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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Chacho's clients got up and headed calmly towards the nearest shelter -- a school basement next door complete with a table football, giant chess set and collection of Harry Potter books.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

He played table football with some of the refugees who are living in temporary accommodation at the former Tegel airport.

From Reuters • Mar. 30, 2023

You might find Louis Malle at the bar, Robert Downey Sr. declaiming in the town’s plaza that plots were dead, Mr. Herzog and Barbet Schroeder playing table football.

From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2023

Francis played a round on the table that was presented to him at the end of his general audience by representatives of a Tuscany-based table football association, Sport Toscana Calcio Balilla in Altopascio.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 18, 2021

We plucked the folded Batman square back and forth—a lazy game of table football.

From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds

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