haramball

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noun

A highly defensive style of football, seen as uninteresting or frustrating to watch.

“Near-synonyms: parking the bus, catenaccio”

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Meanings

haramball1

nounharamball (uncountable)
  1. derogatoryuncountableball gamesA highly defensive style of football, seen as uninteresting or frustrating to watch.

    Near-synonyms: parking the bus, catenaccio

    1 more example

    Just when you think LaLiga is infested with “park the bus” teams, wait for next season. Burgos CF currently lead the Segunda and they’ve taken haramball to the next level. Conceded only 3 goals in 14 games. At some point they had 133 shots against without conceding a single goal.

    2022 November 5, Winston Wolf (@999PercentReal), “Winston Wolf on Twitter”, in Twitter

    Synonyms: anti-football, terrorist ball, parking the bus, catenaccio

Haramball2

nounHaramball (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAlternative letter-case form of haramball.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA highly defensive style of football, seen as uninteresting or frustrating to watch.

Similar
anti-footballterrorist ballparking the buscatenaccio
Also see
anti-footballterrorist ball

Origin

From haram + -ball.

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APA

haramball. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haramball

MLA

“haramball.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haramball. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “haramball,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haramball.

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