poke check
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of poke check
First recorded in 1940–45
Example Sentences
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He turned back a barrage of shots and cleared the zone with a confident poke check, carrying a shutout bid into the final three minutes of the game.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2021
Encapsulated in that one motivational poke check is the foundation upon which Spallina has built a lacrosse dynasty at Stony Brook, a team built of scrappy, unheralded Long Islanders looking to prove a point.
From New York Times • May 4, 2021
Skating backward, defending, without much conviction, against an onrushing forward, I leaned to execute an over-fortyish poke check.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 4, 2019
Ovechkin and Kuznetsov assisted on defenseman Christian Djoos’s go-ahead goal, a one-handed poke check that deflected off the crossbar and into the net.
From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2019
Kempe shook off Casey Mittelstadt and avoided Conor Sheary's weak poke check to circle into the slot, where he snapped a shot inside the right post.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2018
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