Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A table game in which participants try to score goals on a miniature soccer field by turning different rods mounted with plastic figures.

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  • noun table soccer (US), table football (UK)

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Originally an American trademark, from German Fussball, soccer (translation of British English football, soccer) : Fuss, foot (from Middle High German vuoz, from Old High German fuoz; see ped- in Indo-European roots) + Ball, ball (from Middle High German bal, from Old High German; see bhel- in Indo-European roots).]

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From German Fußball.

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  • Lawrence Patterson imported European table soccer to the U.S. in 1962, calling his soccer table game "Foosball Match", and trademarking the term "FOOSBALL" in Canada and the U.S.A.

    March 31, 2011