football

Definition

Examples

Many of our employees watch football together at a restaurant on weekends.

Word Family

Synonyms

• soccera football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goal

Collocations

• Easy play football with friends
  to take part in a soccer match with peers
• Medium football club corporate sponsorship
  describing football club corporate sponsorship (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)
• Hard political football in budget negotiations
  describing political football in budget negotiations (involving or characteristic of politics or parties or politicians; - Daniel Goleman)
• Very Hard turn pension reform into political football
  to turn pension reform into political football, meaning to change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense