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flick-pass

noun

  1. rugby a movement in which the ball is passed quickly to another player by flicking it out of the hand; often performed with only one hand
  2. hockey ice hockey an instance of passing the puck using a short backhand movement, esp over the stick of a defender
  3. an instance of passing of undesirable or unwanted duties, responsibility, etc, to someone else
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. rugby hockey ice hockey to pass (a ball or puck) quickly with a flick-pass
  2. to pass (undesirable or unwanted duties, responsibility, etc) to someone else
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

But she intended it to be rude and to discomfort him and she was glad to see some twinge at the flick pass across his face.

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