touchdown

noun touchdowns · touch down · touch-down

1. Canadian, countable, uncountable A six-point score occurring when the ball enters possession of a team's player in the opponent's end zone. Today I scored my first touchdown.
2. countable, uncountable A defensive action of grounding the ball in the team's own in-goal to stop the play.
3. countable, uncountable A try (scoring play of grounding the ball in the opposing team's in-goal). A first Test try by Fergus McFadden and a Tomas O'Leary touchdown helped Ireland to a 15-12 half-time lead.
4. countable, uncountable The moment when an aircraft or spacecraft makes first or final contact with the ground during a landing. The passengers audibly relaxed at touchdown.

   Similar: setdown

5. countable, uncountable The moment of contact of a tornado with the ground. The American Red Cross sent me to Alabama within twenty-four hours of the tornado's touchdown, and I visited the communities of Oak Grove and Rock Creek four subsequent times.