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American handegg en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /əˈmɛɹɪkən ˈhændɛɡ/

Meanings

  1. (derogatory, humorous, slang, uncountable) American football (the sport).
    • Actually if you overdose on steroids to beef up your muscles as most(?) American handegg players do, there is likely to be a corresponding decrease in masculinity ie shrunken penis, shrivelled testicles. 2009 September 21, nigel, “Re: Thank God for American Football, Real Football”, in uk.sport.football (Usenet):
    • No doubt, I'll be watching some American handegg today on football Sunday. 2022 December 4, Gary, “Happy Thanksgiving to all”, in rec.food.cooking (Usenet):
    • All of this might lead you to believe that American handegg is not very good. On the contrary, it can be thrilling. The moment when Spine Problems Chap flings the egg as many yards downfield as his back will allow and you can't quite see what's going to happen is actually engrossing. 2014 November 7, Gavin Cleaver, “A Guide to the Dallas Cowboys Handegg Club for My Fellow Brits”, in Dallas Observer, archived from the original on 04 Jul 2015:
    • For those who follow American handegg, Peyton and Eli Manning’s “ManningCast” of Monday Night Football was a huge hit last year, offering fans a different way to watch the NFL. 2022 May 11, Travis Yoesting, “ESPN Doing A ManningCast For Golf — Now Do Soccer You Cowards”, in The18.com, archived from the original on 24 May 2022:
  2. (countable, derogatory, humorous, slang) The ball used to play American football.
    • I want a picture of a football (a real one, not one of those american handeggs) with wings. 2013 April 17, Stars_InTheirEyes, “Let us play Pic Hunter!”, in Egosoft.com (forum), archived from the original on 08 Oct 2014:
    • I haven't tried it yet but It's been suggested to practice your relese^([sic]) by throwing mini nerf footballs (or American handeggs, for those of you not in 'Murica) underhanded. 2015 March 16, u/dabobbo, “Practice at home”, in Reddit, archived from the original on 21 Dec 2022, r/Bowling:

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