Subbuteo

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proper noun

Any of a group of tabletop games that simulate team sports such as association football, cricket, and hockey, played with weighted figurines.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. Any of a group of tabletop games that simulate team sports such as association football, cricket, and hockey, played with weighted figurines.

    When I was a child I played Subbuteo, won / My table then I graduate to Studio One

    1991, “Five Man Army”, in Blue Lines, performed by Massive Attack

Origin

Trade name, derived from the scientific name Falco subbuteo (a bird of prey, the Eurasian hobby), after a trademark was not granted to its creator Peter Adolph (1916–1994) to call the game "Hobby".

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Cite this entry
APA

Subbuteo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Subbuteo

MLA

“Subbuteo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Subbuteo. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Subbuteo,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Subbuteo.

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