wrist shot

noun

: a quick usually short-range shot in ice hockey made while the puck is against the blade of the stick by snapping the blade quickly forward

Examples of wrist shot in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The more descriptive call of the play saw the Wild forward step in front of a Florida pass at the defensive blue line and head off on a break away from there, snapping a wrist shot past Bobrovsky to briefly give Minnesota a 3-2 lead. —Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 25 Jan. 2026

Macklin Celebrini carried the puck across the Red Wings’ blue line and fired a wrist shot on goalie John Gibson, who was unable to trap it with his glove. —Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2026

Zumwinkle poked in a rebound over her own miss in the opening seconds of the second period and midway through blew a wrist shot from the right circle over Murphy. —CBS News, 11 Jan. 2026

McDavid tied it 3-3 on a 5-on-3 power play at 9:20 of the third period, sneaking a wrist shot under the Forberg’s blocker to extend his points streak to a career-high 18 games. —Daily News, 11 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1899, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for wrist shot

• allot
• barat
• begot
• besought
• bethought
• bloodshot
• boycott
• buckshot
• crackpot
• croat
• culottes
• dashpot