Receiver vs Underthrow - What's the difference?
receiver | underthrow |
A person who or thing that receives or is intended to receive something.
# A trustee appointed to hold and administer property involved in litigation.
# A person appointed to settle the affairs of an insolvent entity.
# A person who accepts stolen goods.
# Any of several electronic devices that receive signals and convert them into sound or vision.
## A telephone handset.
# (label) An offensive player who catches the ball after it has been passed.
# (label) A person who attempts to return the ball after it has been served.
# An element of a mechanical or other system or device designed to accept another element.
## (firearms) The part of a firearm containing the action.
## A vessel for receiving the exhaust steam from the high-pressure cylinder before it enters the low-pressure cylinder, in a compound steam engine.
## A capacious vessel for receiving steam from a distant boiler, and supplying it dry to an engine.
To throw a pass that falls short of the receiver.
*{{quote-news, 1960, December 27, Joseph M. Sheehan, Eagles Win, 17-13, To Take Pro Title, The New York Times
, passage=The underthrown pass was knocked down.}}
*{{quote-news, 2008, December 26, Joshua Robinson, Jets Say Third Down Is Their Priority, The New York Times
, passage=During the Jets’ recent 1-3 slide, Favre has repeatedly missed and underthrown receivers on his way to a single touchdown pass and six interceptions.}}
As a noun receiver
is a person who or thing that receives or is intended to receive something.As a verb underthrow is
to throw a pass that falls short of the receiver.receiver
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(en noun)Derived terms
* receivershipSynonyms
* recipient (more formal, usually referring to one who receives such things as an award or medal)underthrow
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