football

noun

• 1a form of team game played in North America with an oval ball on a field marked out as a gridiron.
• British term for soccer.
• play in a game of football, especially when stylish and entertaining:his team played some impressive football

• 2a ball used in football, either oval (as in American football) or round (as in soccer), typically made of leather or plastic and filled with compressed air.
• a topical issue or problem that is the subject of continued argument or controversy:the use of education as a political football