handball

  1. Noun.  (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. Noun.  (countable) The small rubber ball used in this sport.
  3. Noun.  (football, countable) The offence of touching the ball with the hands.
  4. Noun.  (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. Noun.  (countable, US) The small rubber ball used in this sport.
  6. Noun.  (Australia) The passing of a football by holding it in one hand and hitting it with the other.
  7. Noun.  (Irish, uncountable) An Irish sport, very similar to the American sport, in which players must bounce a ball off a wall.
  8. Verb.  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.
  9. Verb.  (soccer) to illegally touch the ball with the hand or arm.
  10. Verb.  (sexuality, slang) to insert a hand into someone's anus.

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