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touchdown Definition

☆ touch·down (-do̵un′)

noun

    1. the act of touching down, or landing
    2. the moment at which a landing aircraft or spacecraft touches the landing surface
  2. Football a scoring play, worth six points, in which a player reaches the opponent's end zone with the ball

touchdown Synonyms

touchdown

n.

  1. A goal in football

    goal, score, six points, counter*, marker*, touch*. *

  2. A landing

    arrival, touching down, coming in*, approach.

touchdown Usage Examples

Preposition: on

  • runway: The UFO tagged along behind and to the left of the airliner until it was within four miles of touchdown on the runway.

Adjective modifier

  • second: Quins scored 11 tries in total, with Nick Easter claiming two second half touchdowns.
  • first: Look for him to get the games first touchdown, but not have a stellar day.
  • soft: We hovered at 600ft to check the area then reduced throttle and finally cut the engines before a nice soft sandy touchdown.
  • late: The visitors secured a bonus point when Matt Miles drove over while Martin Nutt's late touchdown was of little consolation for Blues.
  • smooth: A smooth touchdown and then on with the thrust reversers.

Converse of object

  • score: Back at the match, the Raiders scored two touchdowns in the remaining minute to win.
  • throw: Cox came off the bench to throw two touchdowns in the final nine minutes.
  • get: Don't glance down at your knee to see if you've almost got touchdown.
  • make: After making touchdown, go in the " Goal Line " playbook then choose the " HB Pitch " play.
  • claim: Quins scored 11 tries in total, with Nick Easter claiming two second half touchdowns.
  • have: In the opening minutes of the game we had a touchdown scored against us by Speedy Gonzales himself, number 88.

Modifies a noun

  • pass: In the fourth quarter Ted Baynham found Paul Brady on a thirty seven yard touchdown pass, sealing Southampton's win.
  • point: The parallel farm track is just 60 yards away across a drainage ditch to the touchdown point.
  • celebration: This is useful after touchdown celebrations, so your extra point is not from about 20 yards out.
  • dance: Touchdown Dance promotes social and cultural inclusion and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
  • site: Touchdown Sites One way of making mobile or home-based teleworking a practical option is by creating " touchdown sites " .

Preposition: in

  • minute: Back at the match, the Raiders scored two touchdowns in the remaining minute to win.
  • game: He rushed for 187 yards and two touchdowns in three games before the injury.

Noun used with modifier

  • yard: In the fourth quarter Ted Baynham found Paul Brady on a thirty seven yard touchdown pass, sealing Southampton's win.