forced throw
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.53 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A throw to a teammate from the player who is running with the ball in order to avoid being tackled.
Example Sentences
- "As he'd promised, Donny Doyle had been in the Bucks quarterback's face all day, except for the time he'd dropped to cover the running back and made a clean pick of Franks' forced throw."
- "His film — from last season, especially — also contains instances of lapsed mechanics, forced throws and shaky field vision."