flick-pass


noun
  1. rugby a movement in which the ball is passed quickly to another player by flicking it out of the hand; often performed with only one hand

  2. hockey ice hockey an instance of passing the puck using a short backhand movement, esp over the stick of a defender

  1. Australian an instance of passing of undesirable or unwanted duties, responsibility, etc, to someone else

verbflick-pass (tr)
  1. rugby hockey ice hockey to pass (a ball or puck) quickly with a flick-pass

  2. Australian to pass (undesirable or unwanted duties, responsibility, etc) to someone else

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How to use flick-pass in a sentence

  • But she intended it to be rude and to discomfort him and she was glad to see some twinge at the flick pass across his face.

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