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With the game tied and Boston on the power play in the waning minutes of regulation, David Pastrnak fired a slap shot from the left circle with Sergei Bobrovsky out of position and the net nearly wide open.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 18 May 2024
The home horn blasted six minutes in for the Cats on Sam Reinhart’s slap shot that Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy partially blocked but could not contain.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2024
Miller scored from the right faceoff circle on a slap shot for his 31st of the season.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2024
Doughty made it 5-1 with 23 seconds remaining in the game on a slap shot.
—Joe Reedy, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1924, in the meaning defined above
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“Slap shot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slap%20shot. Accessed 12 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
slap shot
noun
: a hard shot in ice hockey that is made with a swinging stroke
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