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goal suck

goal suck noun: a player who loiters near the opposing net, hoping to score goals without doing the work of moving the puck down the ice. One who goal-sucks.

Noun

goal suck (plural goal sucks)

  1. (derogatory, slang) A player who loiters near the opposing net, hoping to score goals without doing the work of moving the puck down the ice. One who goal-sucks.
    • A chicken is often called a “goal suck”, a “one way player” or a “cherry picker” during the course of his deviant career. These three types all involve an emphasis on scoring goals and avoiding situations and places on the ice where physical confrontations are likely to occur.1983, Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences Proceedings, page 14
    • His team mates called him a goal-suck, but were pleased that he was.1993, Australian & New Zealand Studies in Canada - Issues 9-10, page 9

Examples of goal suck in a sentence

  • Gretzky always broke out of his own zone really early — in shinny terms he'd be called a goal suck — while the other team still had the puck.1999, Andrew Podnieks, The Great One: The Life and Times of Wayne Gretzky, page 1:
  • He was seen as an out-of-shape goal suck capable of only one thing: flinging the puck into the net every few games.2016 June 7, James Mirtle, “Phil Kessel's playoff performance is proof he was fine in Toronto”, in The Globe and Mail:

Forms of goal suck

pluralgoal sucks

Origin of goal suck

From goal + suck (“self-pitying person”, noun).

Questions about goal suck

What does goal suck mean?
Goal suck means a player who loiters near the opposing net, hoping to score goals without doing the work of moving the puck down the ice. One who goal-sucks.
How do you use goal suck in a sentence?
Gretzky always broke out of his own zone really early — in shinny terms he'd be called a goal suck — while the other team still had the puck.
What part of speech is goal suck?
Goal suck is a noun.
What is the plural of goal suck?
The plural of goal suck is goal sucks.

Words near goal suck in the dictionary

  1. goal setting
  2. goal shooter
  3. goal shooters
  4. goal square
  5. goal squares
  6. goal suck
  7. goal sucks
  8. goal third
  9. goal thirds
  10. goal umpire
  11. goal umpires

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