Rugby vs. Touchdown

Rugbynoun

A form of football in which players can hold or kick an ovoid ball. The ball cannot be handled forwards and points are scored by touching the ball to the ground in the area past their opponent’s territory or kicking the ball between goalposts and over a crossbar.

‘The scrum is a distinctive element of rugby.’; ‘The two rugbies split following a debate about amateurism.’;

Touchdownnoun

A six-point score occurring when the ball enters possession of a team's player in the opponent's end zone.

‘Today I scored my first touchdown.’;

Rugbynoun

(countable) A loose fitting shirt with a collar, as worn by rugby players.

Touchdownnoun

(rugby) A defensive action of grounding the ball in the team’s own in-goal to stop the play

Rugbynoun

(Philippines) Rubber cement, contact cement.

Touchdownnoun

(rugby) A try scoring play of grounding the ball in the opposing team’s in-goal

Rugbynoun

a form of football played with an oval ball

Touchdownnoun

(aviation) The moment when an aircraft or spacecraft makes first or final contact with the ground during a landing.

‘The passengers audibly relaxed at touchdown.’;

Touchdownnoun

The moment of contact of a tornado with the ground.

Touchdownnoun

The act of touching the football down behind the opponents' goal; also the score (6 points) resulting from such a play.

Touchdownnoun

a score in American football; being in possession of the ball across the opponents' goal line

Touchdownnoun

a landing (as the wheels touch the landing field); especially of airplanes

Touchdown

A touchdown (abbreviated as TD) is a scoring play in gridiron football. Whether running, passing, returning a kickoff or punt, or recovering a turnover, a team scores a touchdown by advancing the ball into the opponent's end zone.