slap shot

noun

: a shot in ice hockey made with a swinging stroke

Examples of slap shot in a Sentence

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Florida halved the deficit on Seth Jones’ power-play score on a long slap shot off a pass from Matthew Tkachuk. Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 6 May 2025 Five minutes after Pacioretty’s goal, the Ottawa Senators’ Jake Sanderson raised his stick high in the air, hoping to smash a slap shot past Leafs goalie Anthony Stolarz and tie the score. Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 2 May 2025 If not for Brock Boeser’s late slap shot goal against the Blues last week, Vancouver’s odds would be slimmer yet. Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025 Bouchard doubled the lead six minutes later, firing a slap shot past Kuemper from the top of the circle three seconds after the Kings’ Andrei Kuzmenko went off for interference. Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for slap shot

Word History

First Known Use

1924, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of slap shot was in 1924

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“Slap shot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slap%20shot. Accessed 20 May. 2025.

Kids Definition

slap shot

noun
: a hard shot in ice hockey that is made with a swinging stroke

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