Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
backcheck | in ice hockey, to return from attack to defence. |
backliner | (Canadian) a defenceman, especially in hockey. |
blueline | a line that divides a hockey rink. |
caman | (Gaelic) a shinty stick. |
centreman | one who plays in the centre position, e.g. in ice hockey. |
defenceman | in ice-hockey, a player other than the goal-keeper who defends the goal. |
defenseman | in ice-hockey, a player other than the goal-keeper who defends the goal. |
deke | to fake (an opponent) out of position (as in ice hockey). |
forecheck | to check an opponent in ice hockey in his own defensive zone. |
forechecker | one who delivers a forecheck. |
goaltender | in some games, esp ice-hockey, a goalkeeper. |
hockey | a game played on ice. |
hookcheck | in ice hockey, the acting of hooking an opposing player. |
hooking | an illegal move in hockey involving the blade of a stick. |
hurley | a ball game similar to hockey. |
linemate | a hockey player on the same line as another. |
octopush | a kind of underwater hockey. |
octopusher | one who plays octopush, a kind of underwater hockey. |
overskate | in ice hockey, to skate beyond the puck, thus losing control of it. |
passout | in ice hockey, a pass by an attacking player from behind the opposition goal line. |
puckster | a hockey player. |
shinney | the game of hockey; so called because of the liability of the players to receive blows on the shin; (verb) to play this. |
shinny | an Irish game resembling hockey; (verb) to climb up e.g. a tree. |
shinty | an Irish game resembling hockey; (verb) to play shinty. |
slapshot | in ice hockey, a fast powerful shot. |
spinarama | (Canadian) an evasive move, especially in hockey, consisting of an abrupt 360-degree turn. |
stickhandle | to maneuver a puck in hockey with a stick. |
wrister | a type of shot in hockey. |