What is "handegg"

n. (context slang uncountable humorous English) The game of American football, or any other sport called “football” that uses a prolate spheroid instead of a round ball and in which the ball is regularly handled, such as Canadian football.

Handegg (Handeck) is a village in the municipality of Guttannen, Switzerland, near the lake Gelmersee. The lake may be reached by Gelmerbahn from Handegg.