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anti-football

anti-football noun: a highly defensive style of football, seen as uninteresting or frustrating to watch. Also the alternative form of antifootball.

Noun

anti-football (uncountable)

  1. (derogatory) A highly defensive style of football, seen as uninteresting or frustrating to watch.
    • Near-synonyms: parking the bus, catenaccio

Also used as

anti-football is also the alternative form of antifootball.

Synonyms of anti-football

Forms of anti-football

comparativemore anti-football
superlativemost anti-football

Origin of anti-football

From anti- + football.

Questions about anti-football

What does anti-football mean?
Anti-football means a highly defensive style of football, seen as uninteresting or frustrating to watch.
What part of speech is anti-football?
Anti-football is a noun.

Words near anti-football in the dictionary

  1. anti-feminists
  2. anti-fire
  3. anti-flash
  4. anti-foaming
  5. anti-folk
  6. anti-football
  7. anti-foreignism
  8. anti-foundationalism
  9. anti-foundationalist
  10. anti-fracking
  11. anti-freeze

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