Handball

English

Etymology

hand +‎ ball

Pronunciation

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Noun

Handball (countable and uncountable; plural Handballs)

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 small rubber ball used in this sport.
3. (soccer, countable) The offence of touching the ball with the hands.
4. (uncountable, US) A sport in which players must, in turn, bounce a ball off of a wall, taking care not to miss their turn.
5. (countable, US) The small rubber ball used in this sport.
6. (Australian) The passing of a football by holding it in one hand and hitting it with the other

Synonyms

• (team sport): European handball, Olympic handball, team handball

Translations

team sport

Albanian: hendboll (sq) m. Arabic: كرة يد (ar) (kúrat yad) f. Armenian: հանդբոլ (hy) (handbol) Belarusian: гандбол (be) (handból) m. Bosnian: rukomet (bs) m. Bulgarian: хандбал (bg) (handbal) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 手球 (zh) (shǒuqiú) Croatian: rukomet (hr) m. Czech: házená (cs) f. Danish: håndbold Dutch: handbal n. Finnish: käsipallo French: handball (fr) m. Galician: balonmán (gl) m. German: Handball (de) m. Greek: χειροσφαίριση (el) (khirosférisi) f. Hindi: हेन्डबोल (hi) (hēnḍbōl) Hungarian: kézilabda (hu) Icelandic: handbolti (is) m.

Irish: láimhe (ga) m. Japanese: ハンドボール (ja) (handobōru), 送球 (ja) (そうきゅう, sōkyū) Korean: 송구 (ko) (song-gu) (送球 (ko)), 핸드볼 (ko) (haendeubol) Latvian: rokasbumba (lv) f. Lithuanian: rankinis (lt) m. Macedonian: ракомет (mk) (rákomet) m. Maltese: ħendbol Portuguese: andebol (pt) Romanian: handbal n. Russian: гандбол (ru) (gandból) m., ручной мяч (ru) (ručnój mjač) m. Serbian: Cyrillic: рукомет m. Roman: rukomet m. Slovene: rokomet (sl) m. Spanish: balonmano (es) m., handball (es) Swahili: mpira (sw) Swedish: handboll (sv) c. Turkish: hentbol (tr) Ukrainian: гандбол (uk) (handból) m. Vietnamese: banh để liệng (vi)

ball in team sport

Croatian: rukometna lopta f. Dutch: handbal m. Finnish: käsipallo Hungarian: kézilabda (hu)

Japanese: ハンドボール (handobōru), 送球 (そうきゅう, sōkyū) Macedonian: ракометна топка (mk) (rakométna tópka) f. Slovene: rokometna žoga f. Turkish: hentbol topu (tr)

football offence

Croatian: igranje rukom n. Dutch: hands n., handsbal m. Finnish: käsikosketus, käsi French: main (fr) f. German: Handspiel (de) n.

Hungarian: kezezés (hu) Japanese: ハンド (hando), ハンドリング (handoringu) Romanian: henț n. Swedish: hands (sv) c.

American: sport

American: ball

Verb

Handball (third-person singular simple present Handballs, present participle Handballing, simple past and past participle Handballed)

1. 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. (sexuality, slang) to insert a hand into someone's anus

References

• Handball collections

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Noun

Handball m. (plural Handballs)

1. handball, team handball (sport)

Synonyms

• hand

Derived terms

• handballeur
• handballeuseet:handball