handball

/HH AE1 N D B AO0 L/
noun
  1. 1

    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.

  2. 2

    The medium-sized inflated ball used in this sport.

  3. 3

    The offence of a player other than the goalkeeper touching the ball with the hand or arm on the field during play.

  4. 4

    A sport in which players alternately strike the ball against a wall with their hand. Irish and American variants have slightly different rules.

  5. 5

    The small rubber ball used in this sport.

  6. 6

    (Australian Rules Football) An act of passing a football by holding it with one hand and hitting it with the other.

  7. 7

    A schoolyard game in which a tennis ball is struck with the hand, played on a improvised court on the asphalt or pavement.

verb
  1. 1

    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.

  2. 2

    To illegally touch the ball with the hand or arm.

    If the defender handballs in the penalty area, a penalty is awarded.

    syn:handle
  3. 3

    To (legally) pass a football by holding it with one hand and hitting it with the other.

  4. 4

    (sexuality) To insert a hand into someone's anus.

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Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/handball