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Definition of touchdown
(Entry 1 of 2)
1 : the act of touching a football to the ground behind an opponent's goal specifically : the act of scoring six points in American football by being lawfully in possession of the ball on, above, or behind an opponent's goal line when the ball is declared dead
2 : the act or moment of touching down (as with an airplane or spacecraft)
touch down
verbtouched down; touching down; touches down
Definition of touch down (Entry 2 of 2)
: to reach the ground : land
: to place (the ball in rugby) by hand on the ground on or over an opponent's goal line in scoring a try or behind one's own goal line as a defensive measure
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The first known use of touchdown was in 1856
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