TOUCH FOOTBALL

Meaning of TOUCH FOOTBALL in English

an informal variety of football in which the touching, usually with both hands, of a ball-carrier by a member of the opposing team results in a down.

[ 1930-35 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

TOUCH FOOTBALL — noun Date: 1933 football played informally and chiefly characterized by the substitution of touching for tackling
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TOUCH FOOTBALL — noun : football played informally and chiefly characterized by the substitution of touching for tackling
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TOUCH FOOTBALL — Date: 1933 : football played informally and chiefly characterized by the substitution of touching for tackling
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TOUCH FOOTBALL — Function: noun Date: 1933 : football played informally and chiefly characterized by the substitution of touching for tackling
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
TOUCH FOOTBALL — ■ noun a form of American football in which a ball carrier is downed by touching instead of tackling.
Concise Oxford English vocab
TOUCH FOOTBALL — [touch football] n (1933): football played informally and chiefly characterized by the substitution of touching for tackling
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TOUCH FOOTBALL — variant of American football in which an opposing ball carrier may be stopped by a touch, with one or both …
Britannica English vocabulary
TOUCH FOOTBALL — noun [ U ] ( NAmE ) a type of American football in which touching is used instead of tackling …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TOUCH FOOTBALL — ˈtouch ˌfootball BrE AmE noun [uncountable] American English a type of American football in which you touch the person with …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TOUCH FOOTBALL — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Al Gore could graciously concede, and leave for a new career in touch football . …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FOOTBALL — [A] n football
Interlingua English vocab
FOOTBALL — I or association football or soccer Game in which two 11-member teams try to propel a ball into the opposing …
Английский словарь Британика
TOUCH — I. ˈtəch, dial ˈtech or ˈtich verb ( -ed/-ing/-es ) Etymology: Middle English tochen, touchen, from Old French tochier, tuchier, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FOOTBALL — I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English fotbal, footbal, from fot, foot + bal ball — more at …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FOOTBALL — (n.) The game of kicking the football by opposing parties of players between goals.
Английский словарь Webster
TOUCH — — touchable , adj. — touchableness, touchability , n. — toucher , n. — touchless , adj. /tuch/ , v.t. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FOOTBALL — /foot"bawl'/ , n. 1. a game in which two opposing teams of 11 players each defend goals at opposite ends …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FOOTBALL — n. oval ball used in North American football; oval ball used in rugby; round ball used in soccer
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TOUCH — I. ˈtəch verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French tucher, tuchier, from Vulgar Latin * toccare to knock, strike a bell, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FOOTBALL — noun Date: 15th century 1. : any of several games played between two teams on a rectangular field having two …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TOUCH
Webster English vocab
FOOTBALL — noun the game of kicking the football by opposing parties of players between goals. 2. football ·noun an inflated ball …
Webster English vocab
TOUCH — [touch] vb [ME, fr. OF tuchier, fr. (assumed) VL toccare to knock, strike a bell, touch, prob. of imit. origin] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FOOTBALL — [foot.ball] n (15c) 1: any of several games played between two teams on a rectangular field having two goalposts at …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FOOTBALL — in the United States, popular game that is played between two 11-member teams on a rectangular field with goalposts at …
Britannica English vocabulary
FOOTBALL — football BrE AmE ˈfʊt bɔːl § -b ə l -bɑːl ▷ football|er/s ə/z AmE ə r/z ▷ football|s z ▶ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TOUCH — / tʌtʃ; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb WITH HAND / PART OF BODY 1. [ vn ] to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOOTBALL — / ˈfʊtbɔːl; NAmE / noun 1. [ U ] (also formal Asˌsociation ˈFootball ) (both BrE ) (also soc·cer NAmE …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TOUCH — I. touch 1 S2 W2 /tʌtʃ/ BrE AmE verb [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ touched , ↑ untouched , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FOOTBALL — foot ‧ ball S1 W2 /ˈfʊtbɔːl $ -bɒːl/ BrE AmE noun 1 . [uncountable] British English a game played by …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TOUCH — v. & n. --v. 1 tr. come into or be in physical contact with (another thing) at one or more …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FOOTBALL — n. & v. --n. 1 any of several outdoor games between two teams played with a ball on a pitch …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TOUCH — v. & n. v. 1 tr. come into or be in physical contact with (another thing) at one or more …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FOOTBALL — n. & v. n. 1 any of several outdoor games between two teams played with a ball on a pitch …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TOUCH — v. & n. --v. 1. tr. come into or be in physical contact with (another thing) at one or more …
