Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To use one's stick to control and maneuver the puck in ice hockey or the ball in lacrosse and field hockey.
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- verb transitive, intransitive, ice hockey, field hockey, lacrosse To maintain individual
possession of thepuck orball bycontrolling it with movements of one's stick, especially to do so in askillful manner. - verb by extension To deal
capably andswiftly with asituation , especially in a manner whichdeflects potential problems .
Etymologies
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Examples
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[Bleeping] you come to the bench like [bleeping] this, and when the power play's not working, so you're trying to stickhandle, you're looking like this and not standing.
First episode of 24/7: Bleeping great Dan Steinberg 2010
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Does he stickhandle well and look comfortable carrying the puck?
Higgins Hockey Fantasy Index 2010–2011 Rob Higgins 2010
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Does he stickhandle well and look comfortable carrying the puck?
Higgins Hockey Fantasy Index 2010-2011 Rob Higgins 2010
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Does he stickhandle well and look comfortable carrying the puck?
Higgins Hockey Fantasy Index 2010–2011 Rob Higgins 2010
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Jaromir Jagr scored a goal and had two assists to take the NHL lead with 23 points, though the Rangers captain appeared to re-injure his surgically repaired left shoulder when he landed awkwardly on his left elbow trying to stickhandle around Brian Campbell in overtime.
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He danced around a defender to score a goal, but he made no effort to stickhandle around questions about his team or his performance.
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Devereaux ended an 11-game playoff drought and doubled the lead three minutes into the second period, but Gelinas beat Joseph from close range and Nieminen had all kinds of time to stickhandle in front of the net before lifting a backhander past the goalie.
USATODAY.com 2004
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You hope the guy tries to stickhandle through the trap and tries to pass through the trap, then you knock the puck down and you get a turnover.
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One guy would stickhandle through and nobody was available for a pass, and that gave them life.
NHL - National Hockey League - Toronto vs. N.Y. Rangers 2002
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He's a 215-pound winger who could stickhandle his way through a subway car at rush hour.
USATODAY.com - Penguins' Kovalev learns to utilize skills 2001
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