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Touchdown   Listen
noun
Touchdown  n.  (Football) The act of touching the football down behind the opponents' goal; also the score (6 points) resulting from such a play.
Safety touchdown. See under Safety.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Touchdown" Quotes from Famous Books



... disposes of him I will make a touchdown," mused Tom, and then Sam and the fullback came together. Sam went down in a heap at the first impact, and the fullback—who was Henry Everett—came on, ...
— Tom Fairfield's Pluck and Luck • Allen Chapman

... 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 ...
— The Egyptian Cat Mystery • Harold Leland Goodwin

... the dark, the details of which were never very clear to the Motor Boys. Bob said he let loose all the grenades he had at the advancing party of Germans and then rushed at them, head down, as though advancing the ball for a touchdown. ...
— Ned, Bob and Jerry on the Firing Line - The Motor Boys Fighting for Uncle Sam • Clarence Young

... and marines at that moment came a slender lad who elbowed his way forward with the ruthless violence of a fullback determined upon a touchdown. Right and left he tossed the bluejackets until he had fought to the side of the rescued American in the center of ...
— The Brighton Boys with the Submarine Fleet • James R. Driscoll



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



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