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penalty box en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. An enclosed bench where a player must remain for timed period (a penalty) that is assessed after an infraction.
   • Both players got to cool their heels for five minutes in their respective penalty boxes after the fight.
2. The penalty area.
   • At times, Swindon's penalty box resembled a pinball machine. 2000 March 12, Stuart Barnes, “Swindon stunner for Curbishley”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
3. (figuratively, idiomatic) A temporary punishment, or, metaphorically, a similar setback (e.g., loss of control, embarrassment, etc.).
   • What can land you in this metaphorical holding cell, the penalty box of Catholicism? 2003, John Portmann, Sex and heaven: Catholics in bed and at prayer, →ISBN, page 155:
   • A visit to the penalty box occurs when the salesman has relinquished control of the sales call by immediately answering the customer's question. 2003, Tim Breithaupt, 10 Steps to Sales Success: The Proven System That Can Shorten the Selling Cycle, Double Your Close Ratio, →ISBN, page 170:
   • Florida, Michigan seek exit from Democratic penalty box 2008, John Zarrella and Patrick Oppmann, "Florida, Michigan seek exit from Democratic penalty box," CNN.com, http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/06/florida.michigan/index.html

Forms

Synonyms

sin bin

Translations (14)

fi jäähyaitio (in ice hockey, enclosed bench for serving a penalty) · ca banqueta d'expulsats (in ice hockey, enclosed bench for serving a penalty) · ga loca pionóis (in ice hockey, enclosed bench for serving a penalty) · ru скаме́йка для оштрафованных игроков (in ice hockey, enclosed bench for serving a penalty) · ru скаме́йка штрафников (in ice hockey, enclosed bench for serving a penalty) · sv utvisningsbås (in ice hockey, enclosed bench for serving a penalty) · ru скаме́йка для плохих парней (in ice hockey, enclosed bench for serving a penalty) · fr banc des pénalités (in ice hockey, enclosed bench for serving a penalty) · fi rangaistusaitio (in ice hockey, enclosed bench for serving a penalty) · sv bås (in ice hockey, enclosed bench for serving a penalty) · pl ławka kar (in ice hockey, enclosed bench for serving a penalty) · cs trestná lavice (in ice hockey, enclosed bench for serving a penalty) · ga póna peacaí (in ice hockey, enclosed bench for serving a penalty) · nl strafbank (in ice hockey, enclosed bench for serving a penalty)