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(American football) a play in which the opposing team has kicked the football into your end zone
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touchback
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Wiktionary
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n. (context American football English) The result of a play (usually a kickoff or punt) in which the ball passes out the back of the end zone or a team otherwise gains possession of the ball in their own end zone.
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Touchback is a 2012 film written and directed by Don Handfield . It stars Brian Presley , Melanie Lynskey and Kurt Russell . Reviews were mixed and it currently has a 38% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 13 reviews.
WordNet
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n. (American football) a play in which the opposing team has kicked the football into your end zone
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Touchback \Touch"back`\ (t[u^]ch"b[a^]k`), n. (Football) The act of touching the football down by a player behind his own goal line when it received its last impulse from an opponent; -- distinguished from safety touchdown.
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