Handegg vs Football - What's the difference?
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(slang, uncountable) A humorous term for the game of American football, or for any other sport called “football” that uses a prolate spheroid instead of a round ball and in which the ball is regularly handled, such as Canadian football or Rugby football.
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(general) A sport played on foot in which teams attempt to get a ball into a goal or zone defended by the other team.
(other than North America, uncountable) association football: a game in which two teams each contend to get a round ball into the other team's goal primarily by kicking the ball. Known as soccer in Canada and the United States.
(US, uncountable) American football: a game in which two teams attempt to get an ovoid ball to the end of each other's territory.
(Canada, uncountable) Canadian football: a game played on a wide field in which two teams attempt to get an ovoid ball to the end of each other's territory.
(Australia, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania, Northern Territory, uncountable) Australian rules football.
(Ireland, uncountable) Gaelic football: a field game played with similar rules to hurling, but using hands and feet rather than a stick, and a ball, similar to, yet smaller than a soccer ball.
(Australia, New South Wales, Queensland, uncountable) rugby league.
(Australia, Ireland, New Zealand) rugby union
(countable) The ball used in any game called "football".
(uncountable) Practise of these particular games, or techniques used in them.
(figuratively, countable) An item of discussion, particularly in a back-and-forth manner
(slang, countable) The nickname of the leather briefcase containing classified nuclear war plans, which is always near the US President.
As nouns the difference between handegg and football
is that handegg is a humorous term for the game of American football, or for any other sport called “football” that uses a prolate spheroid instead of a round ball and in which the ball is regularly handled, such as Canadian football or Rugby football while football is a sport played on foot in which teams attempt to get a ball into a goal or zone defended by the other team.handegg
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* (l)Noun
- Football is certainly a misnomer, for the game is played not with the feet but with the hands, and the ball is not a ball but an egg. I propose that the game be played with the feet and with a ball, or else that it be called “hand-egg ”.
- Yes, but would anyone show up for a game of handegg ?
- When I get there he was watching handegg'. I’m not into that ' hand egg shit so we got into a heated argument on which was better.
- You're wrong, kids all around the world play football, it just takes a ball and a pair of sneakers, whereas handegg requires a full body armour.
football
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Noun
- Roman and medieval football''' matches were more violent than any modern type of '''football .
- Each team scored three goals when they played football .
- Each team scored two touchdowns when they played football .
- They played football in the snow.
- ''The player kicked the football .
- That budget item became a political football .
Synonyms
* ("football" in Britain) ** (all varieties of English) association football, soccer (all varieties of English), wogball (Australian racist slang) ** (British slang) footie, footer * ("football" in the US) American football, (Australia) gridiron, gridiron football * ("football" in Canada) (outside Canada) Canadian football * footy, Aussie Rules, VFL (outdated), AFL * ("football" in New South Wales and Queensland) footy, league * soccer * (ball) ** (in all varieties of English and in all games called "football") ball ** footy, pill ** soccerball ** soccer ball ** pigskinDerived terms
* American football * arena football * Australian rules football * Barbarian football * blow football * Canadian flag football * Canadian football * Gaelic football * five-a-side football * flag football * football hooligan * football match * football player * football tennis * footballer * footballing * gridiron football * political football * roller football * table football * touch football * tackle footballSee also
* for a list of terms used in football/soccer. * (Football) * Details of the word football in various parts of the world. * (American football) *Translations of football (soccer) terms1000 English basic words ----
