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SLAPSHOT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fast shot made with a short powerful swing of the hockey stick
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("slapshot" is a kind of...):
shot (an attempt to score in a game)
Holonyms ("slapshot" is a part of...):
hockey; hockey game; ice hockey (a game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled hockey sticks)