"NFL" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

IPA: /ɛn ɛf ɛl/ Audio: en-us-NFL.ogg [Mid-Atlantic]
Rhymes: -ɛl Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} NFL
  1. (American football) Initialism of National Football League. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: National Football League Categories (topical): Football (American)
  2. (American football, humorous, derogatory) Initialism of National Felon League. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, derogatory, humorous, initialism Alternative form of: National Felon League Categories (topical): Football (American)
    Sense id: en-NFL-en-name-SPGMdxhT Topics: American-football, ball-games, football, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  3. (American football, humorous, derogatory, ethnic slur) Initialism of Negro Felon League. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, derogatory, ethnic, humorous, initialism, slur Alternative form of: Negro Felon League Categories (topical): Football (American)
    Sense id: en-NFL-en-name-N9GlmqnC Categories (other): English ethnic slurs Topics: American-football, ball-games, football, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  4. Initialism of Newfoundland and Labrador. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Newfoundland and Labrador
    Sense id: en-NFL-en-name-fhMSEmWf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 13 16 42 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: N.F.L.

Noun [English]

IPA: /ɛn ɛf ɛl/ Audio: en-us-NFL.ogg [Mid-Atlantic]
Rhymes: -ɛl Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} NFL (uncountable)
  1. (mathematics) Initialism of no free lunch: applied to various restricting theorems. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: no free lunch (extra: applied to various restricting theorems) Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-NFL-en-noun-YkI73BAC Topics: mathematics, sciences

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