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touchdown

Pronunciation:  'tuch`dawn

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a score in American football; being in possession of the ball across the opponents' goal line
  2. [n]  a landing (as the wheels touch the landing field); especially of airplanes
 
 See Also: landing, score

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Touch"down`\, n. (Football)
The act of touching the football down behind the opponents'
goal .

{Safety touchdown}. See under {Safety}.
 

 

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