Definition, Meaning & Anagrams | English word HAND-OFF
HAND-OFF
Definitions of HAND-OFF
- (American football) A pass made in a backward direction.
- (aviation) The transfer of the radar identification of an aircraft from one controller to another when the aircraft enters the receiving controller's airspace and radio communications with the aircraft are transferred.
- (business) The passing of a completed project to another person or group.
- (rugby) The act of pushing an opponent away with an open hand.
- (computing) The transfer of control to another subsystem.
Number of letters
8
Is palindrome
No
Examples of Using HAND-OFF in a Sentence
- A botched play, originally designed to be a pass play, caused quarterback Otto Graham to improvise a hand-off to fullback Marion Motley.
- Class AB and class B dissipate less power for the same output than class A; general distortion can be kept low by negative feedback, and crossover distortion can be reduced by adding a 'bias current' to smoothen the hand-off.
- Transition and handoff: Errors in this category can occur person-to-person or site-to-site during transfer, and can be managed by adhering to proper hand-off protocols.
- Little marks were polarising: they were considered by supporters as one of the game's best features and an effective way for teams to clear scrimmages; and considered by detractors as too difficult to accurately adjudicate and sometimes exploited by crafty players who would disguise a hand-off as a little mark.
- Darryl Poston took a hand-off to the right side of the line and was met by a swarm of Air Force defenders who stopped him just a couple feet short of the goal-line.
- According to the DOJ OIG report, Agent Dodson, as the undercover posing as a straw buyer, was not expected to surveil the weapons after hand-off to Fernandez.
- Now at midfield, Kelley faked a hand-off to Marshall and threw the ball deep to a wide-open Ross, who outran a tackler and scored another ASU touchdown.
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