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touchdown
(tʌtʃdaʊn)
Word forms: plural touchdowns
1. variable noun
Touchdown is the landing of an aircraft or spacecraft.
...a perfect touchdown.
The astronauts are preparing for touchdown tomorrow morning.
2. countable noun
In rugby and American football, a touchdown is when a team scores points by taking the ball over the opposition's goal line.
touchdown in British English
(ˈtʌtʃˌdaʊn)
noun
1.
the moment at which a landing aircraft or spacecraft comes into contact with the landing surface
2. rugby
the act of placing or touching the ball on the ground behind the goal line, as in scoring a try
3. American football
a scoring play worth six points, achieved by being in possession of the ball in the opposing team's end zone
Abbreviation: TD. See also field goal (sense 2)verb touch down (intr, adverb)
4.
(of a space vehicle, aircraft, etc) to land
5. rugby
to place the ball behind the goal line, as when scoring a try
6. informal
to pause during a busy schedule in order to catch up, reorganize, or rest
touchdown in American English
(ˈtʌtʃˌdaʊn)
US
noun
1.
a.
the act of touching down, or landing
b.
the moment at which a landing aircraft or spacecraft touches the landing surface
2. American Football
a scoring play, worth six points, in which a player reaches the opponent's end zone with the ball
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Terms used in American footballIn other languagestouchdown
British English: touchdown /ˈtʌtʃˌdaʊn/ NOUN
Touchdown is the landing of an aircraft or spacecraft.
...a perfect touchdown.
- American English: touchdown
- Arabic: هُبُوط
- Brazilian Portuguese: aterrissagem
- Chinese: 着地
- Croatian: spuštanje
- Czech: přistání
- Danish: landing
- Dutch: landing
- European Spanish: aterrizaje
- Finnish: lentokoneen laskeutuminen
- French: atterrissage
- German: Landung Technik
- Greek: παραβίαση τέρματος ράγκμπι
- Italian: meta
- Japanese: 着地
- Korean: 착륙
- Norwegian: landingsøyeblikk
- Polish: przyziemienie
- European Portuguese: aterragem
- Romanian: aterizare
- Russian: приземление
- Latin American Spanish: aterrizaje
- Swedish: landning
- Thai: การบินลงแตะพื้น
- Turkish: gol Amerikan futbolunda
- Ukrainian: приземлення
- Vietnamese: sự hạ cánh
Chinese translation of 'touchdown'
touchdown
(ˈtʌtʃdaun)
n
- (c/u) [of aircraft, spacecraft]
着(著)陆(陸)
(zhuólù) - (c) (Sport)
触(觸)地得分
(chùdì défēn)
- enophile
- enormities
- enormity
- enormous
- enormous amount
- enormous challenge
- enormous contribution
- enormous cost
- enormous importance
- enormous influence
- enormously
- enormousness
- enormous pleasure
- enormous pride
- enormous quantity
- enormous size
- enormous wealth
- enos
- e-nose
- enosis
- enough
- enough information
- enough is as good as a feast
- enough is enough
- enough said