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touchdown

/ˈtʌtʃdaʊn/
noun
  1. A six-point score occurring when the ball enters possession of a team's player in the opponent's end zone.

    "Today I scored my first touchdown."

  2. A defensive action of grounding the ball in the team’s own in-goal to stop the play

  3. A try (scoring play of grounding the ball in the opposing team’s in-goal)

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