Meaning

5 senses
  1. (transitive)To manually load or unload a container, trailer, or to otherwise manually move bulk goods (often on pallets) from one type of transport receptacle to another.

  2. To illegally touch the ball with the hand or arm.

    If the defender handballs in the penalty area, a penalty is awarded.

  3. To (legally) pass a football by holding it with one hand and hitting it with the other.

  4. (Australia, slang)To pass responsibility for a task or problem to someone else, often to avoid dealing with an undesirable task or a tricky question.

  5. (slang)To insert a hand into someone's anus.

Examples

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

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

  2. We watched Tom and Mary playing handball.

  3. Tom is going to play handball this afternoon.

  4. Tom and Mary are going to play handball.

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

Forms

handballs, handballing, handballed, handballed
Base formhandball · to handball
3rd person singularhandballs
Present participlehandballing
Past simplehandballed
Past participlehandballed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhandball
he, she, ithandballs

Past simpleLesson

all personshandballed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave handballed
he, she, ithas handballed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill handball

Synonyms

2 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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