touchdown
English
/ˈtʌtʃdaʊn/
noun
Definitions
- (American football) A six-point score occurring when the ball enters possession of a team's player in the opponent's end zone.
- (rugby) A defensive action of grounding the ball in the team’s own in-goal to stop the play
- (rugby) A try scoring play of grounding the ball in the opposing team’s in-goal
- (aviation) The moment when an aircraft or spacecraft makes first or final contact with the ground during a landing.
- The moment of contact of a tornado with the ground.
Etymology
Compound from English touch + English down (from a higher position to a lower one, hill).
Origin
English
down
Gloss
from a higher position to a lower one, hill
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
丘, 岡, 阜
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Branton English
- aftertouch English
- antidown English
- backdown English
- beatdown English
- betouch English
- blowdown English
- boildown English
- bouncedown English
- bringdown English
- builddown English
- burndown English
- buydown English
- cast down English
- clampdown English
- cleardown English
- climbdown English
- comedown English
- countdown English
- cramdown English
- cutdown English
- down English
- down-gyved English
- down-hearted English
- downable English
- downbound English
- downbow English
- downcard English
- downcase English
- downchirp English
- downclimb English
- downcoast English
- downcomer English
- downcutting English
- downdip English
- downer English
- downface English
- downfalling English
- downflex English
- downfold English
- downforce English
- downgauge English
- downgaze English
- downglide English
- downgoing English
- downgone English
- downgyved English
- downhearted English
- downland English
- downlead English
- downlight English
- downlighting English
- downlike English
- downlist English
- download English
- downlooked English
- downlying English
- downmass English
- downmost English
- downness English
- downpick English
- downpipe English
- downpress English
- downrange English
- downrank English
- downsample English
- downselection English
- downshift English
- downshifter English
- downside English
- downsitting English
- downslope English
- downsloping English
- downslur English
- downsome English
- downspout English
- downstair English
- downstate English
- downstreet English
- downstrike English
- downstroke English
- downstyle English
- downtempo English
- downthrow English
- downthrown English
- downtick English
- downtime English
- downtone English
- downtown English
- downtube English
- downward English
- downwards English
- downwarp English
- downwell English
- downy English
- downzone English
- drawdown English
- drilldown English
- dropdown English
- dubdown English
- dumbed-down English
- eiderdown English
- evendown English
- featherdown English
- goosedown English
- hoedown English
- kickdown English
- knockdown English
- lay down English
- lookdown English
- lowdown English
- markdown English
- mistouch English
- mixdown English
- mountdown English
- multi-touch English
- multitouch English
- neckdown English
- nontouchdown English
- pastedown English
- patdown English
- paydown English
- phasedown English
- playdown English
- pretouch English
- pushdown English
- ringdown English
- rolldown English
- rubdown English
- scaledown English
- scrubdown English
- sdown English
- selldown English
- setdown English
- showdown English
- slapdown English
- smackdown English
- spelldown English
- spindown English
- splashdown English
- staredown English
- stepdown English
- strapdown English
- stripdown English
- sundown English
- talkdown English
- teardown English
- thistledown English
- throwdown English
- touch English
- touch screen English
- touch-typist English
- touchability English
- touchable English
- touchbox English
- toucher English
- touchest English
- toucheth English
- touching English
- touchless English
- touchline English
- touchlogger English
- touchlogging English
- touchmark English
- touchous English
- touchpad English
- touchphone English
- touchpoint English
- touchproof English
- touchstone English
- toucht English
- touchtone English
- touchwood English
- touchy English
- trickledown English
- tumbledown English
- turndown English
- untouch English
- untouchable English
- up so down English
- upside down English
- washdown English
- winddown English
- write-down English
- down German
- down Dutch, Flemish
- タッチ Japanese
- タッチダウン Japanese
- doune Middle English
- touchen Middle English
- ดาวน์ Thai
- 當機 Chinese
- daun Tok Pisin
- daunbilo Tok Pisin
- daunim Tok Pisin
- down
- touch
- sdown
- downy
- toucht
- downer
- touchy
- untouch
- paydown
- mixdown
- toucher
- sundown
- hoedown
- betouch
- lowdown
- Branton
- downdip
- setdown
- dubdown
- cutdown
- rubdown
- buydown
- patdown
- downbow
- downgone
- downtone
- touchous
- downtown
- downlike
- pushdown
- downlist
- downtube
- downward
- comedown
- kickdown
- downcase
- downpick
- turndown
- mistouch
- downflex
- evendown
- beatdown
- touchbox
- downwarp
- downlead
- download
- showdown
- teardown
- downland
- lookdown
- downrank
- neckdown
- drawdown
- playdown
- markdown
- touching
- downmass
- touchpad
- spindown
- downsome
- selldown
- downside
- downface
- winddown
- blowdown
- talkdown
- stepdown
- dropdown
- burndown
- lay down
- slapdown
- downcard
- downwell
- downness
- downtick
- touchest
- downzone
- downable
- toucheth
- backdown
- washdown
- downgaze
- downslur
- downmost
- antidown
- rolldown
- boildown
- ringdown
- downpipe
- pretouch
- downfold
- cramdown
- downtime
- downrange
- downstate
- pastedown
- countdown
- downstair
- goosedown
- downpress
- downwards
- bringdown
- downstyle
- cleardown
- downtempo
- downgauge
- downcoast
- downshift
- scrubdown
- phasedown
- smackdown
- drilldown
- eiderdown
- touchline
- touchmark
- downslope
- knockdown
- stripdown
- climbdown
- touchtone
- scaledown
- touchwood
- staredown
- touchless
- downclimb
- downlight
- touchable
- throwdown
- cast down
- spelldown
- mountdown
- clampdown
- strapdown
- downbound
- builddown
- downcomer
- downforce
- downglide
- downgyved
- downthrow
- downspout
- downchirp
- downgoing
- downlying
- touchproof
- touchstone
- downlooked
- tumbledown
- downstrike
- down-gyved
- touchphone
- up so down
- multitouch
- downthrown
- splashdown
- bouncedown
- touchpoint
- downstroke
- downstreet
- downsample
- aftertouch
- write-down
- downsloping
- downshifter
- dumbed-down
- upside down
- downsitting
- featherdown
- downcutting
- multi-touch
- downhearted
- untouchable
- trickledown
- thistledown
- touchlogger
- downfalling
- touch-typist
- downlighting
- touchability
- nontouchdown
- touchlogging
- down-hearted
- touch screen
- downselection