handball

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English

Etymology

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hand +‎ ball

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Noun

handball (countable and uncountable; plural handballs)

1. (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.
2. (countable) The small rubber ball used in this sport.
3. (soccer, countable) The offence of touching the ball with the hands.
   • 2011 October 29, Neil Johnston, “Norwich 3 - 3 Blackburn”, BBC Sport:

     It was a dramatic finish to an absorbing, fast-paced game but Blackburn will be deeply unhappy with referee Anthony Taylor as Nzonzi's handball was harsh.

4. (uncountable, US) An American sport in which players must, in turn, bounce a ball off of a wall, taking care not to miss their turn.
5. (countable, US) The small rubber ball used in this sport.
6. (Australian) The passing of a football by holding it in one hand and hitting it with the other
7. (Ireland, uncountable) An Irish sport, very similar to the American sport, in which players must bounce a ball off a wall.

Synonyms

• (team sport involving throwing a ball in the gall): European handball, Olympic handball, team handball
• (American sport involving bouncing a ball off a wall): American handball
• (Irish sport involving bouncing a ball off a wall): Irish handball

Translations

team sport

Albanian: hendboll (sq) m. Arabic: كرة يد (ar) (kúrat yad) f. Armenian: հանդբոլ (hy) (handbol) Belarusian: гандбол (be) (handból) m. Bosnian: rukomet (bs) m. Bulgarian: хандбал (bg) (handbal) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 手球 (zh) (shǒuqiú) Croatian: rukomet (hr) m. Czech: házená (cs) f. Danish: håndbold Dutch: handbal n. Finnish: käsipallo French: handball (fr) m. Galician: balonmán (gl) m. German: Handball (de) m. Greek: χειροσφαίριση (el) (cheirosfaírisi) f. Hindi: हेन्डबोल (hi) (hēnḍbōl) Hungarian: kézilabda (hu) Icelandic: handbolti (is) m.

Irish: láimhe (ga) m. Japanese: ハンドボール (ja) (handobōru), 送球 (ja) (そうきゅう, sōkyū) Korean: 송구 (ko) (song-gu) (送球 (ko)), 핸드볼 (ko) (haendeubol) Latvian: rokasbumba (lv) f. Lithuanian: rankinis (lt) m. Macedonian: ракомет (mk) (rákomet) m. Maltese: ħendbol Portuguese: andebol (pt) Romanian: handbal n. Russian: гандбол (ru) (gandból) m., ручной мяч (ru) (ručnój mjač) m. Serbian: Cyrillic: рукомет m. Roman: rukomet m. Slovene: rokomet (sl) m. Spanish: balonmano (es) m., handball (es) Swahili: mpira (sw) Swedish: handboll (sv) c. Turkish: hentbol (tr) Ukrainian: гандбол (uk) (handból) m. Vietnamese: banh để liệng (vi)

ball in team sport

Croatian: rukometna lopta f. Dutch: handbal m. Finnish: käsipallo Hungarian: kézilabda (hu)

Japanese: ハンドボール (handobōru), 送球 (そうきゅう, sōkyū) Macedonian: ракометна топка (mk) (rakométna tópka) f. Slovene: rokometna žoga f. Turkish: hentbol topu (tr)

football offence

Croatian: igranje rukom n. Dutch: hands n., handsbal m. Finnish: käsikosketus, käsi French: main (fr) f. German: Handspiel (de) n.

Hungarian: kezezés (hu) Japanese: ハンド (hando), ハンドリング (handoringu) Romanian: henț n. Swedish: hands (sv) c.

American: sport

American: ball

Verb

handball (third-person singular simple present handballs, present participle handballing, simple past and past participle handballed)

1. To manually load or unload a container, trailer, or to otherwise manually move bulk goods (often on pallets) from one type of transport receptacleto another.
2. (soccer) to illegally touch the ball with the hand or arm

   If the defender handballs in the penalty area, a penalty is awarded.

3. (sexuality, slang) to insert a hand into someone's anus

References

• Handball collections

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French

Noun

handball m. (plural handballs)

1. handball, team handball (sport)

Synonyms

• hand

Derived terms

• handballeur
• handballeuse