Home » Dictionary » rag the puck

rag the puck

rag the puck
 v. phr.— «Most of the time was consumed by arguments about scheduling of the actual trial. The prosecution accused the defense of what, in hockey parlance, is called “ragging the puck”: stalling until the game is over.» —“The Omar Khadr Case: Redefining War Crimes” by Audrey Macklin Jurist Nov. 4, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

Leave a comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Further reading

Sun trees - Baby's Breath (episode #1545)

Baby’s Breath (episode #1545)

Have you ever googled your own name and found someone else who goes by the very same moniker? There’s a word for that: googleganger. Plus, the language of hobbyists and enthusiasts: If you’re a beekeeper, perhaps you call yourself a...

Word Game with John Cha-Cha Chaneski

Quiz Guy John Chaneski has crafted a quiz involving a polysyllabic word followed by another word that repeats the last of those syllables twice. For example, suppose the clue is: “When playing a simple game with a toddler, it’s a real...

Recent posts