Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underground handball

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.08 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-ground hand-ball
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A handball which is deliberately bounced on the ground before reaching one's teammate, instead of being passed directly as is typical.

Example Sentences

"He did this underground handball where the pack came at him and he slipped the handball underneath and I specifically remember going to him at quarter time and saying, 'That was really impressive'."

Inflected Forms

underground handballs (plural)

Questions

What does underground handball mean?: A handball which is deliberately bounced on the ground before reaching one's teammate, instead of being passed directly as is typical.

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