touchdown

IPA: tˈʌtʃdaʊn

(American football, Canadian 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.

Examples of "touchdown" in Sentences

A touchdown is a touchdown, no matter what unit scores.
Even getting more than one touchdown is a vast improvement.
Jaworski and became the franchise's all-time leader in touchdown passes
He played tight end at The Citadel and led the nation in touchdown receptions — in 1959.
Campbell found tight end Zach Miller uncovered for a 43-yard walk-in touchdown for a 7-0 lead.
Hearing that a team scored only one touchdown is bad, until you find out that no one else scored at all in any other games.
"Ending it on a pick returned for a touchdown is an extremely disappointing thing," said Delhomme, who completed 13-of-25 passes for 153 yards and one touchdown with two interceptions.