1 [U] (AmE also team handball) a team game for two teams of seven players, usually played indoors, in which players try to score goals by throwing a ball with their hand
2 [U] (AmE) a game in which players hit a small ball against a wall with their hand
3 [C,U] (in football) the offence of touching the ball with your hands:
a penalty for handball
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