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hand-off

  [hand-awf, -of]
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–noun
1. Football.
a. an offensive play in which a player, usually a back, hands the ball to a teammate.
b. 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.
Also, handoff.

Origin:
1895–1900; n. use of v. phrase hand off
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hand·off   (hānd'ôf', -ŏf')   
n.  

  1. Football The act or an instance of handing the ball to a teammate during a play.

  2. Sports The act or an instance of handing a baton to a teammate in a relay race.

  3. The act or an instance of passing something or the control of it from one person or agency to another: a handoff of the aircraft from one control tower to another.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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