touch football
noun
: football played informally and chiefly characterized by the substitution of touching for tackling
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The club has long been associated with a style called ‘shoeshine and piano’, which in basic terms is ‘touch football’, similar to tiki-taka.
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Simon Hughes, New York Times, 7 June 2025
The two grew up playing wiffle ball and touch football in Akron, Ohio, but were a grade apart and didn’t form a band until after their brothers (who were close friends) urged them to jam together.
—Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
Her son Michael, who ran the nonprofit Citizens Energy Corp. and had been in the news for having an affair with his children’s teenage baby sitter, was killed in 1997 during a dangerous game of touch football, played while skiing down an Aspen slope.
—Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
The spoof opens with the squeaky-clean Manning playing touch football with the group, encouraging everyone in the huddle to practice teamwork and have fun.
—Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
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Simon Hughes, New York Times, 7 June 2025
The two grew up playing wiffle ball and touch football in Akron, Ohio, but were a grade apart and didn’t form a band until after their brothers (who were close friends) urged them to jam together.
—Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
Her son Michael, who ran the nonprofit Citizens Energy Corp. and had been in the news for having an affair with his children’s teenage baby sitter, was killed in 1997 during a dangerous game of touch football, played while skiing down an Aspen slope.
—Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
The spoof opens with the squeaky-clean Manning playing touch football with the group, encouraging everyone in the huddle to practice teamwork and have fun.
—Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Touch football.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/touch%20football. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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