This page gathers the 164 dictionary entries belonging to the domain “Skating”, as labelled by Wiktionary. Each word leads to its full entry: definitions, etymology, pronunciation, examples. Page 2 of 2: from “penalty box” to “zone”.
- penalty box noun An enclosed bench where a player must remain for timed period (a penalty) that is assessed after an infraction.
- penalty kill noun An effort by a penalized team to nullify a penalty and opponent's power play, a length of time during the game when a penalized team has…
- penalty shot noun A penalty awarded when a team loses a clear scoring opportunity on a breakaway because of a foul committed by an opposing player. A player…
- period noun Each of the intervals, typically three, of which a game is divided.
- pizza noun snowplow: a maneuver in which the tips of the skis or skates point inwards and the back ends point outwards.
- point noun The position of the player of each side who stands a short distance in front of the goalkeeper.
- policeman noun Synonym of enforcer.
- poster noun A shot that hits a goalpost instead of passing into the goal.
- power forward noun A forward who is capable of both rugged physical play and scoring goals.
- power play noun A situation where a team has a numerical advantage on the ice due to one or more penalties given to the opposing team.
- puck noun A hard rubber disc; any other flat disc meant to be hit across a flat surface in a game.
- puck bunny noun A female ice hockey fan, often one whose interest in the sport is primarily motivated by attraction to the players rather than enjoyment of…
- puck palace noun An arena containing a rink and spectator seating for playing and viewing ice hockey, especially one which is considered to be well-equipped…
- pylon noun An ineffective, useless player.
- quad noun A quadruple, a jump with four revolutions in the air.
- quadruple noun A figure-skating jump with four revolutions in the air.
- rag the puck verb To retain possession of the puck by skillful skating and stickhandling without attempting to score, as a deliberate tactic intended to use…
- ramp noun A construction used to do skating tricks, usually in the form of part of a pipe.
- red line noun The thick red line on the ice which divides the rink in half.
- right wing noun The offensive player who plays to the center's right.
- rough verb To commit the offense of roughing, i.e. to punch another player.
- scissor verb To skate with one foot significantly in front of the other.
- scissors noun A method of skating with one foot significantly in front of the other.
- shootout noun A series of penalty shots during which a tied game is resolved.
- shortie noun A short-handed goal.
- shorty noun A shorthanded goal.
- shot clock noun A counter of the total shots on net for a team in a game; or average shots on net per unit time for a game.
- skate one's lane verb To play in one's assigned position rather than straying to the location of the current action.
- skate over verb To defeat convincingly; trounce.
- skater noun A player who is not a goaltender.
- slap shot noun The fastest shot in hockey, which typically involves levering the stick above the head before swinging it down to strike the puck with…
- slash verb To strike swiftly and laterally with a hockey stick, usually across another player's arms or legs.
- slashing noun The penalty called for using the stick to slash an opposing player.
- snipe noun A goal.
- sniper noun A player who specializes in scoring goals.
- snowplow noun A maneuver in which the tips of the skis or skates point inwards and the back ends point outwards.
- spear noun An illegal maneuver using the end of a hockey stick to strike into another hockey player.
- special team noun A group of ice hockey players most often used during power plays consisting of more defensive players than usual on the team that was…
- spinorama noun The action of spinning a full turn while skating with the puck, in order to protect it from opponents.
- stay at home adj Playing very defensively; not leaving the defensive zone early.
- steal noun A situation in which a defensive player actively takes possession of the ball or puck from the opponent's team.
- stickhandle verb To maintain individual possession of the puck or ball by controlling it with movements of one's stick, especially to do so in a skillful…
- stickhandling noun Skillful manipulation of the puck or ball with a player's stick, allowing the player to maintain control of the puck or ball.
- suicide pass noun A pass going up-ice where the passee must look behind towards the passer for the location of the puck, therefore being left unaware of…
- T-stop verb To perform a T-stop.
- tape noun The wrapping of the primary puck-handling surface of a hockey stick.
- toe drag noun A deke in which a player uses the toe of their stick to drag the puck back towards themselves and out of a defender's reach.
- TOI noun Icetime; Abbreviation of time on ice.
- top shelf noun The upper part of the goal.
- transition noun A change between forward and backward motion without stopping.
- trapezoid noun The marked trapezoidal area immediately behind the goal line and the goal itself within which the goaltender may touch the puck.
- trapper noun Synonym of catcher.
- turnbuckle noun The area at either end of a bench where the edge of the glass is padded and meets the boards at a right angle.
- twizzle noun A figure skating maneuver that is a surface spin that travels across the ice.
- two and ten noun A minor penalty (mandating the player leave the ice for two minutes) accompanied by a penalty for misconduct (ten additional minutes).
- two-line pass noun A pass across two of the three lines dividing the rink, the center red line and the two blue lines. Under some rules such a pass is illegal.
- two-way adj Playing both offense and defense in the same game.
- umbrella noun A strategy in which five players in the offensive zone form an umbrella-shaped formation around the opposition's goal net.
- underpush noun A movement of the trailing leg laterally under the body, generating momentum.
- wraparound noun An attempt to score by reaching around the side of the net from behind.
- wrist verb To hit a wrist shot.
- wrist shot noun A shot that involves using the arm muscles, predominantly the wrist, to propel the puck using the concave side of the blade.
- wrister noun A wrist shot, a shot made primarily with a wrist motion
- zone noun Every of the three parts of an ice rink, divided by two blue lines.