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Touchdown   /tˈətʃdˌaʊn/   Listen
Touchdown

noun
1.
A score in American football; being in possession of the ball across the opponents' goal line.
2.
A landing (as the wheels touch the landing field); especially of airplanes.



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"Touchdown" Quotes from Famous Books



... He scored a touchdown then, and such a frenzy I did never see; It made the umpire's whistle dumb, and overwhelmed the referee. Then when he punted out in front, though hoarse with loud admiring, I with, delight yelled, "He's all right!" for ...
— Cap and Gown - A Treasury of College Verse • Selected by Frederic Knowles
... "It made a touchdown," Rick pointed out. He changed the subject. "Look, what went on in that store, anyway? I don't know who the big man was, but he wasn't Ali Moustafa. At least he didn't come close ...
— The Egyptian Cat Mystery • Harold Leland Goodwin
... point in the contest, burst through the group which thronged about him, and, with a clear field in front, made a superb run of fifty yards, never pausing until he stooped behind the goal-posts and made a touchdown. Then, amid the cheers of the delighted thousands, he walked back on the field, and while one of the players lay down on the ground, with the spheroid delicately poised before his face, the same youth who made the touchdown smote the ball mightily with ...
— Two Boys in Wyoming - A Tale of Adventure (Northwest Series, No. 3) • Edward S. Ellis
... interference did not bother him; if he had had time to consider the matter he would probably have decided that they knew his ability and were not going to insult him by offering assistance. But Pemberton wasn't one to be worried over details. What was wanted was a touchdown, or, failing that, a good long gain. So, with the rest of the back field plunging toward the left, Pemberton started on his own hook ...
— The New Boy at Hilltop • Ralph Henry Barbour


Words linked to "Touchdown" :   score, point after touchdown, American football, American football game, landing, touch down


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