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ICING THE PUCK

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

IPA (US): 

 Dictionary entry overview: What does icing the puck mean? 

ICING THE PUCK (noun)
  The noun ICING THE PUCK has 1 sense:

1. (ice hockey) the act of shooting the puck from within your own defensive area the length of the rink beyond the opponent's goalplay

  Familiarity information: ICING THE PUCK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ICING THE PUCK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(ice hockey) the act of shooting the puck from within your own defensive area the length of the rink beyond the opponent's goal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

icing; icing the puck

Hypernyms ("icing the puck" is a kind of...):

maneuver; manoeuvre; play (a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill)

Domain category:

hockey; hockey game; ice hockey (a game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled hockey sticks)


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