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association football: a game in which two teams each contend to get a round ball into the other team's goal primarily by kicking the ball. Known as soccer in the US.
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American football: a game in which two teams attempt to get an ovoid ball to the end of each other's territory.
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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.
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Australian rules football.
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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.
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rugby league.
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rugby union.
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The ball used in any game called "football".
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Practise of these particular games, or techniques used in them.
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An item of discussion, particularly in a back-and-forth manner.
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The nickname of the leather briefcase containing classified nuclear war plans, which is always near the US President.
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