goal suck

noun

Etymology

From goal + suck (“self-pitying person”, noun).

Definitions

  1. A player who loiters near the opposing net, hoping to score goals without doing the work…

    A player who loiters near the opposing net, hoping to score goals without doing the work of moving the puck down the ice. One who goal-sucks.

    • His team mates called him a goal-suck, but were pleased that he was.
    • Gretzky always broke out of his own zone really early — in shinny terms he'd be called a goal suck — while the other team still had the puck.

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