handball
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.
Other meanings
The medium-sized inflated ball used in this sport.
The offence of a player other than the goalkeeper touching the ball with the hand or arm on the field during play.
A kind of
- ball
Related words
- underground handball
- field handball
- handball alley
- handball player
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “handball” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.