touchdown

Meaning

Noun

• A six-point score occurring when the ball enters possession of a team's player in the opponent's end zone.
• A defensive action of grounding the ball in the team’s own in-goal to stop the play
• A try
• The moment when an aircraft or spacecraft makes first or final contact with the ground during a landing.
• The moment of contact of a tornado with the ground.

Origin

• touch + down.