flag football

American  

noun

1. a form of touch football in which the ball-carrier's progress is stopped when an opponent pulls a flag from the ball-carrier's pocket or belt.

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Etymology

Origin of flag football

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

For every girl that was told there was no path — @makena_cook has become the first female athlete to receive a Division 1 Power 4 Flag Football offer!

From Los Angeles Times

“If they were playing now they could probably go play flag football,” Jodi Ferragamo said.

From Los Angeles Times

Ferragamo still attends a couple of Rams games each season, runs a flag football league for grade-school kids and co-hosts the weekly sports-talk show “On Point Live” with Slater.

From Los Angeles Times

She's even gotten into coaching flag football in Buffalo, so I think there's just been a really big outpouring of support for the McDermotts as a whole from an organisational standpoint.

From BBC

The brothers have been playing together since flag football days as second-graders.

From Los Angeles Times