handballTranslate handball | into French | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of handball noun [mass noun] 1 /ˈhan(d)bɔːl/ a game similar to fives, in which the ball is hit with the hand in a walled court. a team game similar to soccer in which the ball is thrown or hit with the hands rather than kicked. the ball used in handball. 2 /han(d)ˈbɔːl/ Soccer touching of the ball with the hand or arm, constituting a foul: a penalty for handball [count noun]:a blatant handballhandball in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of handball in the US English dictionary