sin bin
sin bin noun: an area where players are temporarily confined while suspended from play following an infringement of the rules of the game.
Noun
sin bin (plural sin bins)
- An area where players are temporarily confined while suspended from play following an infringement of the rules of the game.
- Tommy Parker had propped Sporting World against a waterjug. He said “I see Max de Woppa spent three minutes in the sin bin.”1985, Nicholas Mosely, Accident, →ISBN, page 27
- Rob received a minor penalty, and as he served out his three minutes kicking back in the sin bin, Chinook′s sniper, Pierre Dion, shot from the point.2005, Rachel K. Gibson, The Trouble With Valentine's Day, page 46
- Synonyms:
- penalty box
- A place for transgressors, a limbo; a place of confinement or self-isolation after (or in order to avert) transgressions; a state of disgrace.
- I spent a week in the sin-bin for that one.1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 116
- Punishment can be positive or negative, but both decrease the chances of the behaviour recurring. Positive punishment adds something unpleasant: yelling at the cat, for example. Negative punishment removes something pleasant: your company, for example, by putting the cat in the sin bin (see Chapter...2001, Kersti Seksel, Training Your Cat, page 33
- A referral unit or special class for frequent truants.
- Synonym of fuck truck: A panel van with a mattress in the back.
- There′s a shag rug on the floor, padding on walls and ceiling, and, for extra comfort, a 600-gallon water bed. The Sin Bin is made by Chinook Mobilodge.1972 September, What′s New: Rolling pad, Popular Science, page 70
- There is the shag-carpet “sin bin” with its fur upholstery, mahogany paneling, stained glass, color TV and chrome sidepipes.1978 March, Jim Elder, Camp/work conversion, Popular Mechanics, page 110
- Synonyms:
- fuck truck
Verb
sin bin (third-person singular simple present sin bins, present participle sin binning, simple past and past participle sin binned)
- to send a player off temporarily following an infringement of a rule in a game
Synonyms of sin bin
Forms of sin bin
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | sin bins |
| alternative form | sin-bin |
| alternative form | sinbin |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | sin bins |
| present participle | sin binning |
| past participle | sin binned |
| past | sin binned |
Origin of sin bin
From sin + bin. Apparently Australian. Usage of the panel van sense is influenced by the US trade name.
Questions about sin bin
- What does sin bin mean?
- Sin bin means an area where players are temporarily confined while suspended from play following an infringement of the rules of the game.
- What part of speech is sin bin?
- Sin bin can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of sin bin?
- The plural of sin bin is sin bins.
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