breezers
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.10 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Padded shorts worn as protective gear by ice hockey players.
Example Sentences
- "This comment indicates that for this player, the protective function of the breezers is secondary to their looks."
- "“My earliest memory is going to see them play the [Minnesota] North Stars one year, and they had those green breezers on,” Zach Parise,a first-round draft pick of the Devils in 2003 who eventually became the franchise's captain on October 5, 2011, said of New Jersey's pants at the time."
- "Breezers are padded to offer extra midsection protection."