Subbuteo.
Any of a group of tabletop games that simulate team sports such as association football, cricket, and hockey, played with weighted figurines.
Meaning & usage
Any of a group of tabletop games that simulate team sports such as association football, cricket, and hockey, played with weighted figurines.
Where this word comes from
Trade name, derived from the scientific name Falco subbuteo (a bird of prey, the Eurasian hobby), after a trademark was not granted to its creator Peter Adolph (1916–1994) to call the game "Hobby".
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.