puck
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4.7
- noun
- /pʌk/
:
disco de hockey
- Sophomore Brendan Woods picked up a loose puck and led a two-on-one up the ice.
- ball or puck
It's a little hockey puck that's like condensed water soluble air freshener.
- It's a little hockey puck that's like condensed water soluble air freshener.
- If you're not where the puck is going, then you're just doing what everybody else does.
- The the quote that's worn out, but I love it is is Wayne Gretzky said, I'm a great hockey player because why skate to where the puck is going?
- Your challenge is to be a hockey player and skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it is now because you're too late.
- Because as Wayne Gretzky said, you know, when he was asked why are you such a great hockey player, he said, well, most players skate to the puck.
- The body, you know, can't shoot a basketball, can't hit a hockey puck.
Examples
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As the game went on, he had the puck a little more and he was confident.
Blog text (1) -
Here's Laflamme, steals the puck at his blue line.
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With less than a minute to go, Canada kept the puck in the Russian end.
Fiction book (1994) -
Toward the end of the first period, there was a loose puck in front of the net.
Fiction book (2001) -
From the moment the puck was dropped to the ice, they controlled the game.
Fiction book (2001) -
He's going to skate right around me and slip the puck into the open net.
Fiction book (2001) -
On the ice, two teams clash, chasing the puck up and back, checking galore.
Fiction book (1997) -
The goalie had to play the puck or he was going to get penalized.
Blog text (19) -
He has the puck!
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The player skillfully passed the puck to his teammate during the game.
Synonyms
4
2.8
A flat round piece of hard rubber that players use instead of a ball in ice hockey
Compounds
- UK
4
2.8
A flat round piece of hard rubber that players use instead of a ball in ice hockey
- Jargon
Shooting the puck from your defensive zone past the center and opponent goal line without it being touched, stopping play
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word puck probably comes from an old word for a small 'fairy' or 'mischief maker', like Shakespeare's Puck who played tricks. That's a helpful way to remember the hockey puck as a small, lively disk that zooms across the ice and can cause surprise in a game.