hand-off

Or hand·off

[hand-awf, -of]

noun

1. Football.

   1. an offensive play in which a player, usually a back, hands the ball to a teammate.

   2. the ball itself during the execution of such a transfer.

      He fumbled the hand-off.

2. Aviation.,  the condition or period in which control or surveillance of an aircraft is transferred from one control center to another.

hand-off

noun

1. the act of warding off an opposing player with the open hand

verb

1. (tr, adverb) to ward off (an opponent) using a hand-off

Word History and Origins

Origin of hand-off¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; noun use of verb phrase hand off