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footballifies

footballifies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of footballify.

Meaning of footballify

Verb

footballify (third-person singular simple present footballifies, present participle footballifying, simple past and past participle footballified)

  1. To make more like or about a game of football.
    • But after a decade, the network is ditching that song, replacing it with Underwood’s footballified version of her 2014 Miranda Lambert duet “Somethin’ Bad,” which will be called “Oh, Sunday Night.”2016 June 20, Carl Williot, “Carrie Underwood Is Reworking “Somethin’ Bad” Into New ‘Sunday Night Football’ Theme”, in Idolator
    1. To make into a contest between two teams where group loyalty is more important than anything else.
      • In the process, history has been footballified […] It's been turned into a game, with sides and jeering supporters.2021, Otto English, Fake History, page 44

Questions about footballifies

What is footballifies the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Footballifies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of footballify.

Words near footballifies in the dictionary

  1. footballese
  2. footballfish
  3. footballfishes
  4. footballification
  5. footballified
  6. footballifies
  7. footballify
  8. footballifying
  9. footballing
  10. footballisation
  11. footballish

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