screen pass

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   a short forward pass in which the receiver is protected by a screen of blockers

   Broaderforward pass

Questions about screen pass

What does screen pass mean?

screen pass means "a short forward pass in which the receiver is protected by a screen of blockers".

Is screen pass a common word?

screen pass is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.