- stickhandle
- intransitive verb Date: 1929 to maneuver a puck (as in hockey) or a ball (as in lacrosse) with a stick • stickhandler noun
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
stickhandle
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stickhandle — [stik′han΄dəl] vt. stickhandled, stickhandling in various sports, to skillfully maneuver (a hockey puck, lacrosse ball, etc.) past the opposition using the appropriate stick stickhandler n. * * * stick·han·dle (stĭkʹhăn dl) intr.v. stick·han·dled … Universalium
stickhandle — [stik′han΄dəl] vt. stickhandled, stickhandling in various sports, to skillfully maneuver (a hockey puck, lacrosse ball, etc.) past the opposition using the appropriate stick stickhandler n … English World dictionary
stickhandle — verb a) To maintain individual possession of the puck or ball by controlling it with movements of ones stick, especially to do so in a skillful manner. Kovalev regained possession of the puck and stickhandled at full speed into neutral zone open… … Wiktionary
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stickhandle — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ intransitive verb Etymology: back formation, from stickhandling, from stick (I) + handling : to maintain control of a puck (as in ice hockey) by clever and deceptive dribbling stickhandled across the ice and cut in from the other… … Useful english dictionary
stickhandler — noun see stickhandle … New Collegiate Dictionary
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