any of various forms of team game involving kicking (and in some cases also handling) a ball, in particular (in the UK) soccer or (in the US) American football
he started playing football when he was 5
she had initially planned to pursue a career in football
a football club
a football match
a ball used in football, either round (as in soccer) or oval (as in rugby and American football) and typically made of leather or plastic and filled with compressed air
a briefcase containing authentication codes and other items that allow the US president to authorize a nuclear strike at any time
wherever the president travels, a military aide stays close with the football
whose fingers would we prefer to have on America's nuclear football?