nontouchdown

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

non- +‎ touchdown

Adjective[edit]

nontouchdown (not comparable)

  1. (sports) Not being or not relating to a touchdown.
    • 1984, Super Bowl Book, page 316:
      Houston's Mike Renfro tries to hold the football as Steelers defender Ron Johnson looks over his shoulder on a controversial nontouchdown play in the 1979 AFC Championship game.
    • 2015 November 7, Marc Tracy, “Slippery Rock’s Tie to Michigan Is All in the Name”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      The crowd of more than 110,000 cheered raucously — perhaps the loudest nontouchdown applause of the afternoon.
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