handoff

English Thesaurus

1. (American football) a play in which one player hands the ball to a teammate (noun.act)

hypernym	:	football play,
definition	:	(American football) a play by the offensive team (noun.act)

domain category	:	american football, american football game,
definition	:	a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays (noun.act)