wrist shot

noun

: a quick usually short-range shot in ice hockey made while the puck is against the blade of the stick by snapping the blade quickly forward

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Anaheim then cut it to 3-2 at the 19:12 mark when McTavish finished a 2-on-1 break with a wrist shot inside the near post, past Bobrovsky’s glove side. Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2025 Vancouver’s middling first-period effort turned a bit sour when Tage Thompson uncorked a heavy wrist shot low through layered traffic that eluded Thatcher Demko and gave the Sabres an early 1-0 lead. Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025 With the Sharks trailing 2-1 midway through the second period, Smith poked the puck off the stick of Jonathan Beecher to himself in the neutral zone, worked a give-and-go with Mikael Granlund, and beat Bruins goalie Joonas Korpisalo with a wrist shot to the short side. Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2025 His wrist shot has a deceptive release that regularly beats goalies clean. Jesse Granger, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for wrist shot 

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1899, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of wrist shot was circa 1899

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“Wrist shot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wrist%20shot. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.

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