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(American football) A player for the San Francisco 49ers, an NFL team.
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(sometimes derogatory, sometimes humorous) Australian rules football.
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The game of Australian rules football
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(Canadian football) A player for Canadian Football League's Montreal Alouettes.
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(soccer) A football stadium within the area, home of Liverpool Football Club.
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(Canadian football) A team member for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League.
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A ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent.
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(informal) Australian rules football.
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Synonym of Australian rules football.
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Australian rules football.
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A variety of football devised in Australia.
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(sports) A defender in Australian rules football.
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Alternative form of ball player [A player of a ball game; especially a basketball, baseball, or football player.]
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(Australia, New Zealand) The act of cheering for or supporting a team.
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(idiomatic, sports) A team in or around the relegation zone.
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(Canadian football) the competition between the Edmonton Elks (formerly Eskimos) and Calgary Stampeders teams of the CFL
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(ice hockey, Canada) competition between the Montreal Canadiens of Montreal and Quebec Nordiques of Quebec City in the NHL from 1979–80 to 1994–95.
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(sometimes capitalized) association football; soccer.
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(Australia, sports, rugby, Australian rules football) an award given to a player deemed to have been the best performer in a game or over a season
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(Australian Rules) A player chosen as having made the most outstanding achievement during a match, and awarded a small prize.
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Major league (pertaining to the highest level of professional sports).
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(Canadian football) A player for the Canadian Football League's Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
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(rugby league) New South Wales.
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(Australia, sports, Australian rules football) A commentator on Australian rules football games who reports from the boundary of the field of play, and interviews players on the interchange bench as well as coaching and medical staff.
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(sports) A member of a team such as the Denver Broncos
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A player on a sports team at Stanford University.
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(rugby league) The Lebanon national rugby league team.
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(Canadian football) Someone who plays in the CFL (Canadian Football League).
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(sports) A member of a team such as the Los Angeles Chargers
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(Australian rules football) A mark (catch) in which the player receives the ball into both arms at chest height.
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(Australia, Australian rules football) A mistake made by a player; counted in the game statistics in the category "errors including frees against".
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(Australia, soccer) The Sydney FC fan base.
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(Australian rules football, slang, humorous) The Adelaide Crows, an Australian rules football club based in Adelaide.
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(American football) The twelve rookies who made the Dallas Cowboys team in 1975.
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(Australian rules football) Fremantle Football Club, an Australian rules football club based in Fremantle, a suburb of Perth.
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(rugby union, rugby league) A goal scored by kicking the ball through the goal from open play, after the ball has touched the ground.
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(Canadian football) A team member of the Canadian Football League's Edmonton Elks (formerly known as the Eskimos).
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(Canadian football, historical) A team member of the Canadian Football League's Edmonton Eskimos. (Obsolete as of 2020 with the team dropping this name in favour of Elks in 2021.)
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An area reserved for playing a game or race with one’s physical force.
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(transitive, sports, Australia, New Zealand) To schedule (a match).
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(Australia, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania, Northern Territory, southern New South Wales, uncountable) Australian rules football.
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(soccer, UK) One who plays soccer, that is, football.
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The jargon associated with the sport of football.
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(dated) A football player.
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(uncountable, Britain) Football (association football) (soccer in US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand)
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(soccer) attack, collectively the attackers or forwards.
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A player in Australian rules football and Gaelic football with a focus on kicking goals.
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(US, American football) A nickname of the New York Giants football team.
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An Irish form of football standardised in the late 19th century by the GAA, having its origin in various ancient, traditional Irish football games.
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A sport played in Ireland in which two or four players hit a ball against a wall with their hands.
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(soccer) A football superstar.
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(American football) A player for the New York Giants.
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(netball) A player allowed in the centre third, goal third including the shooting circle.
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(rugby) Victory by a Southern Hemisphere national team over all of the Home Nations—England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland—in a single tour
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(uncountable, Australia and New Zealand) American and Canadian football, particularly when used to distinguish from other codes of football.
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collectively, Canadian football and American football
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An American football player.
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(school slang, soccer) A goalkeeper.
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(Australia, Australian rules football) The shirt worn by the players.
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(American football) A player on the kicking team whose primary job is to tackle the kickoff returner or punt returner.
