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penalty box
[ pen-l-tee boks ]
noun
- Ice Hockey. an enclosed space adjacent to the rink for penalized players, the penalty timekeeper, the game timekeeper, and the official scorer:
Prior to 1963, there was only one penalty box in each of the six NHL arenas.
- a temporary punishment: When we send our son to the penalty box, he knows to go straight to his room.
I can’t go because I’ve been sent to the penalty box for missing another curfew.
When we send our son to the penalty box, he knows to go straight to his room.
- a chastisement or humiliation:
If you dare voice an opposing opinion at these meetings, you end up in the penalty box.
penalty box
noun
- See penalty areasoccer another name for penalty area
- ice hockey a bench for players serving time penalties
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Word History and Origins
Origin of penalty box1
First recorded in 1910–15
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Example Sentences
At an NHL game in Canada last December, two men in green Zentai suits harassed a player in the penalty box.
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