nontouchdown
English
Etymology
non- + touchdown
Adjective
nontouchdown (not comparable)
- (sports) Not being or not relating to a touchdown.
- 1984, Super Bowl Book (page 316)
- Houston's Mike Renfro tries to hold the football as Steelers defender Ron Johnson looks over his shoulder on a controversial nontouchdown play in the 1979 AFC Championship game.
- 2015 November 7, Marc Tracy, “Slippery Rock’s Tie to Michigan Is All in the Name”, in New York Times:
- The crowd of more than 110,000 cheered raucously — perhaps the loudest nontouchdown applause of the afternoon.
- 1984, Super Bowl Book (page 316)