handball

1. A ball held in, or thrown with, the hand, especially one used for one of the various games in later senses, below. (countable, uncountable)
2. Any of various traditional ball games played outside between two goals often at a considerable distance from each other. (countable, uncountable)
3. Any of several games similar to fives, in which a ball is hit by the hand against a wall or within a walled court (the chief variants now being Gaelic handball and American handball). (countable, uncountable)
4. A sport played on a rectangular court between two teams of seven players each, using a small ball struck only with the hands; team handball. (uncountable)
5. An act of passing a football by holding it with one hand and hitting it with the other. (countable)
6. The offence of a player other than the goalkeeper touching the ball with the hand or arm on the field during play. (countable)

Plural handballs