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penalty box
[ pen-l-tee boks ]
noun
- Ice Hockey. an enclosed space adjacent to the rink for penalized players, the penalty timekeeper, the game timekeeper, and the official scorer:
Prior to 1963, there was only one penalty box in each of the six NHL arenas.
- a temporary punishment: When we send our son to the penalty box, he knows to go straight to his room.
I can’t go because I’ve been sent to the penalty box for missing another curfew.
When we send our son to the penalty box, he knows to go straight to his room.
- a chastisement or humiliation:
If you dare voice an opposing opinion at these meetings, you end up in the penalty box.
penalty box
Word History and Origins
Origin of penalty box1
Example Sentences
Kamara had space inside the penalty box and quickly capitalized with a goal in the 15th minute.
The league’s Thursday announcement went a step further to that end with the removal of the plexiglass from behind the penalty box.
At an NHL game in Canada last December, two men in green Zentai suits harassed a player in the penalty box.
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