Touchdown

//ˈtʌt͡ʃ.daʊn// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A six-point score occurring when the ball enters possession of a team's player in the opponent's end zone. Canadian, countable, uncountable

    "Today I scored my first touchdown."

  2. 2
    a score in American football; being in possession of the ball across the opponents' goal line wordnet
  3. 3
    A defensive action of grounding the ball in the team's own in-goal to stop the play. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    a landing (as the wheels touch the landing field); especially of airplanes wordnet
  5. 5
    A try (scoring play of grounding the ball in the opposing team's in-goal). countable, uncountable

    "A first Test try by Fergus McFadden and a Tomas O'Leary touchdown helped Ireland to a 15-12 half-time lead."

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  1. 6
    The moment when an aircraft or spacecraft makes first or final contact with the ground during a landing. countable, uncountable

    "The passengers audibly relaxed at touchdown."

  2. 7
    The moment of contact of a tornado with the ground. countable, uncountable

    "The American Red Cross sent me to Alabama within twenty-four hours of the tornado's touchdown, and I visited the communities of Oak Grove and Rock Creek four subsequent times."

Etymology

From touch + down.

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