Oxford English vocab
FOOTBALL — n. & v. --n. 1. any of several outdoor games between two teams played with a ball on a pitch …
Oxford English vocab
TOUCH — ( touches, touching, touched) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOOTBALL — ( footballs) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Football is a game …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOOTBALL — (~s) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Football is a game played …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
TOUCH
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FOOTBALL — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a football/basketball etc team ▪ China’s football team failed to qualify for the World Cup. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FOOTBALL — n. association football Australian Rules football Canadian Football League football gridiron Gaelic football National Football League
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
FOOTBALL — n. or association football or soccer Game in which two 11-member teams try to propel a ball into the opposing …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TOUCH
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
FOOTBALL — noun ⇨ See also ↑ soccer 1 game ADJECTIVE ▪ attractive , good ▪ entertaining , exciting , great ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TOUCH — See ↑ PRESS 1, ↑ REACH 2, ↑ TOUCH 1,3,4 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a touch of • ↑ a touch/hint/trace …
Longman Activator English vocab
TOUCH — INDEX: 1. to put your hand on someone or something 2. to touch someone or something in a gentle or …
Longman Activator English vocab
TOUCH — n. 25B6; verb his shoes were touching the end of the bed : BE IN CONTACT WITH, come into contact …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
TOUCH — v. 1 put (one's) hand on, feel, handle She leant forward and touched my hand 2 bring into contact with, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
TOUCH — 1. сущ. 1) а) прикосновение delicate touch ≈ нежное, осторожное прикосновение gentle, light, soft touch ≈ мягкое, легкое прикосновение heavy …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FOOTBALL — сущ. 1) а) брит. футбол to play football ≈ играть в футбол football game амер., football match брит. ≈ футбольный …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TOUCH — touch.ogg 1. tʌtʃ n 1. прикосновение; касание at a touch - при (первом) прикосновении a touch of /with/ a stick …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FOOTBALL — football.ogg ʹfʋtbɔ:l n 1. футбол to play football - играть в футбол football match - футбольный матч football cup - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TOUCH — touch сущ.1) а) прикосновение, касание delicate touch — нежное, осторожное прикосновение gentle, light, soft touch — мягкое, легкое прикосновение heavy …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
FOOTBALL — football сущ.1) а) брит. футбол to play football — играть в футбол football game амер., football match брит. — футбольный …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
TOUCH — 1. tʌtʃ n 1. прикосновение; касание at a touch - при (первом) прикосновении a touch of /with/ a stick - …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
FOOTBALL — n 1. футбол to play football - играть в футбол football match - футбольный матч football cup - розыгрыш кубка …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
TOUCH — 1. сущ. 1) а) прикосновение, касание delicate touch — нежное, осторожное прикосновение gentle, light, soft touch — мягкое, легкое прикосновение …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
FOOTBALL — сущ. 1) а) брит. ; = Association Football футбол to play football — играть в футбол football match — футбольный …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
TOUCH — 1. сущ. 1) а) прикосновение, касание delicate touch — нежное, осторожное прикосновение gentle, light, soft touch — мягкое, легкое прикосновение heavy touch — грубое прикосновение б) …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
FOOTBALL — сущ. 1) а) брит.; - Association Football футбол to play football — играть в футбол football match — футбольный матч Syn: soccer, footie б) амер.; - American …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
TOUCH — 1. _n. 1> прикосновение 2> соприкосновение, общение - in touch with - get in touch with - lose touch with …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
TOUCH — 1. n. 1. прикосновение 2. соприкосновение, общение - in touch with - get in touch with - lose touch with …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
TOUCH — 1. _n. 1> прикосновение 2> соприкосновение, общение; in touch with smb. в контакте с кем-л.; to get in touch with …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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