(uncountable) A teamsport where twoteams 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.
(countable) The medium-sized inflatedball used in this sport.
(countable,soccer) The offence of a player other than the goalkeeper touching the ball with the hand or arm on the field during play.
2011 October 29, Neil Johnston, “Norwich 3 - 3 Blackburn”, inBBC Sport[1]:
It was a dramatic finish to an absorbing, fast-paced game but Blackburn will be deeply unhappy with referee Anthony Taylor as Nzonzi'shandball was harsh.
(uncountable,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.
If the defenderhandballs in the penalty area, a penalty is awarded.
(Australian rules football) To (legally) pass a football by holding it with one hand and hitting it with the other.
2001, Jerry R. Thomas, Alan G. Launder, Jack K. Nelson,Play Practice: The Games Approach to Teaching and Coaching Sports,page111:
Meanwhile, you can introduce the basic concept of Aussie rules through a game like lineball, a lead-up game introduced in the basketball section of chapter 10, but with the ballhandballed, not thrown.
2005,Andrew McLeod, Trevor D. Jaques,Australian Football: Steps to Success,page 9:
An obvious way in which football has changed over the last decade or two has been in the use ofhandballing.
2009, John P. Devaney,Full Points Footy: Encyclopedia of Australian Football Clubs,page246:
On only 8 occasions during the entire match did players who had marked the ball decide not to walk slowly and purposefully back and take their kick, but instead play on byhandballing to a team mate.
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