Definition of "touch football" []

• A variety of football in which the advancement of the ball is stopped by touching rather than tackling the ball carrier. (noun)

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• "I'd ride down to Everson's house and we'd pretend to have karate fights or play touch football or just tool around on our bikes, acting like kids instead of the pot-smoking losers we were about to become."
• "It reminded Len of playing touch football after school with Jeff Shima."
• "The women joined the Midland Service League, and the men played touch football in the Martini Bowl."