touchdown

Meaning

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

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈtʌt͡ʃ.daʊn/
Etymology

From touch + down.

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