touchdown

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim 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.”

2. isim A defensive action of grounding the ball in the team's own in-goal to stop the play.
3. isim A try (scoring play of grounding the ball in the opposing team's in-goal).

   “A first Test try by Fergus McFadden and a Tomas O'Leary touchdown helped Ireland to a 15-12 half-time lead.”

4. isim The moment when an aircraft or spacecraft makes first or final contact with the ground during a landing.

   “The passengers audibly relaxed at touchdown.”

5. isim The moment of contact of a tornado with the ground.

   “The American Red Cross sent me to Alabama within twenty-four hours of the tornado's touchdown, and I visited the communities of Oak Grove and Rock Creek four subsequent times.”