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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Touchback \Touch"back`\ (t[u^]ch"b[a^]k`), n. (Football)
     The act of touching the football down by a player behind his
     own goal line when it received its last impulse from an
     opponent; -- distinguished from safety touchdown.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Touchback \Touch"back`\, n. (G)
     The act of touching the football down by a player behind his
     own goal line when it received its last impulse from an
     opponent; -- distinguished from safety touchdown.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  touchback
       n : (American football) a play in which the opposing team has
           kicked the football into your end zone

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  touchback
     n.
     (lb en American football) The result of a play (usually a kickoff or
  punt) in which the ball passes out the back of the end zone or a team
  otherwise gains possession of the ball in their own end zone.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  touchback
     n.
     (lb en American football) The result of a play (usually a kickoff or
  punt) in which the ball passes out the back of the end zone or a team
  otherwise gains possession of the ball in their own end zone.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  touchback
     n.
     (lb en American football) The result of a play (usually a kickoff or
  punt) in which the ball passes out the back of the end zone or a team
  otherwise gains possession of the ball in their own end zone.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  touchback
     n.
     (lb en American football) The result of a play (usually a kickoff or
  punt) in which the ball passes out the back of the end zone or a team
  otherwise gains possession of the ball in their own end zone.

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 美式足球的动作之一种

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