touch football
noun
: football played informally and chiefly characterized by the substitution of touching for tackling
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The spoof opens with the squeaky-clean Manning playing touch football with the group, encouraging everyone in the huddle to practice teamwork and have fun.
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Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
While sister-in-law Jackie would exude sophistication and cool detachment, Ethel would lead the charge during one of the many famous Kennedy touch football games, unafraid to trounce her own children and once even playfully biting writer George Plimpton on the ankle in a bid toward victory.
—Kathy Ehrich Dowd, TIME, 10 Oct. 2024
The adults worked and mingled; the children would swim and play touch football.
—Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
Taylor would play touch football there with her brother and all the other guys.
—April Wallace, arkansasonline.com, 28 Jan. 2024
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Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
While sister-in-law Jackie would exude sophistication and cool detachment, Ethel would lead the charge during one of the many famous Kennedy touch football games, unafraid to trounce her own children and once even playfully biting writer George Plimpton on the ankle in a bid toward victory.
—Kathy Ehrich Dowd, TIME, 10 Oct. 2024
The adults worked and mingled; the children would swim and play touch football.
—Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
Taylor would play touch football there with her brother and all the other guys.
—April Wallace, arkansasonline.com, 28 Jan. 2024
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“Touch football.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/touch%20football. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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