💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Handpass"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| handballnoun | (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. |
| footpassnoun | (Australian rules football) A pass made by kicking the ball through the air directly to a teammate. |
| hospital passnoun | (figuratively, sports, British, Australia, Ireland) A poorly executed pass to a team-mate, who is likely to lose the ball as a result. (Originally rugby union, where the recipient of a hospital pass is a sitting duck for a hard tackle.) |
| handoffnoun | Alternative form of hand-off. [(American football) A pass made in a backward direction.] |
| stab passnoun | (Australian rules football) A kick passing the ball to a teammate made so the ball travels low and fast through the air. |
| lateral passnoun | (American football) any hand-off, whether lateral or backward |
| hand-offnoun | (business) The passing of a completed project to another person or group. |
| holding the ballnoun | (Australian rules football) The action of a player keeping hold of the ball when tackled. When tackled the player must kick or handpass the ball and failing to do so (provided the opportunity was given) results in a free kick to the tackler. |
| hard passnoun | (informal) An unequivocal rejection with no possibility of a later change of mind. |
| hand ballnoun | Alternative spelling of handball. [(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.] |
| touchnoun | An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger. |
| disposalnoun | (countable) A disposing of or getting rid of something. |
| possessionnoun | Something that is owned. |
| backward passnoun | (American football) A pass thrown backwards instead of forward, equivalent in the rules to a hand-off. |
| short passnoun | (American football) A pass of the ball that is primarily to the side rather than one that gains yardage. |
| passingnoun | The fact of going past; a movement from one place to another or a change from one state to another. |
| backpassnoun | Alternative form of back pass. [(soccer) An intentional pass to the goalkeeper by a teammate.] |
| hit upverb | (transitive, informal) To visit with or contact someone, especially with a definite purpose. |
| forward passnoun | (rugby and American football) A pass in the forward direction, advancing toward the goal, generally illegal except in American football, once per play, from behind the line of scrimmage. |
| back passnoun | (soccer) An intentional pass to the goalkeeper by a teammate. |
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