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| "Table football, or alternately foosball, is a table-top game that is based on association football (soccer). Table football is normally called foosball in the United States and Canada." |
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Foosball, n.
N. Amer.
A table football game in which players rotate rods attached to opposing ranks of miniature representations of footballers in order to direct a ball into their opponent's goal. Also: the ball used in this game.
Etymology:
Representing a non-naturalized pronunciation of German Fußball football (< Fuß FOOT n. + Ball BALL n.1).
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- Oxford English Dictionary