handpassn.
/ˈhan(d)pɑːs/, /ˈhan(d)pas/, U.S. /ˈhæn(d)ˌpæs/ Football.
In Australian Rules Football and Gaelic Football: an act of passing the ball by holding it in one hand and striking it with (typically the fist of) the other. Cf. handball n. 5.
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hand-balling1867
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1931 J. F. McHale et al. Austral. Game of Football 56 Handpass, the ball may be held in one hand and hit with the open palm of the other hand, not necessarily with the clenched fist.
1960 Northern Territory News (Darwin) 5 Jan. 8/5 Cooper snapped a neat handpass to Potts.
1993 Irish Times (Nexis) 22 Feb. (Suppl.) 7 A series of virtually unchallenged Cork handpasses finished with..John Brady..bundling the ball to the net.
2006 A. McLeod & T. Jaques Austral. Football iv. 37 He elects to play on by kick, handpass or run.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
handpassv.
/ˈhan(d)pɑːs/, /ˈhan(d)pas/, U.S. /ˈhæn(d)ˌpæs/ Football.
intransitive. In Australian Rules Football and Gaelic Football: to pass the ball (to a teammate) by holding it in one hand and striking it with (typically the fist of) the other; to deliver a handpass. Also transitive to pass (the ball) in this way. Cf. handpass n.
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handball1886
handpass1931
ruck1934
1931 Advertiser & Register (Adelaide) 22 May 6/4 If a player is heading for goal and, being tackled, desires to get the ball to a comrade, he must not hand pass it to any player nearer the goal than he.
1939 Argus (Melbourne) 17 July 14/5 A mighty hit out from the ruck by Leahy gave possession to Helmer, who..hand passed to Hickey.
1960 Northern Territory News (Darwin) 5 Jan. 8/6 Sparks marked well within kicking distance but foolishly handpassed to Lew Fatt.
1971 B. Andrew Austral. Football Handbk. 43 Players must learn to punch the ball with either hand—and to be able to handpass in any direction.
1997 Irish Times (Nexis) 24 Feb. (Sport Suppl.) 7 Ray Dempsey caught and handpassed to Kevin O'Neill, who just had to beat the goalkeeper.
2010 B. Cousins Ben Cousins xxii. 210 I got the ball and hand-passed it to Chad Fletcher.
Derivatives
ˈhandpassing n.
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1931 Advertiser & Register (Adelaide) 22 May 6/3 If the latest passing rule robs it of any of its stirring features a reversion to the former style of hand-passing should be made.
1963 Footy Fan (Melbourne) 1 xiii. 13 Hand passing is now divided into two categories—the conventional and the modern.
1995 Irish Times (Nexis) 13 May 18 A county where handpassing is what's bred in the bone was always going to seethe at being forced back under the yoke of catch and kick.
2004 P. Bruckner et al. Encycl. Exercise, Sport & Health 38 The ball is moved around the field of play..either by kicking or handpassing.
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