sideline cut

Noun

sideline cut (plural sideline cuts)

1. (hurling) A penalty shot awarded against a player who runs over the sideline with the ball. The opponents take a free puck from where the ball crossed the line; side puck.
   • In the first half we had a sideline cut, and as the ball was dropping in I could tell the Tipp player in front of me was gone up too early for it and wasn't going to get to it.2010, Dan Shanahan, Dan Shanahan - If you don't know me, don't judge me, →ISBN
   • Tipp took a quick sideline cut, worked it up the field and engineered an overlap, Peter Kelly had to come, Séamus Callanan slipped the ball through to Bubbles, who drove it past Noley, who nearly stopped it.2014, Anthony Daly, Dalo: The Autobiography, →ISBN
2. A sudden change of direction and run for the sideline.
   • In the sideline-and-up pass, both the receiver and the passer are faking the sideline cut.1958, Donald E. Fuoss, Quarterback generalship and strategy, page 96
   • Here, the receiver combines the sideline-flag pattern with a second sideline cut.1993, Bud Wilkinson, Football: Winning Offense, →ISBN, page 68
3. A shot where the ball is angled sharply toward the sideline, just barely in bounds.
   • If it is too far back he can't get as sharp a downward angle or sideline cut.1959 September, “Volleyball is a Rugged Game”, in Boys' Life, volume 49, number 9, page 56