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hooking

• n. Hockey an illegal check made by using the blade of the hockey stick as a hook to impede a puck-carrier's progress.

  See also: hook ((2)) (def. 2)  

  • 1931  Wanderers were reduced to four men against five when McLean was banished for hooking. . . .
  • 1963  [They should] decree sterner and more certain punishment for such offenses as tripping and hooking--the tactic that mediocre players use to stop speedy opponents.