Super Bowl

American  

[soo-per bohl] / ˈsu pər ˌboʊl /

Trademark.

1. the annual NFL championship football game between the best team of the National Football Conference and that of the American Football Conference.

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Super Bowl British  

noun

1. American football the main championship game of the sport, held annually in January between the champions of the American Football Conference and the National Football Conference

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Super Bowl Cultural  

1. The championship game of the National Football League, held each year in January or February.

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Etymology

Origin of Super Bowl

First recorded in 1965–70

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Example Sentences

Others are susceptible to competition against people with insider knowledge, like gambles on whether Lady Gaga will appear during the Super Bowl halftime show.

From The Wall Street Journal

Two years before that, he was one of the performers in the Super Bowl half-time show.

From BBC

He is not the only high-profile American involved in English second-tier football, with Wrexham co-owned by the Hollywood duo of Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, while seven-time Super Bowl winner Tom Brady holds a minority stake in divisional rivals Birmingham.

From Barron's

Owner Stephen Ross told him explicitly that cost shouldn’t get in the way of building a winner for a franchise that hasn’t won the Super Bowl since 1973.

From The Wall Street Journal

All of which sets up a painful rebuild while the team searches for a new core that can actually deliver the team its first Super Bowl in over half a century.

From The Wall Street Journal