touchdown

Noun
US[tuhch-doun]/ˈtʌtʃˌdaʊn/2 syllables

Open English WordNet

Noun (2)touchdowns

  1. a score in American football; being in possession of the ball across the opponents' goal lineType of score
  2. a landing (as the wheels touch the landing field); especially of airplanesType of landing

Related words touch down verb

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Touch′down′ (tŭch′doun′), noun

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.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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