touchdown pass

noun

A pass in which the receiver then scores a touchdown.

Meanings

nountouchdown pass (plural touchdown passes)

plural touchdown passes

  1. American footballA pass in which the receiver then scores a touchdown.

    Burrow, the Heisman Trophy winner, threw for 5,671 yards and set a Football Bowl Subdivision record with 60 touchdown passes — the final 12 of which came in his last two games, blowouts over Oklahoma and Clemson, to propel L.S.U. to a national title.

    2020 April 23, Ken Belson, Ben Shpigel, “Full Round 1 2020 N.F.L. Picks and Analysis”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Apr 2020
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APA

touchdown pass. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/touchdown%20pass

MLA

“touchdown pass.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/touchdown%20pass. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “touchdown pass,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/touchdown%20pass.

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