What are some hockey phrases?
Here are 35 hockey slang words you might hear at a NCAA rink near you, defined:
- Apple: an assist.
- Barnburner: a high-scoring game.
- Bender: a player whose ankles bend while they’re skating.
- Bottle rocket: when a goal breaks the goalie’s water bottle that sits on top of the net.
- Biscuit: the puck.
What do you call hockey groupies? The term is somewhat analogous to the term groupie as it relates to musicians. Sociological studies of the phenomenon in minor league hockey indicate that self-proclaimed “puck bunnies” are “‘proud as punch’ to have sex with the [players]”, as it confers social status on them.
What do hockey players call their stick? Lumber: a hockey stick, named when sticks used to be made of wood. Mitts: refers to a player’s hands, often described as silky when a player has great skill. Also refers to a player’s gloves, as in “dropping the mitts” in a fight. Muzzy: mustache.
Which word is used in hockey?
Hockey Vocabulary List
| word |
example sentence |
| puck |
Field hockey is played with a small white ball, while ice hockey is played with a disc-shaped black puck. |
| push |
You need to use your wrists to move the stick from side to side while pushing. |
| scoop |
At training tonight the coach is going to teach us more about scooping the ball. |
What are some hockey phrases? – Additional Questions
What’s another word for hockey?
•ice hockey (noun)
block-and-bunt.
When was the word hockey first used?
The first recorded use of the word hockey is in the 1773 book Juvenile Sports and Pastimes, to Which Are Prefixed, Memoirs of the Author: Including a New Mode of Infant Education by Richard Johnson (Pseud. Master Michel Angelo), whose chapter XI was titled “New Improvements on the Game of Hockey”.
What are verbs for hockey?
‘Slew-foot’, ‘Deke’, and 10 More Words from Hockey
- Hockey. If you’re not used to watching it, hockey can be a confusing game: it’s fast-paced, changes direction quickly, and play suddenly seems to stop for no apparent reason.
- Puck. You can’t have hockey without the puck.
- Rink.
- Slap shot.
- Icing.
- Slew-foot.
- Deke.
- Dangle.
Is Hawky a word?
No, hawky is not in the scrabble dictionary.
What does Canuckle mean?
The brainchild of Ottawa resident, Mark Rogers, Canuckle is a Wordle-based guessing game that challenges the player to guess a five-letter word that in some way relates to Canada. The mystery word could be anything from a word, place, or simple Canadianism – if it’s tied to Canada, it goes.
What is a Hawkie?
Definition of hawkie
Scottish. : a white-faced cow —often used as a pet name for any cow.
What is Harky?
Definition of hark
intransitive verb. : to pay close attention : listen only natural for them to hark to him— G. G. Black.
What is the meaning of Marky?
Marky definition
Filters. A diminutive of the male given name Mark. pronoun.
Whats is thy?
Definition of thy
archaic. : of or relating to thee or thyself especially as possessor or agent or as object of an action —used especially in ecclesiastical or literary language and sometimes by Friends especially among themselves.
Is Harty a word?
No, harty is not in the scrabble dictionary.
What does Hatty mean?
Hatty definition
(of a person) Fond of hats. adjective.
What does a hardy woman mean?
1 : bold, brave a hardy intrepid spirit. 2 : audacious, brazen.
Is herdy a word?
HERDY is not a valid scrabble word.
