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

Examples of flag football in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Here’s a look at this week’s top 10 flag football rankings by The Times. — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026

The junior varsity and flag football games on that day continued as scheduled. — Tim Fang, CBS News, 22 Sep. 2026

Moore had played flag football until the sixth grade because his parents didn’t see value in tackle football before then. — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026

Open tournaments will also be introduced for football, boys and girls basketball, boys and girls soccer, boys and girls lacrosse, fastpitch softball, baseball and girls flag football. — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1947, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for flag football

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