touchdown
touchdown
Definition
☆ touch·down (-do̵un′)
noun
- the act of touching down, or landing
- the moment at which a landing aircraft or spacecraft touches the landing surface
- Football a scoring play, worth six points, in which a player reaches the opponent's end zone with the ball
touchdown
Synonyms
touchdown
n.
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.
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