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international football en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (Australia, Ireland, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of international rules football (“a melded football code that blends Gaelic football with Australian rules football”).
  2. (Canada, US, uncountable) The combination of Canadian football and American football.
  3. (Canada, US, uncountable) Soccer.
  4. (uncountable) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see international, football.
    • The ruler of Pakistan had a strong belief that he is in a strong enough position with the US […] to […] convert Kashmir into an international football to be kicked once again by the world's major players so that they may help Pakistan score a goal. 2010, Raj Kumar Singh, Relations of NDA and UPA with Neighbours, page 118:

Synonyms

international rules football · football · football · soccer football · international rules · association football · gridiron football · world football · North American football