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HANDOFF
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Dictionary entry overview: What does handoff mean?
• HANDOFF (noun)
The noun HANDOFF has 1 sense:
1. (American football) a play in which one player hands the ball to a teammate
Familiarity information: HANDOFF used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(American football) a play in which one player hands the ball to a teammate
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("handoff" is a kind of...):
football play ((American football) a play by the offensive team)
Domain category:
American football; American football game (a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays)
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