How do you use the word "handball" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "handball": A group of young men are playing handball in the playground. He is good at handball.

Handball Meaning

/hˈæˌndbɔl/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA 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.

nounThe medium-sized inflated ball used in this sport.

Sentence Examples

A group of young men are playing handball in the playground.

He is good at handball.

CEFR Practice Quiz

The team won the match by scoring the last goal in ____.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The local team won the ____ tournament after a series of very exciting matches.

Word Origin & History

From hand + ball.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"It was a dramatic finish to an absorbing, fast-paced game but Blackburn will be deeply unhappy with referee Anthony Taylor as Nzonzi's handball was harsh." — 2011 October 29, Neil Johnston, “Norwich 3 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC Sport:

"Meanwhile, you can introduce the basic concept of Aussie rules through a game like lineball, a lead-up game introduced in the basketball section of chapter 10, but with the ball handballed, not thrown." — 2001, Jerry R. Thomas, Alan G. Launder, Jack K. Nelson, Play Practice: The Games Approach to Teaching and Coaching Sports, page 111:

"An obvious way in which football has changed over the last decade or two has been in the use of handballing." — 2005, Andrew McLeod, Trevor D. Jaques, Australian Football: Steps to Success, page 9:

"On only 8 occasions during the entire match did players who had marked the ball decide not to walk slowly and purposefully back and take their kick, but instead play on by handballing to a team mate." — 2009, John P. Devaney, Full Points Footy: Encyclopedia of Australian Football Clubs, page 246:

"Now six months into the role I have come to learn that the boss’s idea of empowering and delegating is actually handballing or passing off tasks that they actually should be performing themselves." — 2022 August 26, Jonathan Rivett, “My boss is handballing rather than delegating tasks. What should I do?”, in The Sydney Morning Herald:

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