noun

• (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.
• (countable) The medium-sized inflated ball used in this sport.
• (countable, soccer) The offence of a player other than the goalkeeper touching the ball with the hand or arm on the field during play.
  "It was a dramatic finish to an absorbing, fast-paced game but Blackburn will be deeply unhappy with referee Anthony Taylor as Nzonzi's handball was harsh."
• (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.

verb

• (transitive) 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.
• (soccer) To illegally touch the ball with the hand or arm.
  "If the defender handballs in the penalty area, a penalty is awarded."
• (Australian rules football) To (legally) pass a football by holding it with one hand and hitting it with the other.
  "Meanwhile, you can introduce the basic concept of Aussie rules through a game like lineball, a lead-up game introduced in the basketball section of chapter 10, but with the ball handballed, not thrown."
• (sexuality, slang) To insert a hand into someone's anus.