flick-pass
Britishnoun
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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
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hockey ice hockey an instance of passing the puck using a short backhand movement, esp over the stick of a defender
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an instance of passing of undesirable or unwanted duties, responsibility, etc, to someone else
verb
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rugby hockey ice hockey to pass (a ball or puck) quickly with a flick-pass
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to pass (undesirable or unwanted duties, responsibility, etc) to someone else
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Araujo had added to the lead with a header off a corner kick in the 38th before Torres scored the third in the 47th after a clever flick-pass by Aubameyang as the Madrid defense collapsed yet again.
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