Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Wiktionary
n. A version of football (American football) in which players are touched as opposed to tackled.
WordNet
n. a version of American football in which the ball carrier is touched rather than tackled
Wikipedia
Touch football is a variant of American football in which the basic rules are similar to those of the mainstream game (called "tackle football" for contrast), but instead of tackling players to the ground, the person carrying the ball need only be touched by a member of the opposite team to end a down. The game is usually played by amateurs on a recreational basis.
Major variants of touch football include one-hand or two-hand touch, each of which dictates the number of hands a defensive player must touch the ball carrier with in order to end a down.
Touch football may refer to:
- Touch football (American), a variant of American football where players touch rather than tackle opponents
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Touch football (rugby league), a variant of rugby league football in which players touch rather than tackle opponents
- Touch rugby, other games derived from rugby football in which players touch rather than tackle opponents
- Rec footy, a non-contact version of Australian rules football
- Touch Aussie Rules, one of the variations of Australian rules football
Usage examples of "touch football".
To the south, on Hutchinson Field, a number of impromptu games were underway: touch football, frisbee, softball, volleyball.
She also proved a natural at other sports, a smooth stylist as a swimmer, represented the school in netball and made the state team in touch football.
It was not for the touch football, which Dan and my mother and I despised.
Grown men and women were messing about playing touch football in the yard with some of the children.
But this isn't the big deal, because baseball is over for the year and the big kids have probably moved on to Strawford Park, where they will play two-hand touch football until the snow flies.
On Monday after classes, when we had our touch football game, I didn’.
From the back veranda Laura and the aunts watched the touch football game on the lawn.
It was very quiet, especially once the shirts-and-skins touch football game was over.