a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays | going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it |
| success in satisfying a test or requirement |
| (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate |
| a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another |
| euphemistic expressions for death |
| the motion of one object relative to another |
| the end of something |