touchdown

Meanings

1. A six-point score occurring when the ball enters possession of a team's player in the opponent's end zone.
2. A defensive action of grounding the ball in the team's own in-goal to stop the play.
3. A try (scoring play of grounding the ball in the opposing team's in-goal).
4. The moment when an aircraft or spacecraft makes first or final contact with the ground during a landing.
5. The moment of contact of a tornado with the ground.

Etymology

From touch + down.