DCHP-2
deke ((v.)) Also spelled deek deek [< decoy] Hockey, Slang DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1
draw (a defending player) out of position by feinting, thus getting in a better position to score.
- 1962 The big Irishman . . . deked [the defenceman] almost out of his uniform, and ripped a deadly backhand shot past the helpless Hull netminder . . . .
- 1963 We try to get our forwards into the habit of lifting their eyes for a quick peek after lowering them for the shot, just hoping the opposing defenceman has been deked into falling early.
2
manoeuvre oneself (or the puck) by feinting so as to outsmart a defending player.
See also: dangle
- 1961 Brown . . . made no mistake[,] faking the shot to the right of goal tender Gord Parker and deking it past him in the left-hand corner.
- 1961 He deked around a Soo defenceman but was spun off balance from behind before he could get his shot away.
- 1962 The big Irishman . . . deked [the defenceman] almost out of his uniform, and ripped a deadly backhand shot past the helpless Hull netminder . . . .