slap shot
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of slap shot
First recorded in 1940–45
Example Sentences
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Vegas would later go down a man as well, losing Dorofeyev for much of the second period after he was drilled by a Jackson LaCombe slap shot.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
Leave it to “SNL” to bungle what should have been a slap shot straight into an open goal.
From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026
The other U.S. goal came from Dylan Larkin but Sweden forced the overtime when Mika Zibanejad scored on a slap shot from the left circle with 91 seconds left in regulation.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026
“Russian Machine never breaks,” Ovechkin once said, after limping off the ice courtesy of a slap shot to the foot.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2025
Now she looks up . . . and Amigliato takes a slap shot!
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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