Definition of handballs:
(n) :
(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.
(n) :
(countable) The medium-sized inflated ball used in this sport.
(n) :
(uncountable, US, Ireland) A sport in which players alternately strike the ball against a wall with their hand. Irish and American variants have slightly different rules.
(n) :
(countable, US) The small rubber ball used in this sport.
(n) :
(countable, soccer) The offence of a player other than the goalkeeper touching the ball with the hand or arm on the field during play.
(v) :
(soccer) To illegally touch the ball with the hand or arm.