handball

1. A ball.

   (countable, uncountable)A ball held in, or thrown with, the hand, especially one used for one of the various games in later senses, below.

2. A game.

   (countable, uncountable)Any of various traditional ball games played outside between two goals often at a considerable distance from each other.

3. (countable, uncountable)Any of several games similar to fives, in which a ball is hit by the hand against a wall or within a walled court (the chief variants now being Gaelic handball and American 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

4. (uncountable)A sport played on a rectangular court between two teams of seven players each, using a small ball struck only with the hands; team handball.

5. (Australia, uncountable)A schoolyard game in which a bouncy ball is struck with the hand, played on an improvised court on the asphalt or pavement.

6. An action.

   (countable)An act of passing a football by holding it with one hand and hitting it with the other.

7. (countable)The offence of a player other than the goalkeeper touching the ball with the hand or arm on the field during play.

8. A ball.

   (archaic, countable, uncountable)The hollow rubber ball squeezed to produce spray from a perfume bottle or other atomizer.

1. I won the last time Tom and I played handball.

   Коли ми останнього разу грали з Томом в гандбол, я переміг.

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2. We watched Tom and Mary playing handball.

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3. Tom is going to play handball this afternoon.

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4. Tom and Mary are going to play handball.

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5. I'm going to play handball with Tom this afternoon.

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