单词 | to rag the puck |
释义 | > as lemmasto rag the puck 4. to rag the puck. extracted from ragv.3 a. transitive. Ice Hockey. To keep possession of the puck by dribbling and skilful stick-handling as a delaying or time-wasting tactic. ΚΠ 1915 N.Y. Times 14 Mar. 14/2 Ottawa had to content itself with ragging the puck during the last part of the game. 1926 Manitoba Free Press 25 Jan. 14 Cleghorn chose to rag the puck in an effort to kill time. 1963 A. O'Brien Headline Hockey 29 Replacements were few and speed lagged at the end or when players ‘ragged’ the puck in mid-ice to kill off penalties. 1981 C. Smythe If you can't beat 'em in Alley vi. 124 He won the face-off and ragged the puck for a whole minute while the Boston team chased him around the ice. 2001 Sports Illustr. (Electronic ed.) 23 Apr. Detroit Red Wings center Sergei Fedorov basked in the noise at Joe Louis Arena last Saturday, ragging the puck, playing keepaway on a penalty kill against the overmatched Los Angeles Kings. b. transitive. Canadian. In extended use: to waste time intentionally; to prevaricate. ΚΠ 1979 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 31 Dec. 7/1 For Premier William Davis and his Cabinet the past year has been a bit like the Leafs in the third period with a one-goal lead... They have been ragging the puck, playing defensively to kill time. 1994 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 31 May b1 The old legal trick of ragging the puck and waiting for the other side to run out of money doesn't work so well here. 2001 Toronto Star (Electronic ed.) 5 Apr. We had an agreement among all governments, we just follow that plan that calls for more federal money, let's focus on that and just sort of rag the puck through the next couple of years. < as lemmas |
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