in which teams of three players attempt to throw a ball with bells embedded in it into the opposing goal.
soccer footballnoun(uncountable, Australia, US, rare) Synonym of association football.
sportspeaknounThe style of language associated with sports reporting or coaching.
footgolfnoun(sports) A variant of golf in which players attempt to kick a football (“soccer ball”) into a depressed cup set into the turf.
sportsballnoun(humorous, mildly derogatory, sometimes ironic) Any sport, especially one involving a ball; a sport that does not need to be specified or is not worth specifying.
ballnounA solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
eggballnoun(British, slang) Rugby Union, rugby league, Australian rules football, American football, or any game played with an elliptical ball.
soccer ballnoun(soccer) A ball that is designed for use in the sport of soccer; a football.

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