Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

penalty kill

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.36 in modern English

Syllables
penal-ty kill
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An effort by a penalized team to nullify a penalty and opponent's power play, a length of time during the game when a penalized team has one or more players in the penalty box.

Inflected Forms

penalty kills (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

power play penalty killing

Synonyms

PK

Questions

What does penalty kill mean?
An effort by a penalized team to nullify a penalty and opponent's power play, a length of time during the game when a penalized team has one or more players in the penalty box.

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