单词 | handball |
释义 | handballn. I. A ball held in, or thrown with, the hand. 1. A ball for throwing with the hand; spec. one used in any of the various games in senses 3 and 4. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > [noun] > ball > types of footballa1425 handballc1440 match ball1849 knur1852 bat-ball1876 racquetball1973 c1440 Prose Life Alexander (Thornton) (1913) 21 (MED) He sent hym a handball & oþer certane Iapez in scorne. ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 60 A hande ball, pila manualis. 1549 in W. Cramond Ann. Banff (1891) I. 26 Braking dovn of the sklattis of the kyrk..be inordinatt playing with hand ball and fuit ball. 1591 in J. Nichols Progresses Queen Elizabeth (1823) III. 117 In this square they..played, five to five, with the hand-ball. 1634 W. Wood New Englands Prospect xiv. 86 Their ball is no bigger than a hand-ball, which sometimes they mount in the Aire with their naked feete. 1665 in J. A. Johnston Probate Inventories of Lincoln Citizens 1661–1714 (1991) 16 A gross of handballs. 1681 I. Newton Let. (1960) II. 361 If I did not know ye event of ye experiment..yet could I guess at it by what I have observed of a hand ball tossed up. 1701 Syst. Geogr. i. 11/1 They cannot be said to spoil its Globular Figure, no more than the seams and little bruises that are on a handball, otherwise perfectly round. 1793 Important Discov. 5 Revolution has been tossed like a handball between England and France. 1846 W. Greener Sci. Gunnery (new ed.) 296 Throw a hand-ball against any moveable body, and it will displace that body. 1922 Studies: Irish Q. Rev. 11 284 It took me some moments to focus my imagination to the fact that the frail netting was meant for anything more serious than the handballs of children at play. 2001 Crime & Justice 28 395 Some prisoners are now allowed to have tough rubber handballs to throw against the walls of the yard. 2. A hollow rubber ball which is squeezed to produce spray from an atomizer or similar device. Frequently attributive. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > equipment for applying medicaments > [noun] > spray or atomizer atomizer1865 handball1865 nebulizer1867 spray1881 nebule1983 1865 Med. Times & Gaz. 26 Aug. 235/1 Messrs. Krohne and Seseman..exhibited Dr. Siegle's apparatus for the atomisation of fluids, with Dr. Andrew Clark's hand ball spray producer. 1876 Catal. Surg. Instruments (Arnold & Sons) 220 Arnold and Sons' Improved Ether Spray Apparatus, with hand ball, stoppered bottle, &c., in leather case. 1888 Med. News 52 639 Whether the spray be given with a handball spray apparatus or with a small steam vaporizer. 1917 E. H. Funk Potter's Therapeutics, Materia Medica, & Pharmacy (ed. 13) iii. 607 Sprays by hand-ball atomizers..of warm solutions, Vaselin, etc., are used with considerable success. 1928 H. Barwell Dis. Larynx (ed. 3) ii. 24 The pharynx should first be anæsthetized with a fine spray, fitted with a single hand-ball. II. An action or game in which a ball is manipulated with the hand. 3. a. Any of a variety of traditional ball games played outdoors in a space between two distant goals.The precise nature of the game in the early quots. is unclear, and it may be that some illustrate a game closer to that in sense 4.An annual handball contest (usually on a holiday in spring) is an ancient institution in certain towns, villages, and parishes in the south of Scotland. See Sc. National Dict. at Ba', n.1 ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > handball, etc. > [noun] > handball handballc1450 c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 438 (MED) Þer was a felaship of childer þat vsid to play at hand-ball befor a kurk. 1519 in J. Raine Priory of Hexham (1865) II. 157 Ludi inhonesti..viz. tuttes, et handball ac Pennyston. 1536 Proclam. Henry VIII agaynst Unlaufull Games 22 Apr. (single sheet) Laborers..shuld..vtterly leaue playeng at the bailes, as wel handball as foteball, and other games called coytes, dyce, bowling, & kailes. 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxvii. 104 The litle handball is counted to be a swift exercise. 