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nontouchdown

nontouchdown adjective: not being or not relating to a touchdown.

Adjective

nontouchdown (not comparable)

  1. Not being or not relating to a touchdown.
    • Houston's Mike Renfro tries to hold the football as Steelers defender Ron Johnson looks over his shoulder on a controversial nontouchdown play in the 1979 AFC Championship game.1984, Super Bowl Book, page 316
    • The crowd of more than 110,000 cheered raucously — perhaps the loudest nontouchdown applause of the afternoon.2015 November 7, Marc Tracy, “Slippery Rock’s Tie to Michigan Is All in the Name”, in New York Times

Origin of nontouchdown

From non- + touchdown.

Questions about nontouchdown

What does nontouchdown mean?
Nontouchdown means not being or not relating to a touchdown.
What part of speech is nontouchdown?
Nontouchdown is an adjective.

Words near nontouchdown in the dictionary

  1. nontotalitarian
  2. nontotalizing
  3. nontotemic
  4. nontotient
  5. nontotients
  6. nontouchdown
  7. nontouching
  8. nontouring
  9. nontourism
  10. nontourist
  11. nontouristic

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