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Definition of sin bin in English: sin binnoun informal 1(in sport) a box or bench to which offending players can be sent for a period as a penalty during a game, especially in ice hockey. his cross-check earned him two minutes in the sin bin Example sentencesExamples - Both sides lost a player to the sin bin just before the interval.
- The referee, under pressure from the home crowd, sent a Keighley player to sin bin for ten minutes for a very dubious high tackle.
- The Broncos were a man short for the last 20 minutes after losing two players to the sin bin, but made the Bulls fight to the end.
- It would be pointless losing player after player to the sin bin.
- Both clubs had a player sent off to the sin bin within a minute of each other.
- 1.1British A place where offenders are sent for detention, punishment, or rehabilitation.
sin bins for disruptive prisoners a child removed to a sin bin Example sentencesExamples - Problem families would be moved to ‘sin bins’ - secure gated communities patrolled by wardens and CCTV cameras, where they would face curfews and be kept away from the rest of society.
- Any pupil who needs to be told a third time will immediately be shown a red card and forced to spend the equivalent of an entire school day in a sin bin - a classroom set aside for the punishment.
- How long will we have to wait before he endorses the Tories idea of ‘sin bins’ to detain young offenders?
- He could still be sent to the sin bin with time off for good behavior.
- Well not really, because he then spent his time in the sin bin for a while, and listen, it's tough as an opposition leader.
verb informal with object Send (a player) to a sin bin as a penalty. he was sin-binned for a professional foul Example sentencesExamples - However, he still enjoys playing in England and held his hands up when two of his team-mates were sin-binned during last night's game.
- One solution may be to sin-bin players for a specific period of time for this type of offence.
- Three players were sin-binned in a fiercely-fought contest.
- Then came Green's try from Mitchell's wayward kick, but the scorer was then sin-binned for holding on in the tackle.
- The second half started badly for the Boars with a player being sin-binned for 10 minutes.
Synonyms order off, tell to leave the field, dismiss |