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. —

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 See all Example Sentences for touch football

Word History

First Known Use

1913, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of touch football was in 1913

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“Touch football.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/touch%20football. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.

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