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noun
A six-point score occurring when the ball enters possession of a team's player in the opponent's end zone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canadian, countable, uncountable
Topics: American-football, ball-games, football, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A defensive action of grounding the ball in the team's own in-goal to stop the play.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, rugby, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A try (scoring play of grounding the ball in the opposing team's in-goal).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, rugby, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The moment when an aircraft or spacecraft makes first or final contact with the ground during a landing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
Synonyms: setdown
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The moment of contact of a tornado with the ground.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a score in American football; being in possession of the ball across the opponents' goal line
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: score
noun
a landing (as the wheels touch the landing field); especially of airplanes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: landing
History
From touch + down.
Across languages
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
