table football

British

noun

US name: foosball. a game based on soccer, played on a table with sets of miniature human figures mounted on rods allowing them to be tilted or spun to strike the ball

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Table football and pool tables will be on the patio.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Table football was invented in the 1920s and involves flicking miniature weighted players across a felt pitch to strike the ball and score goals.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2021

Table football crazy Argentinian director Juan José Campanella is following up his Oscar-winning drama The Secret in Their Eyes with an animated film about a group of friends who play table football.

From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2010

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