handball

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The offence of a player other than the goalkeeper touching the ball with the hand or arm on the field during play.

   It was a dramatic finish to an absorbing, fast-paced game but Blackburn will be deeply unhappy with referee Anthony Taylor as Nzonzi's handball was harsh.

2. 2
   verb

   To illegally touch the ball with the hand or arm.

   If the defender handballs in the penalty area, a penalty is awarded.

3. 3
   verb

   To (legally) pass a football by holding it with one hand and hitting it with the other.

   Meanwhile, you can introduce the basic concept of Aussie rules through a game like lineball, a lead-up game introduced in the basketball section of chapter 10, but with the ball handballed, not thrown.

4. 4
   verb

   To pass responsibility for a task or problem to someone else, often to avoid dealing with an undesirable task or a tricky question.

   Now six months into the role I have come to learn that the boss’s idea of empowering and delegating is actually handballing or passing off tasks that they actually should be performing themselves.

5. 5
   noun

   a game played in a walled court or against a single wall by two or four players who strike a rubber ball with their hands

6. 6
   noun

   a small rubber ball used in playing the game of handball

7. 7
   noun

   A team sport where two teams of seven players each (six players and a goalkeeper) pass and bounce a ball trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team.

8. 8
   noun

   The medium-sized inflated ball used in this sport.

Etymology

From hand + ball.