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Noun
(general) A sport played on foot in which teams attempt to get a ball into a goal or zone defended by the other team.
(Britain, uncountable)Association football: a game in which two teams each contend to get a roundball into the other team's goal primarily by kicking the ball. Known as soccer in Canada, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand.
(US, uncountable)American football: a game in which two teams attempt to get an ovoid ball to the end of each other's territory.
(Canada, uncountable)Canadian football: a game played on a wide field in which two teams attempt to get an ovoid ball to the end of each other's territory.
(Ireland, uncountable)Gaelic football: a field game played with similar rules to hurling, but using hands and feet rather than a stick, and a ball, similar to, yet smaller than a soccer ball.
(Australia, New South Wales, Queensland, uncountable)rugby league.
