touch football

/tətʃ ˌfʊtˈbɔl/
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Definitions of touch football
  1. noun
    a version of American football in which the ball carrier is touched rather than tackled
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    type of:
    American football, American football game
    a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays
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