footballing

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adjective

Relating to the sport of football.

OriginEnglish football ← Middle English fotbal ← Old English *beall →
UncommonScrabble 17
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Meanings

adjectivefootballing (not comparable)
  1. attributivenot comparableRelating to the sport of football.

    Newcastle had won both their previous fixtures in 2011 but were terribly disappointing at Broadhall Way against opponents 73 places below them in the footballing ladder.

    2011 January 8, Paul Fletcher, “Stevenage 3 - 1 Newcastle”, in BBC
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of football

Origin

  1. Middle Englishfot
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
  3. Proto-Germanic*balluz
  4. Old English*beall
  5. Middle Englishbal
  6. Middle Englishfotbal
  7. Englishfootball
  8. Englishfootballing

From football + -ing.

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Translations

Spanish futbolístico
  • futbolísticoTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

footballing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/footballing

MLA

“footballing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/footballing. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “footballing,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/footballing.

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