Looking for the meaning or definition of the word handball? Here's what it means.
Noun
(uncountable) A team sport where two teams of seven players each (six players and a goalkeeper) pass and bounce a ball trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team.
(countable) The medium-sized inflated ball used in this sport.
(countable, soccer) The offence of touching the ball with the hands.
(uncountable, US, Ireland) A sport in which players alternately strike the ball against a wall with their hand. Irish and American variants have slightly different rules.
(countable, US) The small rubber ball used in this sport.
(countable, Australian Rules Football) An act of passing a football by holding it with one hand and hitting it with the other.