TOUCHBACK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does touchback mean? 

• TOUCHBACK (noun)
  The noun TOUCHBACK has 1 sense:

1. (American football) a play in which the opposing team has kicked the football into your end zone

  Familiarity information: TOUCHBACK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TOUCHBACK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(American football) a play in which the opposing team has kicked the football into your end zone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("touchback" is a kind of...):

football play ((American football) a play by the offensive team)

Domain category:

American football; American football game (a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays)