sideline cuts

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
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
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