touchdown

noun

1. Football. an act or instance of scoring six points by being in possession of the ball on or behind the opponent’s goal line.
2. Rugby. the act of a player who touches the ball on or to the ground inside his own in-goal.
3. the act or the moment of landing: the aircraft’s touchdown.

noun

1. the moment at which a landing aircraft or spacecraft comes into contact with the landing surface
2. rugby the act of placing or touching the ball on the ground behind the goal line, as in scoring a try
3. American football a scoring play worth six points, achieved by being in possession of the ball in the opposing team’s end zoneAbbreviation: TD See also field goal (def. 2)

verb touch down (intr, adverb)

4. (of a space vehicle, aircraft, etc) to land
5. rugby to place the ball behind the goal line, as when scoring a try
6. informal to pause during a busy schedule in order to catch up, reorganize, or rest

n.

1864, from touch (v.) + down (adv.). Originally in rugby, where the ball is literally touched down on the other side of the goal.