1617 J. Brinsley Pueriles Confabulatiunculæ sig. D6 D. What seems hand-ball vnto you? C. I neuer exercised my selfe in this kinde of play: moreouer, neither doth my strength suffice. 1676 H. Teonge Diary (1825) 159 Wee had severall pastimes and sports, as duck-hunting..handball, krickett, scrofilo. 1720 J. Strype Stow's Survey of London (rev. ed.) I. i. xxix. 251/1 People please themselves..some in Hand-Ball, Foot-Ball, Bandy-Ball, and in Cambuck. 1777 J. Brand Observ. Pop. Antiq. (1870) I. 98 It was customary in some churches for the Bishops and Archbishops themselves to play with the inferior clergy at hand-ball..even on Easter-day itself. 1801 J. Strutt Glig-gamena Angel-ðeod ii. iii. 84 The game of handball was indiscriminately played by both sexes. 1836 G. Penny Trad. Perth 116 The Hand-ball was much played, for which there were some very fine situations. 1897 Harper's Mag. Jan. 256/1 In a large open space reserved for the boys to play handball. 1955 Scotsman 3 Feb. The first of Jedburgh's time-honoured street games, ‘Candlemas Handba’, was played in the main streets of the Royal Burgh yesterday. 1997 Herald 8 Mar. 8 For centuries Hand Ba' Day was a high point of the year at the Borders village of Ancrum, with teams that could total hundreds rampaging through the streets and common land in pursuit of a ball made of leather packed with chopped hay. b. A game played on a rectangular court by two teams of seven players, using a ball directed only with the hands; = team handball n. at team n. Compounds 4. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > handball, etc. > [noun] > handball > played on court team handball1922 handball1956 1956 E. Hansen Sports in Denmark 19 After football, handball is the most popular game. It is chiefly played indoors. 1971 Lock Haven (Pa.) Express 11 Nov. 20/3 Area sport fans will have an opportunity to see the newest sport for the 1972 Olympics—handball. 1992 Olympics 92 (BBC Sports) 96/1 A cross between basketball and football, handball is played on a 40–metre court by 20–metre court. 2009 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 10 May (Sports section) 9/1 Team handball is a high-scoring, seven-on-seven court sport... But handball (real fans don't say ‘team’) has been generating news around the globe lately. 4. Any of a number of games similar to fives, in which the ball is hit with the hand against a wall or in a walled court.The most common variants are played in Ireland and North America, for which the terms Gaelic (also Irish) handball and American handball are also used. Sometimes also applied to similar games played elsewhere, such as pelota (see pelota n.). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > handball, etc. > [noun] > game similar to fives handball1704 1704 in A. Morgan Univ. Edinb. Charters (1937) 155 That the fabrick of the Colledge is greatly damnified by students playing att racketts and hand balls. 1799 J. T. Kirkman Mem. Charles Macklin I. 65 For none was he more remarkable than fives, or hand-ball playing. 1847 T. M. Hughes Overland Journey to Lisbon xiii. 201 The Spanish game of hand-ball is carried on with a ball much more elastic than those in use amongst us. 1886 G. H. Benedict Spaldings Hand Bk. Sporting Rules 45 A game of hand ball shall consist of twenty-one aces, to be played with a ball about two inches in diameter. 1910 Encycl. Brit. X. 450/2 Handball, of ancient popularity in Ireland and much played in the United States, is practically identical with fives. 1957 Encycl. Brit. XI. 141/1 There is evidence that handball originated in Ireland about a thousand years ago. 1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 48/1 (advt.) Regulation-size squash and handball courts. 2012 Irish News (Nexis) 5 Apr. 70 Lurgan man Charly Shanks has made his mark in handball with some super performances in the many pro competitions across the US. 5. Australian Rules Football. The action or an act of passing the ball by holding it in one hand and striking it with (typically the fist of) the other. Cf. handpass n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > Australian football > [noun] > actions or manoeuvres free1859 handball1859 hand-balling1867 goal-kicking1871 handballing1883 behind1888 ball-up1890 minor1903 handpass1931 1859 in C. C. Mullen Hist. Austral. Rules Football (1958) 11 Handball will only be allowed if the ball is held clearly in one hand and punched or hit out with the other. 