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touchdown

touch·down
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [tuhch-doun]
    • /ˈtʌtʃˌdaʊn/
    • /ˈtʌtʃ.daʊn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [tuhch-doun]
    • /ˈtʌtʃˌdaʊn/

Definitions of touchdown word

  • noun touchdown Football. an act or instance of scoring six points by being in possession of the ball on or behind the opponent's goal line. 1
  • noun touchdown Rugby. the act of a player who touches the ball on or to the ground inside his own in-goal. 1
  • noun touchdown the act or the moment of landing: the aircraft's touchdown. 1
  • noun touchdown American football: goal 1
  • noun touchdown plane, spacecraft: landing 1
  • variable noun touchdown Touchdown is the landing of an aircraft or spacecraft. 0
See all 16 definitions of touchdown

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Origin of touchdown

First appearance:

before 1860
One of the 29% newest English words
First recorded in 1860-65; touch + down1

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Parts of speech for Touchdown

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Touchdown

touchdown popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 87% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for touchdown

noun touchdown

  • landfall — an approach to or sighting of land: The ship will make its landfall at noon tomorrow.
  • landing — any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands: Land was sighted from the crow's nest.
All 2 Synonyms of touchdown

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Related words

  • instant replay

    Also called, British, action replay. Television. the recording and immediate rebroadcasting of a segment of a live television broadcast, especially of a sports event: an instant replay of the touchdown pass. a segment recorded and immediately rebroadcast.

  • kickoff

    Football. a place kick or a drop kick from the 40-yard line of the team kicking at the beginning of the first and third periods or after the team kicking has scored a touchdown or field goal.

  • offside

    (of a player in certain sports) occupying an unlawful position on the field, in particular.
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