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How to pronounce handoff in English?

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Type of football play

Examples of handoff

handoff
She was following labor rules, we presume, but the handoff was less than smooth.
From the time.com
He took a handoff off the edge and bowled over Antone Exum with a punishing run.
From the washingtonpost.com
For Martz, it stems from his perceived stubbornness and aversion to the handoff.
From the denverpost.com
On the next play, Smith faked a handoff, then found Davis for an easy touchdown.
From the sacbee.com
That's the handoff hopefully between the stimulus and economic growth kicking in.
From the curiouscapitalist.blogs.time.com
Texas immediately turned the ball over on a bobbled handoff from Abrams to Mason.
From the dallasnews.com
If Nick Sheridan and Sam McGuffie get tangled on a handoff, like in the opener.
From the freep.com
Phillips took a handoff from quarterback Marc Verica and was stopped for no gain.
From the inrich.com
The Tigers also failed to convert a fourth-and-1 on a handoff to Charles Scott.
From the tennessean.com
More examples
  • (American football) a play in which one player hands the ball to a teammate
  • In cellular telecommunications, the term handover or handoff refers to the process of transferring an ongoing call or data session from one channel connected to the core network to another. ...
  • Typically used to describe the ability of a wireless network to pass the network connection of a roaming device from one connection point to another, without dropping the network connection.
  • A running play where the quarterback hands the ball to a back.
  • The process of maintaining a radio link between a cellular radiotelephone and the cellular system. The handoff occurs when the radiotelephone moves out of range of one cell site and comes into range of another, relying on Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI) to determine when handoff is ...
  • The process by which the MTSO passes a cellular phone conversation from one radio frequency in one cell to another radio frequency in another. The handoff is performed so quickly that users usually never notice.
  • Process by which a cellular radio telephone call is transferred from one cell site to another.
  • (also known as backward pass) A player's handing of a live ball to another player. The hand-off goes either backwards or laterally, as opposed to a forward pass. Sometimes called a "switch" in touch football. (Note different usage of term from its rugby meaning.)
  • The process when a wireless network automatically switches a mobile call to an adjacent cell site.