FOOSBALL Definition & Meaning

foosball

[fooz-bawl]

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a tabletop game resembling soccer, in which each of two players tries to shoot a small ball into the opponent’s goal by operating rods that extend crosswise and out through the sides of the table and have miniature playing figures attached.

foosball

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Also called (esp in Britain): table football.��a game, often played in bars, in which opponents on either side of a purpose-built table attempt to strike a ball into the other side's goal by moving horizontal bars to which miniatures of footballers are attached

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First recorded in 1960–65; from German Fußball, Fussball, equivalent to Fuß, Fuss foot ( def. ) + Ball ball ¹ ( def. )

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The cafeteria is organized like a small college student union, with a chess-or-checkers table, foosball tables and pingpong.

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The utilities were still out, and a fine layer of ash coated the floor, the orange benches, the foosball table.

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This can include a foosball table, pool table or dartboard.

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Let's say your next-door neighbors are playing foosball in the middle of the night.

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In the Rancho Equestrian District of Burbank, Calif., they take foosball seriously — and those who don’t, well, they might get their thumbs broken.

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