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Rarehandball
The correct spelling is handball.
How to pronounce handball
noun
Say it like: Han-dba-ll
The correct spelling is handball. A team sport where two teams 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. For example: "If the defender handballs in the penalty area, a penalty is awarded."
Usage Examples
“If the defender handballs in the penalty area, a penalty is awarded.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A team sport where two teams 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.
- 2.The medium-sized inflated ball used in this sport.
- 3.The offence of a player other than the goalkeeper touching the ball with the hand or arm on the field during play.
- 4.A sport in which players alternately strike the ball against a wall with their hand. Irish and American variants have slightly different rules.
- 5.The small rubber ball used in this sport.
verb
- 1.To manually load or unload a container, trailer, or to otherwise manually move bulk goods (often on pallets) from one type of transport receptacle to another.
- 2.To illegally touch the ball with the hand or arm.
- 3.To (legally) pass a football by holding it with one hand and hitting it with the other.
- 4.(sexuality) To insert a hand into someone's anus.
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