A euphemism for fisting, the act of inserting an entire hand into a bodily orifice of a consenting adult partner. Can be used as either a noun to refer to the act, or as a verb. Derived from the shape a hand resembles when making a fist, i.e. a ball, and a used as a double entendre for the sport of the same name. Alternatively just handball in Europe.
As a noun: "Did Graeme tell you about how some girl asked him to give her the European handball last night?"
As a verb: "No! So did he end up European handballing her?"
Alternative: "Vee just call it 'handballing' in Europe"
Australian colloquial use, meaning to unilaterally give responsibility for a problem to someone else. Comes from Australian Football, where the "handball" is the fastest legitimate way to dispose the football. The receiving player gets no protection if they receive a handball, they are subject to immediate tackle. Often when players are about to be tackled they desperately handball to a teammate, solving their immediate problem but often putting the receiving player in the same difficulty. Where the receiver is put in physical danger, it is a "hospital handball". Also known as the "hand pass".