handball | |
1. n. 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. n. The medium-sized inflated ball used in this sport. | |
3. n. (soccer) The offence of a player other than the goalkeeper touching the ball with the hand or hands on the field during play. | |
4. n. (US, Ireland) A sport in which players alternately strike the ball against a wall with their hand. Irish and American variants have slightly different rules. | |
5. n. (US) The small rubber ball used in this sport. | |
6. n. (Australian Rules Football) An act of passing a football by holding it with one hand and hitting it with the other. | |
7. n. (Australia) A schoolyard game in which a tennis ball is struck with the hand, played on a improvised court on the asphalt or pavement. | |
8. v. 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. | |
9. v. (soccer) To illegally touch the ball with the hand or arm. | |
If the defender handballs in the penalty area, a penalty is awarded. | |
10. v. (Australian Rules Football) To (legally) pass a football by holding it with one hand and hitting it with the other. | |
11. v. (sexuality, slang) To insert a hand into someone's anus. | |