touchdown
About 0.56 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun A six-point score occurring when the ball enters possession of a team's player in the opponent's end zone.
Today I scored my first touchdown.
- noun A defensive action of grounding the ball in the team's own in-goal to stop the play.
- noun A try (scoring play of grounding the ball in the opposing team's in-goal).
- noun The moment when an aircraft or spacecraft makes first or final contact with the ground during a landing.
The passengers audibly relaxed at touchdown.
- noun The moment of contact of a tornado with the ground.
Similar words
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Word family
touchdowns
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