Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to handball
Participle: handballed
Gerund: handballing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | handball |
| you | handball |
| he;she;it | handballs |
| we | handball |
| you | handball |
| they | handball |
Perfect
| I | have handballed |
| you | have handballed |
| he;she;it | has handballed |
| we | have handballed |
| you | have handballed |
| they | have handballed |
Past
| I | handballed |
| you | handballed |
| he;she;it | handballed |
| we | handballed |
| you | handballed |
| they | handballed |
Pluperfect
| I | had handballed |
| you | had handballed |
| he;she;it | had handballed |
| we | had handballed |
| you | had handballed |
| they | had handballed |
Future
| I | will handball |
| you | will handball |
| he;she;it | will handball |
| we | will handball |
| you | will handball |
| they | will handball |
Future Perfect
| I | will have handballed |
| you | will have handballed |
| he;she;it | will have handballed |
| we | will have handballed |
| you | will have handballed |
| they | will have handballed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | handball |
| you | handball |
| he;she;it | handball |
| we | handball |
| you | handball |
| they | handball |
Perfect
| I | have handballed |
| you | have handballed |
| he;she;it | have handballed |
| we | have handballed |
| you | have handballed |
| they | have handballed |
Imperfect
| I | handballed |
| you | handballed |
| he;she;it | handballed |
| we | handballed |
| you | handballed |
| they | handballed |
Pluperfect
| I | had handballed |
| you | had handballed |
| he;she;it | had handballed |
| we | had handballed |
| you | had handballed |
| they | had handballed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would handball |
| you | would handball |
| he;she;it | would handball |
| we | would handball |
| you | would handball |
| they | would handball |
Perfect
| I | would have handballed |
| you | would have handballed |
| he;she;it | would have handballed |
| we | would have handballed |
| you | would have handballed |
| they | would have handballed |
Imperative
| you | handball |
| we | Let's handball |
| you | handball |
Verbs conjugated like 'handball'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'handball'
handbag,
airball,
crandall,
handbrake,
handfast,
handhold,
handle,
handmake,
handpass,
handsel,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From hand + ball.
Sample Sentences
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If the defender handballs in the penalty area, a penalty is awarded.
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Meanwhile, you can introduce the basic concept of Aussie rules through a game like lineball, a lead-up game introduced in the basketball section of chapter 10, but with the ball handballed, not thrown. [2001, Jerry R. Thomas, Alan G. Launder, Jack K. Nelson, Play Practice: The Games Approach to Teaching and Coaching Sports, page 111:]
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An obvious way in which football has changed over the last decade or two has been in the use of handballing. [2005, Andrew McLeod, Trevor D. Jaques, Australian Football: Steps to Success, page 9:]
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On only 8 occasions during the entire match did players who had marked the ball decide not to walk slowly and purposefully back and take their kick, but instead play on by handballing to a team mate. [2009, John P. Devaney, Full Points Footy: Encyclopedia of Australian Football Clubs, page 246:]
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Now six months into the role I have come to learn that the boss’s idea of empowering and delegating is actually handballing or passing off tasks that they actually should be performing themselves. [2022 August 26, Jonathan Rivett, “My boss is handballing rather than delegating tasks. What should I do?”, in The Sydney Morning Herald:]
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The shortage has taken time to develop and despite the government trying to handball' the problem to the states, it has happened on its watch. [2005 March 17, Bob Hogg, “Paradox of the Howard era”, in Australian Financial Review:]
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I am finding that she's a difficult patient in more ways than one! for that reason I'll handball her off to our senior podiatrist if symptoms persist. [2009 June 9, Matt Kimball, “Help with diagnosis and management of localised dorsal midfoot pain.”, in Podiatry Arena:]
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I might handball that question to Dr Parkinson or somebody who has a better view of the morphology of the portfolio than I do. [2006 February 15, Senator Brandis, Economics Legislation Committee Estimates (Senate), page 12:]