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footballing

footballing adjective: relating to the sport of football. Also the present participle and gerund of football.

Adjective

footballing (not comparable)

  1. (attributive) Relating to the sport of football.
    • Newcastle had won both their previous fixtures in 2011 but were terribly disappointing at Broadhall Way against opponents 73 places below them in the footballing ladder.2011 January 8, Paul Fletcher, “Stevenage 3 - 1 Newcastle”, in BBC

Also used as

footballing is also the present participle and gerund of football.

Origin of footballing

From football + -ing.

Questions about footballing

What does footballing mean?
Footballing means relating to the sport of football.
What part of speech is footballing?
Footballing is an adjective.

Words near footballing in the dictionary

  1. footballification
  2. footballified
  3. footballifies
  4. footballify
  5. footballifying
  6. footballing
  7. footballisation
  8. footballish
  9. footballist
  10. footballistic
  11. footballists

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