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Handball

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1.NounA 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.
2.NounThe medium-sized inflated ball used in this sport.
3.NounThe offence of a player other than the goalkeeper touching the ball with the hand or arm on the field during play.
4.NounA sport in which players alternately strike the ball against a wall with their hand. Irish and American variants have slightly different rules.
5.NounThe small rubber ball used in this sport.
6.NounAn act of passing a football by holding it with one hand and hitting it with the other.
7.NounA schoolyard game in which a bouncy ball is struck with the hand, played on an improvised court on the asphalt or pavement.
8.NounThe bouncy ball used in the Australian schoolyard game handball.
9.VerbTo manually load or unload a container, trailer, or to otherwise manually move bulk goods (often on pallets) from one type of transport receptacle to another.
10.VerbTo illegally touch the ball with the hand or arm.
"If the defender handballs in the penalty area, a penalty is awarded."
11.VerbTo (legally) pass a football by holding it with one hand and hitting it with the other.
12.VerbTo pass responsibility for a task or problem to someone else, often to avoid dealing with an undesirable task or a tricky question.
13.VerbTo insert a hand into someone's anus.
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