minor penalty
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of minor penalty
First recorded in 1935–40
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Burakovsky got a shot off just as he was being tripped by Scheifele for a two-minute minor penalty.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 8, 2024
Beniers played two more shifts after the contact, which earned Sillinger a minor penalty for boarding, in addition to a fighting major.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 16, 2024
Kaliyev was assessed a two-minute minor penalty for kneeing.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 5, 2023
If the offending motion would usually be a minor penalty, the penalty shot is in place of that and no one heads to the penalty box.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 21, 2022
If your act be such as to invoke a minor penalty, then not only others, but yourself, may profit by the punishment which we inflict.
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
