Volleyball vs. Handball

Volleyballnoun

(uncountable) A game played on a rectangular court between two teams of two to six players which involves striking a ball back and forth over a net.

Volleyballnoun

(countable) The inflated ball used in such a game.

Volleyballnoun

a game in which two teams hit an inflated ball over a high net using their hands

Volleyballnoun

an inflated ball used in playing volleyball

Volleyballnoun

a game for two teams, usually of six players, in which a large ball is hit by hand over a high net, the aim being to score points by making the ball reach the ground on the opponent's side of the court.

Volleyballnoun

the inflated ball used in volleyball.

Volleyball

Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.

Handballnoun

(uncountable) A team sport where two teams of seven players each (six players and a goalkeeper) pass and bounce a ball trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team.

Handballnoun

(countable) The medium-sized inflated ball used in this sport.

Handballnoun

The offence of a player other than the goalkeeper touching the ball with the hand or hands on the field during play.

Handballnoun

A sport in which players alternately strike the ball against a wall with their hand. Irish and American variants have slightly different rules.

Handballnoun

The small rubber ball used in this sport.

Handballnoun

An act of passing a football by holding it with one hand and hitting it with the other.

Handballnoun

A schoolyard game in which a tennis ball is struck with the hand, played on a improvised court on the asphalt or pavement.

Handballverb

To manually load or unload a container, trailer, or to otherwise manually move bulk goods (often on pallets) from one type of transport receptacle to another.

Handballverb

(soccer) To illegally touch the ball with the hand or arm.

Handballverb

(Australian Rules Football) To (legally) pass a football by holding it with one hand and hitting it with the other.

Handballverb

To insert a hand into someone's anus.

Handballnoun

A small ball, usually made of rubber, thrown or struck with the hand in various games.

Handballnoun

A game played with such a ball, as by players striking it to and fro between them with the hands, or, when played in a walled court or against a single wall, striking it in turns against a wall, until one side or the other fails to return the ball.

Handballnoun

a small rubber ball used in the game of handball

Handballnoun

a game played in a walled court or against a single wall by two or four players who strike a rubber ball with their hands

Handballnoun

a game similar to fives, in which the ball is hit with the hand in a walled court.

Handballnoun

a team game similar to soccer in which the ball is thrown or hit with the hands rather than kicked.

Handballnoun

the ball used in handball.

Handballnoun

touching of the ball with the hand or arm, constituting a foul

Handball

Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the goal of the other team. A standard match consists of two periods of 30 minutes, and the team that scores more goals wins.