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I miss both of my parents terribly every day, but especially as we approach Thanksgiving. We always came together as a family for that holiday, playing capture the flag and touch football and laughing a lot.
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Meaning of "touch football" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TOUCH FOOTBALL

touch football play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TOUCH FOOTBALL

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Touch football is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TOUCH FOOTBALL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of touch football in the English dictionary

The definition of touch football in the dictionary is an informal version of American football chiefly characterized by players being touched rather than tackled.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TOUCH FOOTBALL

touch
touch a nerve
touch and go
touch base
touch bottom
touch ground
touch judge
touch of the sun
touch off
touch paper
touch rugby
touch screen
touch system
touch up
touch-and-go
touch-in-goal
touch-me-not
touch-ready
touch-sensitive
touch-tone

WORDS THAT END LIKE TOUCH FOOTBALL

American football
association football
ball
basketball
Canadian football
fantasy football
fastball
five-a-side football
football
Gaelic football
league football
meatball
netball
patball
political football
racquetball
rugby football
softball
spitball
table football
total football

Synonyms and antonyms of touch football in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «touch football» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TOUCH FOOTBALL

Find out the translation of touch football to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of touch football from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «touch football» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

碰足球
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fútbol de toque
570 millions of speakers

English

touch football
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

फुटबॉल को छूने
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لمس كرة القدم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

коснуться футбол
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

futebol de toque
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্পর্শ ফুটবল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

touch-football
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menyentuh bola sepak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Touch Football
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

タッチフットボール
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

축구 를 만지지
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bal-balan tutul
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chạm vào bóng đá
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தொடு கால்பந்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टच फुटबॉल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Futboldan dokun
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

toccare il calcio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

futbol
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

торкнутися футбол
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

atingeți de fotbal
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αγγίζετε το ποδόσφαιρο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

raak sokker
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Rör fotboll
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

touch fotball
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of touch football

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TOUCH FOOTBALL»

The term «touch football» is quite widely used and occupies the 48.932 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TOUCH FOOTBALL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about touch football

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4 QUOTES WITH «TOUCH FOOTBALL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word touch football.
1
Catherine Bell
When all the girls were getting all made up and getting into all that girl stuff in junior high I was out playing softball or touch football with the guys.
2
Steven Chu
I also developed an interest in sports, and played in informal games at a nearby school yard where the neighborhood children met to play touch football, baseball, basketball and occasionally, ice hockey.
3
Barry Sanders
As a kid, I played my share of football in the street or in a vacant lot. When we were playing in the street, it was more touch football, so we didn't hit each other into cars.
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Mark Shriver
I miss both of my parents terribly every day, but especially as we approach Thanksgiving. We always came together as a family for that holiday, playing capture the flag and touch football and laughing a lot.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TOUCH FOOTBALL»

