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
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Examples
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The game is called foosball, mostly here in the United States.
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But then we would return to our school bubble and dismiss the notion of difference over a game of foosball.
Samia Khan Bambrah: The Courage To Redefine Pakistan Samia Khan Bambrah 2011
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We can play foosball or table tennis (McDonough's show offers both) while our heroes battle it out at the World Cup or U.S.
Art review: 'Patrick McDonough: reck room' at Flashpoint Jessica Dawson 2010
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Witness this show's centerpiece: a ping-pong table straddling a foosball console (a clear glass sheet replaces the table's typical green surface so you can make out the foosball field below).
Art review: 'Patrick McDonough: reck room' at Flashpoint Jessica Dawson 2010
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Astrid Stawiarz for The Wall Street Journal A high-end foosball table available for purchase at the store.
Dumbbells Before the Fall Ralph Gardner Jr. 2010
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But then we would return to our school bubble and dismiss the notion of difference over a game of foosball.
Samia Khan Bambrah: The Courage To Redefine Pakistan Samia Khan Bambrah 2011
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But then we would return to our school bubble and dismiss the notion of difference over a game of foosball.
Samia Khan Bambrah: The Courage To Redefine Pakistan Samia Khan Bambrah 2011
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Now you can purchase leather dumbbells, a $30,000 Lucite foosball table and customize your very own chalet all under one roof.
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But then we would return to our school bubble and dismiss the notion of difference over a game of foosball.
Samia Khan Bambrah: The Courage To Redefine Pakistan Samia Khan Bambrah 2011
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The store is sort of like Sharper Image on steroids, with items such as $12,000 glass and chrome foosball tables and $150,000 watch safes.
Dumbbells Before the Fall Ralph Gardner Jr. 2010
abigail commented on the word foosball
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