hand-off

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.

noun

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

verb hand off

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