имя существительное 1) а) [британский вариант английского языка]; то же, что и Association Football - футбол Например: football match — футбольный матч to play football — играть в футбол Синоним(ы): soccer б) [американский вариант английского языка]; то же, что и American football - американский футбол 2) футбольный мяч 3) объект манипуляций, спекуляций Например: political football — объект политических игр, спекуляций Funding of the health service has become a political football. — Финансирование сферы здравоохранения стало предметом политических спекуляций. 4) [американский вариант английского языка, политика, жаргонное] "ядерный чемоданчик" (портфель с секретными кодами при президенте США; для управления ядерным арсеналом страны)
noun 1. any of several games played between two teams on a rectangular field having two goalposts at each end and whose object is to get the ball over a goal line or between goalposts by running, passing, or kicking: as a. British soccer b. British rugby c. an American game played between two teams of 11 players each in which the ball is in possession of one side at a time and is advanced by running or passing d. Australian Australian Rules football e. Canada Canadian football 2. a. an inflated oval ball used in the game of football b. British a soccer ball 3. something treated roughly especially as the subject of a prolonged dispute Example: the issue became a political football in Congress • footballer noun