Touchdown

Quick meaning: Touchdown is a noun meaning (rugby) A defensive action of grounding the ball in the team's own in-goal to stop the play.

Meaning

(rugby) A defensive action of grounding the ball in the team's own in-goal to stop the play.

More Meanings

1. (rugby) A try (scoring play of grounding the ball in the opposing team's in-goal).
2. (aviation) The moment when an aircraft or spacecraft makes first or final contact with the ground during a landing.
3. The moment of contact of a tornado with the ground.
4. (American football, Canadian football) A six-point score occurring when the ball enters possession of a team's player in the opponent's end zone.

Example Sentences

Today I scored my first touchdown.

The passengers audibly relaxed at touchdown.

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

And I think it's gonna be a long, long time / 'Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find / I'm not the man they think I am at home / Oh, no, no, no[…]

Word Forms

• touchdowns
• touch down
• touch-down

Synonyms for touchdown

Depending on context, synonyms include setdown.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include bingo, wheel, hit, landing, assay, touch.

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