slap shot Ice Hockey.
Also slapshot.
[f. slap v.1 + shot n.1]
A shot made with a sharp slapping movement of the stick, which usu. lifts the puck off the ice. Hence ˈslapshoot v. trans., to hit (a puck) in this manner.
| 1942 E. Jeremiah Ice Hockey iii. 12 A slap shot..is very effective because its suddenness has a valuable surprise element. 1956 Roy. Canad. Air Force Coach's Manual Hockey 40 The slap shot can be made by stopping the puck first, then teeing off on it. 1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 3 Feb. 35/1 Athlete-columnists are more common than writers who can also skate and slapshoot a hockey puck. 1972 ‘E. Lathen’ Murder without Icing (1973) ii. 18 Billy Siragusa, the Huskies' new center, was practicing slap shots. 1974 Los Angeles Times 13 Oct. iii. 2/3 Rene Robert got Buffalo's only goal at 14:06 of the opening period with a 30-foot slapshot. |