flag football

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of flag football¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

No one can say Los Angeles Marshall did not earn the City Section Open Division flag football championship.

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She picked up flag football quickly, becoming an accurate passer and mobile quarterback.

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On Saturday, his sister, Talya, will try to quarterback El Camino Real’s flag football team to a City Division I title.

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Los Angeles will also introduce American flag football and squash on July 15 for Olympic debuts.

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There was no time on the clock when the JSerra junior defender ran step for step with Orange Lutheran receiver Josie Anderson, who dove but could not reach it in the end zone — an exciting finish to the Southern Section Division 1 girls’ flag football final Saturday night at Fred Kelly Stadium in Orange.

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