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(informal, cricket) A 2006 controversy around allegations of ball tampering in the Test match between England and Pakistan.
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(Australian rules football, informal) Synonym of spectacular mark
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(sports, by extension) In any sport, a strong, physical player who is particularly effective.
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(Australian rules football) A bump of an opponent, using the side of the body, i.e. roughly the hip through to the upper arm and shoulder; the upper arm is held close against the body. Such a bump is considered fair play unless it is a push in the back or hits the opponent's head (a high contact).
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(Canada, US) The combination of Canadian football and American football.
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(rugby league) The Australia women's national rugby league team.
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(American football, informal) The New York Giants.
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(Australian rules football) A handball which leads to such a goal.
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(Australian rules football, humorous) A fictitious disease said to be contracted by a player who accumulates a large number of possessions of the ball.
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(tennis, dated) A male line judge.
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(American football) A player for National Football League's Detroit Lions.
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(Australian rules football) A goal.
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(sports) Someone who plays in a major league
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(sports) The best player in a match.
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Any of a number of traditional indigenous Australian pastimes involving kicking and catching a stuffed ball, played by large numbers of players across a wide area.
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Someone who plays in the MLS.
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(informal) Legion Field, an outdoor stadium in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.
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(chiefly Australia) The women's national basketball representative team of Australia.
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A person who plays football for the Green Bay Packers professional football team.
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(sports, slang) A field on which a game is played; a playing field.
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(usually Australian rules football) A large amount of space on a sportsground, often created by this tactic.
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(baseball, informal) A doubleheader, two games played on the same day between the same teams
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An area on which a sporting match is played; (soccer) a pitch.
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(sports) A player who platoons.
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(figuratively) Any place or context within which competitive activity takes place, such as market competition between companies.
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(sports) A player on any of various teams called Rangers, such as the Texas Rangers (in baseball) or the New York Rangers (in ice hockey).
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(Australian rules football, colloquial) slang for time on.
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An American hockey team in the NHL with its home base in Detroit.
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(Canada, US, informal, in combination) A sports league draft selection in a specified round or the player drafted with that selection.
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(Australian rules football) A female ruck; a woman who contests rucks.
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(informal) Australian rules football.
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(Australian rules football, rhyming slang) A goal.
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(American football) A group of players on a team, often from the practice squad who emulate the style of play of future opponents so that the starting players can practice against them.
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(Australia, Australian rules football) A football used in Australian rules.
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(basketball) A former position in women's basketball that played in the backcourt along with the guards.
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(Australian rules football) To kick the football directly off the ground, without using one's hands.
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(uncountable, Australia, US, rare) Synonym of association football
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(Australia, Australian rules football, informal) A spectacular mark (catch) in Australian rules football.
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(Australian rules football, informal) Synonym of spectacular mark
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A flat area of land where sports events are staged.
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a stadium or piece of land used for sport.
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(Australia) Synonym of dogpile, especially in Australian football.
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(Canadian football) A team member for the Canadian Football League's Calgary Stampeders. (Rendered with a capital 'S' as Stampeder.)
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An accomplished and important supporting player in a sports team.
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(soccer) A defender who is the last line of defence before the goalkeeper.
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A game, based on football (soccer), in which opposing players are represented by small figures mounted on rotating bars.
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A game or sport in which a football is passed from one side of a curved table (similar to a table tennis table) to the other.
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Synonym of Texas leaguer
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The Hamilton Tiger-Cats, a team in the Canadian Football League.
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(Canadian football) A team member for the Canadian Football League's Hamilton Tiger-Cats. (Rendered as Ti-Cat.)
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The Hamilton Tiger-Cats, a team in the Canadian Football League.
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football (Australian rules football)
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(American football) The official who stands behind the line on the defensive side or next to the referee on the offensive side.
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(sports) The ability to play multiple positions.
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(sports) A player who can play more than one position.
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(rugby) the national rugby union representative team of Australia
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(Australian rules football, humorous, rarely derogatory) The West Coast Eagles, an Australian rules football club based in Perth.
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(Australian rules football) A player positioned on the wing.
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(US, baseball) The best-of-seven game series played annually in late October-early November to determine the year's championship of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, played between two teams, one each in the National League and the American League.
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