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Touchback

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Noun

1. touchback

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Touchback

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noun
American football
a play in which the ball is put down by a player behind his or her own goal line when the ball has been put across the goal line by an opponent
Compare safety (sense 4b)

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Touchback

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noun
American Football
a play in which a player grounds the ball behind the player's own goal line when the ball was caused to pass the goal line by an opponent
see also safety (sense 4) safety (sense 4a)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Touchback

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n.
Football
A play in which the defensive team recovers and downs the ball behind its own goal line after the ball has been kicked or passed there by the team on offense. No points are scored, and the ball is put back in play by the recovering team on its own 20-yard line.

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