(ice hockey) A small black flat roundel of hardened rubber used as a playing piece in ice hockey to score points by moving the puck into the opponent's goal net.
(ice hockey) A small black flat roundel of hardened rubber used as a playing piece in ice hockey to score points by moving the puck into the opponent's goal net.
“You have the comedic chops of a leather handbag and the vocabulary of a hockey puck. Get on my level or go home, Martha.”
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(North America, ice hockey) A stick used to handle the puck in ice hockey, having a flat, angled blade at the end.
(Canada, Northern US, ice hockey, informal) An arena containing a rink and spectator seating for playing and viewing ice hockey, especially one which is considered to be well-equipped and state-of-the-art.
North American sports slang for an ice hockey player, derived from 'puck,' the hard rubber disc central to the game. Puckster has the feel of affectionate sports-page jargon — the kind of nickname that journalists and commentators use to add color to game coverage. It's more commonly found in writing than in speech, but hockey fans and sportswriters still deploy it when they want a punchy, informal alternative to 'hockey player.'
(US, Canada) An ice hockey player.