Definition of handball Handball

/hæˈndbɔˌl/ - [handbol] - hand•ball

We found 16 definitions of handball from 5 different sources.

What does handball mean?

Plural: handballs

handball - a game played in a walled court or against a single wall by two or four players who strike a rubber ball with their hands

handball - a small rubber ball used in playing the game of handball

= synonym
= antonym
= related word

handball (Noun)
A 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.
handball (Noun)
The small rubber ball used in the sport of handball.
handball (Noun)
The offence of touching the ball with the hands.
handball (Noun)
An American sport in which players must, in turn, bounce a ball off of a wall, taking care not to miss their turn.
handball (Noun)
The small rubber ball used in this sport.
handball (Noun)
An act of passing a football by holding it with one hand and hitting it with the other.
handball (Noun)
An Irish sport, very similar to the American sport, in which players must bounce a ball off a wall.
handball (Verb)
To manually load or unload a container, trailer, or to otherwise manually move bulk goods often on pallets from one type of transport receptacleto another.
handball (Verb)
To illegally touch the ball with the hand or arm.
handball (Verb)
To legally pass a football by holding it with one hand and hitting it with the other.
handball (Verb)
To insert a hand into someone's anus.

handball
A 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. (source: wikipedia)

Handball (also known as team handball, field handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport similar to football (soccer). Two teams of seven players each (six players and a goalkeeper) pass and bounce a ball using the hands, trying to throw it into the goal of the other team.