handball

== English == === Etymology === From hand +‎ ball. === Pronunciation === === Noun === handball (countable and uncountable, plural handballs) (uncountable) A team sport where two teams of seven players each (six players and a goalkeeper) pass and bounce a ball trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team. (countable) The medium-sized inflated ball used in this sport. (countable, soccer) The offence of a player other than the goalkeeper touching the ball with the hand or arm on the field during play. (uncountable, US, Ireland) A sport in which players alternately strike the ball against a wall with their hand. Irish and American variants have slightly different rules. (countable, US) The small rubber ball used in this sport. (countable, Australian rules football) An act of passing a football by holding it with one hand and hitting it with the other. (uncountable, Australia) A schoolyard game in which a tennis ball is struck with the hand, played on an improvised court on the asphalt or pavement. ==== Synonyms ==== (team sport involving throwing a ball into a goal): European handball, Olympic handball, team handball (sport involving bouncing a ball off a wall): court handball ==== Hyponyms ==== (court handball): American handball, Gaelic handball, Irish handball ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Portuguese: andebol, handebol (Brazil) ==== Translations ==== === Verb === handball (third-person singular simple present handballs, present participle handballing, simple past and past participle handballed) (transitive) To manually load or unload a container, trailer, or to otherwise manually move bulk goods (often on pallets) from one type of transport receptacle to another. (soccer) To illegally touch the ball with the hand or arm. Synonym: handle (Australian rules football) To (legally) pass a football by holding it with one hand and hitting it with the other. (sexuality, slang) To insert a hand into someone's anus. ==== References ==== Handball collections == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Handball (“handball”), from Hand (“hand”) +‎ Ball (“ball”), literally “hand ball”. === Pronunciation === (aspirated h) IPA(key): /ɑ̃d.bal/ === Noun === handball m (plural handballs) (sports) handball Synonym: (colloquial) hand ==== Derived terms ==== handballeur handballeuse === Further reading === “handball”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From hand- +‎ ball. === Noun === handball m (definite singular handballen, indefinite plural handballer, definite plural handballene) alternative form of håndball === References === “handball” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From hand- +‎ ball. === Noun === handball m (definite singular handballen, indefinite plural handballar, definite plural handballane) (uncountable) handball, a team sport. (countable) a handball, the ball used in this sport. === References === “handball” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Spanish == === Alternative forms === hándbol === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English handball. === Noun === handball m (uncountable) handball Synonym: balonmano ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.