handball

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From hand + ball.

from 15th c. A ball held in, or thrown with, the hand, especially one used for one of the various games in later senses, below.
from 19th c. The hollow rubber ball squeezed to produce spray from a perfume bottle or other atomizer.
from 15th c. Any of various traditional ball games played outside between two goals often at a considerable distance from each other.
from 18th c. 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).
from 20th c. 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.
19th–20th c. A schoolyard game in which a bouncy ball is struck with the hand, played on an improvised court on the asphalt or pavement.
from 19th c. An act of passing a football by holding it with one hand and hitting it with the other.
from 19th c. The offence of a player other than the goalkeeper touching the ball with the hand or arm on the field during play.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.