touchdown signal
Referee's scoring gesture
A touchdown signal is the gesture a football referee makes to indicate a score—both arms raised straight overhead.
The image has become iconic beyond the sport, used to celebrate any kind of victory or success: She threw up a touchdown signal when she got the job offer.
- refereeSports rule enforcer
- endzoneFootball field's scoring rectangle
- goal lineScoring boundary stripe
- armsUpper body limbs
- raisedLifted higher up
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