slap shot

noun

: a shot in ice hockey made with a swinging stroke

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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 Instead, the Maple Leafs kept their head above water through a testy first two periods and then in overtime, when Simon Benoit emerged as the unlikely hero with a slap shot from the point. Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025 But with the teams skating four-on-four near the midway point of the first, Vegas defenseman Alex Pietrangelo ripped a slap shot from just inside the blue line that fooled Gustavsson between the knees. Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 25 Apr. 2025 Despite those changes and a significant early advantage, the Oilers didn’t go away quietly, starting with a Viktor Arvidsson’s slap shot goal with 41 seconds left in the first. Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 17 Jan. 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 2 May. 2025.

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slap shot

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

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