handegg
/ˈhændɛɡ/
handegg noun: any of the sports that are called football but are played mainly with the hands and with a prolate spheroid ball; that is, American football and (less often) Canadian, Australian and rugby football (including league and union varieties).
Noun
handegg (countable and uncountable, plural handeggs)
- Any of the sports that are called football but are played mainly with the hands and with a prolate spheroid ball; that is, American football and (less often) Canadian, Australian and rugby football (including league and union varieties).
- Football is certainly a misnomer, for the game is played not with the feet but with the hands, and the ball is not a ball but an egg. I propose that the game be played with the feet and with a ball, or else that it be called “hand-egg”.1909 November 9, letter to the editor, in The New York Times
- Yes, but would anyone show up for a game of handegg?2002 June 8, p/g, “Why does Arafat still draw breath?”, in alt.music.rush (Usenet)
- The ball used to play such a game.
Examples of handegg in a sentence
- When I get there he was watching handegg.2011 February 1, "FileServe FileSonic XXX" (username), "Innocent High - Jynx Maze XXX - 303 MB", worlds_sexiest_women
- You're wrong, kids all around the world play football, it just takes a ball and a pair of sneakers, whereas handegg requires a full body armour.2011 February 8, "RVG" (username), "french pride", in fr.soc.politique
Forms of handegg
| plural | handeggs |
|---|---|
| alternative form | hand-egg |
Origin of handegg
From hand + egg. The jocular implication is that the name football ought to denote using the foot to propel a ball-shaped [i.e. spherical] object, which is the usual case for soccer, as opposed to using the hand to propel an egg-shaped [i.e. spheroid] object.
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Questions about handegg
- What does handegg mean?
- Handegg means any of the sports that are called football but are played mainly with the hands and with a prolate spheroid ball; that is, American football and (less often) Canadian, Australian and rugby football (including league and union varieties).
- How do you use handegg in a sentence?
- When I get there he was watching handegg.
- What part of speech is handegg?
- Handegg is a noun.
- How do you pronounce handegg?
- Handegg is pronounced /ˈhændɛɡ/.
- What is the plural of handegg?
- The plural of handegg is handeggs.
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