touch football
noun
: football played informally and chiefly characterized by the substitution of touching for tackling
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Rose in the largest home, which looks the most like the one featured in Love Story, with its large, flat lawn, perfect for touch football and sprawling water views.
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Kate Storey, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2026
Mike and Phillip—the seismologist—were leading a game of touch football on the front lawn.
—Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
This Bobby Bonds grew up in the Germantown section of Philadelphia, an avid Philly sports fan who liked nothing more than playing touch football in a snowstorm.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 11 Jan. 2026
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
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Kate Storey, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2026
Mike and Phillip—the seismologist—were leading a game of touch football on the front lawn.
—Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
This Bobby Bonds grew up in the Germantown section of Philadelphia, an avid Philly sports fan who liked nothing more than playing touch football in a snowstorm.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 11 Jan. 2026
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
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“Touch football.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/touch%20football. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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