A nutmeg (or tunnel) is a technique used in association football, field hockey or basketball, in which a player rolls or throws the ball through an opponent's legs. This can be done in order to pass to another player, to shoot on goal, or to carry on and retrieve it.
Nutmeg is the British English name for this technique.
In Hispanic America this skill is known as "caño", "túnel", or "ordeñar".
In many other European/Latin and African countries it is called "panna", a Surinamese word.
In Scotland it is known as "50p" or "peg".
In Germany it is called "Tunnel" (tunnel) or "Beinschuss" (leg shot)...