touch football

noun

: football played informally and chiefly characterized by the substitution of touching for tackling

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The Del Mar program, a touch football sport for girls, was inspired by the students, PE Coach Kyle Ghazanfari said. Lauren Uppal, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025 Yet, as the most cherished season returns with the onset of training camps, no other sport can touch football in the South Florida sports market. Greg Cote july 17, Miami Herald, 17 July 2025 Months after undergoing surgery for fracturing his hand playing touch football, the musician is healing, PEOPLE has learned. Marina Watts, People.com, 11 July 2025 The club has long been associated with a style called ‘shoeshine and piano’, which in basic terms is ‘touch football’, similar to tiki-taka. Simon Hughes, New York Times, 7 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for touch football

Word History

First Known Use

1913, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of touch football was in 1913

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“Touch football.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/touch%20football. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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