Definition of "handball" in Englisch

noun

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 medium-sized inflated ball used in this sport.

3. (countable, soccer) The offence of a player other than the goalkeeper touching the ball with the hand or arm on the field during play.

4. (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.

5. (countable, US) The small rubber ball used in this sport.

6. (countable, Australian rules football) An act of passing a football by holding it with one hand and hitting it with the other.

7. (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.

verb

1. (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.

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. (Australian rules football) To (legally) pass a football by holding it with one hand and hitting it with the other.

4. (sexuality, slang) To insert a hand into someone's anus.