touchdown

/หˆtสŒtสƒdaสŠn/

IPA: /T AH1 CH D AW0 N/

noun
  1. 1

    A six-point score occurring when the ball enters possession of a team's player in the opponent's end zone.

    โ€œToday I scored my first touchdown.โ€

  2. 2

    A defensive action of grounding the ball in the teamโ€™s own in-goal to stop the play

  3. 3

    A try (scoring play of grounding the ball in the opposing teamโ€™s in-goal)

  4. 4

    The moment when an aircraft or spacecraft makes first or final contact with the ground during a landing.

    โ€œThe passengers audibly relaxed at touchdown.โ€

  5. 5

    The moment of contact of a tornado with the ground.

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