Handball

Quick meaning: Handball is a noun meaning (countable) The medium-sized inflated ball used in this sport.

Meaning

(countable) The medium-sized inflated ball used in this sport.

More Meanings

1. (countable, soccer) The offence of a player other than the goalkeeper touching the ball with the hand or arm on the field during play.
2. (countable, US) The small rubber ball used in this sport.
3. (countable, Australian rules football) An act of passing a football by holding it with one hand and hitting it with the other.
4. (uncountable) A team sport where two teams of seven players each (six players and a goalkeeper) pass and bounce a ball trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team.
5. (uncountable, US, Ireland) A sport in which players alternately strike the ball against a wall with their hand. Irish and American variants have slightly different rules.
6. (uncountable, Australia) A schoolyard game in which a tennis ball is struck with the hand, played on an improvised court on the asphalt or pavement.
7. (transitive) To manually load or unload a container, trailer, or to otherwise manually move bulk goods (often on pallets) from one type of transport receptacle to another.

Example Sentences

If the defender handballs in the penalty area, a penalty is awarded.

An obvious way in which football has changed over the last decade or two has been in the use of handballing.

The shortage has taken time to develop and despite the government trying to handball' the problem to the states, it has happened on its watch.

I am finding that she's a difficult patient in more ways than one! for that reason I'll handball her off to our senior podiatrist if symptoms persist.

Word Forms

• handballs
• handballing
• handballed

Synonyms for handball

Depending on context, synonyms include handle, offload.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include volleyball, touch, hand, handballer, fieldball, goalball.

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