n. 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 USn. American football: a game in which two teams attempt to get an ovoid ball to the end of each other's territory.n. 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.n. Australian rules football.n. 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.n. rugby league.n. rugby unionn. The ball used in any game called "football".n. Practise of these particular games, or techniques used in them.n. An item of discussion, particularly in a back-and-forth mannern. The nickname of the leather briefcase containing classified nuclear war plans, which is always near the US President.