touch football
noun
: football played informally and chiefly characterized by the substitution of touching for tackling
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Taylor would play touch football there with her brother and all the other guys.
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April Wallace, arkansasonline.com, 28 Jan. 2024
Many of them played sports — everything including golf, touch football and basketball.
—Courtland Milloy, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2023
Last fall, as COVID-19 numbers began to decline, tackle and touch football figures experienced modest growth to just more than 10,000 participants nationwide while flag football numbers dipped slightly to just less than 6,900 youths.
—Mike Jones, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2022
Advertisement The real estate agent, eager to get rid of 11-year-old Deborah and her younger brother, told them that Elvis and his friends were playing touch football at a nearby park.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 17 July 2023
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April Wallace, arkansasonline.com, 28 Jan. 2024
Many of them played sports — everything including golf, touch football and basketball.
—Courtland Milloy, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2023
Last fall, as COVID-19 numbers began to decline, tackle and touch football figures experienced modest growth to just more than 10,000 participants nationwide while flag football numbers dipped slightly to just less than 6,900 youths.
—Mike Jones, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2022
Advertisement The real estate agent, eager to get rid of 11-year-old Deborah and her younger brother, told them that Elvis and his friends were playing touch football at a nearby park.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 17 July 2023
See all Example Sentences for touch football
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“Touch football.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/touch%20football. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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