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ICING THE PUCK
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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 goal
Familiarity information: ICING THE PUCK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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