Discover the use of touch football in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to touch football and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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2013 and 2014 NIRSA Flag and Touch Football Rules Book and ...
The NIRSA" Flag & Touch Football Rules Book & Officials' Manual" contains the official rules for flag and touch football. The book standardizes the rules and mechanics for the game of screen-blocking (noncontact) football.
NIRSA, 2013
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Science and Football IV
19 TIME-MOTION ANALYSIS OF ELITE TOUCH PLAYERS D. O'CONNOR Institute of Sport and Exercise Science, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia 1 Introduction Australia is the current 'Touch' football world champion in both the ...
Warwick Spinks, Thomas Reilly, Aron Murphy, 2002
3
The Reggie White Touch Football Playbook: Winning Plays, ...
Describes the fundamentals of touch football, offers suggestions for offensive and defensive plays, and discusses safety tips
Reggie White, 1991
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The Sports Rules Book
TABLE 21 .1 Flag and Touch Football Teeing ground 2323 Gymnastics Vaulting table 11.4 ft. 7.75 ft. ... Following are some of the basic differences in the rules for flag and touch football, Canadian football, youth football, six-man football, and ...
Human Kinetics (Organization), 2009
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Science and Football III: Proceedings of the Third World ...
PROFILE OF ELITE FEMALE TOUCH FOOTBALL PLAYERS DONNA O' CONNOR Human Movement and Health Education, University of Sydney, 2006, Sydney. Australia. 1 Introduction Touch football is one of the fastest growing sports in ...
J. Bangsbo, Thomas Reilly, Mike Hughes, 1997
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Football: An Encyclopedia of Popular Culture
An Encyclopedia of Popular Culture Edward J. Rielly. Touch Football Touch football is a version of American football that substitutes touching the ball carrier with either one or two hands rather than tackling the person. Consequently, as with ...
Edward J. Rielly, 2009
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Sport in American Culture: From Ali to X-games
TOUCH FOOTBALL In contrast to the form of contact football played by school leagues and professional teams, touch football makes the game more accessible for people of all ages to enjoy the teamwork and cooperation of American football  ...
Joyce Duncan, 2004
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Torts and Personal Injury Law
The Case of the More-Than-Touch Football Game Almost everyone has played contact games. Children delight in games such as "tag," "keep-away," and "hide- and-seek," which usually involve some physical contact. Older children and adults ...
William R. Buckley, Cathy J. Okrent, 2003
9
Science and Football III
PROFILE OF ELITE FEMALE TOUCH FOOTBALL PLAYERS DONNA O' CONNOR Human Movement and Health Education, University of Sydney, 2006, Sydney. Australia. 1 Introduction Touch football is one of the fastest growing sports in ...
Jens Bangsbo, Thomas Reilly, A Mark Williams, 2014
10
Football Thematic Unit
Two forms of intramural football are played at many elementary and middle schools: touch football and flag football. There are two basic rules common to both sports: 1. A player may never tackle. 2. A player may never block another player ...
Robert W. Smith, Karen Tam Froloff, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TOUCH FOOTBALL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term touch football is used in the context of the following news items.
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Fiji hammer Micronesia 38-0 in 'record international win' at Pacific …
Every time we played one-touch football, we penetrated and there was a chance, but sometimes a player likes the taste of the ball and they start to dream and ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
One Touch Football open training in Easton-on-the-Hill
One Touch Football will hold an open training session for potential players this weekend. Boys going into Years 1 to 7 in September are welcome to show off ... «Rutland and Stamford Mercury, Jun 15»
3
Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley tears hamstring playing touch
Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley is in danger of missing Monday's Queen's Birthday clash with Melbourne after tearing his hamstring playing touch football ... «3AW, Jun 15»
4
World's best touch footballers descend on Coffs Harbour
The Touch Football World Cup is underway in Coffs Harbour, with Australian sides taking convincing victories on day one. Thousands of players from 25 nations ... «ABC Online, Apr 15»
5
Telecast of Touch World Cup finals puts Coffs on the TV
THANKS to an agreement between Touch Football Australia and Channel 9, Coffs Harbour will be telecast into NSW loungerooms on three consecutive Sunday ... «Coffs Coast Advocate, Apr 15»
6
Kaepernick impresses Warner with touch passes
Via Jim Corbett of USA Today, Warner said recently that Kaepernick has been displaying better touch on his throws. Thanks to playing touch football with some ... «NBCSports.com, Mar 15»
7
How South Sydney Rabbitohs created touch football
Rival clubs observed a confident swagger about NRL premiers South Sydney while in Auckland for the recent Nines tournament. The Rabbitohs proceeded to ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Feb 15»
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Study Suggests Early Start to Football May Pose Brain Risks
28, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- As football fans prepare to watch the 49th Super Bowl this Sunday ... That may not be the case if we're talking about touch football. «HealthDay, Jan 15»
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Prince named in All Stars Touch team
Touch Football Australia (TFA) is pleased to announce the TFA All Stars and Indigenous All Stars Touch Football teams to take part in the 2015 Harvey Norman ... «NRL.COM, Jan 15»
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J. Cole -- I'm Going Back To College ... to Play Touch Football
121714_j_cole_launch J. Cole is as slick on the field as he is on the mic -- TMZ Sports got video of the rapper tearing up the gridiron during a pick-up football ... «TMZ.com, Dec 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Touch football [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/touch-football>. Apr 2024 ».
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