touchdown has definitions from the fields of sport,american football,transportation
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[ noun ] (sport,american football) a score in American football; being in possession of the ball across the opponents' goal line

Used in print

(The Dallas Morning News,...)

Saxton has made only one second-half appearance this season and that was in the Washington_State game , for four plays : he returned the kickoff 30 yards , gained five yards through the line and_then uncorked a 56 - yard touchdown run before retiring to the bench .

And he caused the fumble that set_up our touchdown .

`` They can be going_along , doing little damage , then bang , bang - they can hit a_couple_of passes on you for touchdowns and put you in_trouble '' .

A quick touchdown resulted .

Related terms

score American_football

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[ noun ] (transportation) a landing (as the wheels touch the landing field); especially of airplanes

Related terms

landing landing touch_down

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