handball
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A team sport where two teams of seven players each (six players and a goalkeeper) pass and bounce a ball trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team.
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The medium-sized inflated ball used in this sport.
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The offence of a player other than the goalkeeper touching the ball with the hand or arm on the field during play.
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A sport in which players alternately strike the ball against a wall with their hand. Irish and American variants have slightly different rules.
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The small rubber ball used in this sport.
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(Australian Rules Football) An act of passing a football by holding it with one hand and hitting it with the other.
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A schoolyard game in which a tennis ball is struck with the hand, played on a improvised court on the asphalt or pavement.
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To manually load or unload a container, trailer, or to otherwise manually move bulk goods (often on pallets) from one type of transport receptacle to another.
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To illegally touch the ball with the hand or arm.
“If the defender handballs in the penalty area, a penalty is awarded.”
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To (legally) pass a football by holding it with one hand and hitting it with the other.
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(sexuality) To insert a hand into someone's anus.
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