flag football

noun

: a variation of football in which a player must remove a flag attached to the ballcarrier's clothing to stop the play

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The tackle game was replaced by the silly Pro Bowl Games in 2023, featuring the likes of dodgeball, skills challenges and flag football. — Greg Cote august 30, Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2026 At least one student was injured when a Placer County school bus carrying a girls' flag football team crashed into a concrete guardrail in Yuba County on Thursday evening, officials said. — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026 The entire campus will get a flag football tutorial from the first program on campus to throw the pigskin. — Pj Green august 27, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2026 The university introduced a women’s flag football team, Wood said, and new track and basketball facilities are underway. — Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for flag football

Word History

First Known Use

1947, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of flag football was in 1947

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“Flag football.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flag%20football. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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