1900 B. Kerr Silliad 31 Now Titus Green burst through the bustling throng And by nice handball brought the ball along. 1963 L. Richards Boots & All! 81 Len Smith must go down in football history for inventing a new style of hand-ball—even though it borders on a throw. 1982 Bulletin (Sydney) 28 Sept. 36/3 Standard handball..punching an oval ball with the clenched fist. 2000 Canberra Sunday Times 11 June 90/2 Yze..was best afield in gathering 30 kicks, five handballs and six marks in a consistent performance. 6. Association Football. The illegal handling of the ball during play; an instance of this. Cf. hand n. 7.A player (other than a goalkeeper when inside the penalty area) is considered to have illegally handled the ball when he or she intentionally touches it with the hand or arm. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > association football > [noun] > actions or manoeuvres holding1866 hand-balling1867 left-footer1874 header1875 handball1879 goal kick1881 corner1882 spot kick1884 middle1899 clearance1920 cross-kick1927 cross-pass1929 body swerve1933 open goal1934 headball1936 chip1939 through-ball1956 wall pass1958 outswinger1959 cross1961 overlap1969 blooter1976 hospital pass1978 route one1978 sidefoot1979 top bin1999 ankle-biting2001 1879 Irish Times 22 Oct. 6 The ‘passing’ game was carefully studied, but a few instances of ‘hand ball’ rather spoiled the general effect of the play. 1907 Westm. Gaz. 12 Dec. 10/4 When there are two referees one of them has little chance of seeing a kick, or a hand-ball over on the far side of the field. 1955 Irish Independent 18 Apr. 12/1 His refusal to give a penalty against Byrne for handball..was to me an unpardonable error of judgment. 1978 Morecambe Guardian 14 Mar. 10/4 Myles was booked for a deliberate hand-ball in stopping an attack. 1986 Daily Tel. 23 June 38/2 Television play backs make it quite clear that Maradona's all-important first goal should have been disallowed for handball. 2010 D. Redshaw Malaga Football Club xxii. 236 The referee spotted a handball in the opposition penalty area. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). handballv. 1. intransitive. Australian Rules Football. To pass the ball (to a teammate) by holding it in one hand and striking it with (typically the fist of) the other; to deliver a handpass. Cf. handpass v. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > Australian football > [verb (intransitive)] > actions or manoeuvres handball1886 handpass1931 ruck1934 1886 Maitland (New S. Wales) Mercury 20 July They dribbled and hand-balled a lot, eventually winning by four goals to one. 1963 Footy Fan (Melbourne) 1 vii. 10 He is able to handball with both hands. 2012 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 20 Feb. 20 He had the ball 15 metres out with the clock running down and handballed to teammate Curtly Hampton in a better position. 2. intransitive. Association Football and Hockey. To handle the ball illegally during play. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > association football > play association football [verb (intransitive)] > actions or manoeuvres clear1892 cross-kick1927 handball1935 anchor1976 1935 Times 18 Mar. 7/1 A fine run and centre by Theophilus was spoiled by Clarke ‘hand-balling’ when he was well placed. 1976 Southern Evening Echo (Southampton) 15 Nov. 15/8 Ray Deane brought Road-Sea back on level terms with a penalty six minutes later after Harris had hand-balled in the area. 1996 Independent (Nexis) 2 Sept. s2 The Finnish referee gave them a very harsh penalty after Stuart Pearce inadvertently handballed with three minutes left. 2001 Mirror (Nexis) 17 Apr. (Sport section) 4 Nigel Winterburn was adjudged to have handballed just inside his own area and Solano tucked away the penalty. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1440v.1886 |
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