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haramball

haramball noun: a highly defensive style of football, seen as uninteresting or frustrating to watch.

Noun (1)

haramball (uncountable)

  1. (derogatory) A highly defensive style of football, seen as uninteresting or frustrating to watch.
    • Near-synonyms: parking the bus, catenaccio
    • Just when you think LaLiga is infested with “park the bus” teams, wait for next season. Burgos CF currently lead the Segunda and they’ve taken haramball to the next level. Conceded only 3 goals in 14 games. At some point they had 133 shots against without conceding a single goal.2022 November 5, Winston Wolf (@999PercentReal), “Winston Wolf on Twitter”, in Twitter

Noun (2) capitalized: Haramball

Haramball (uncountable)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of haramball.

Synonyms of haramball

Origin of haramball

From haram + -ball.

Questions about haramball

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

Words near haramball in the dictionary

  1. haram ball
  2. haram police
  3. haram-ball
  4. haramaki
  5. haramakis
  6. haramball
  7. harambee
  8. harambees
  9. harami
  10. haramis
  11. haramiyid

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