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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(transitive, intransitive, ice hockey, field hockey, lacrosse) To maintain individual possession of the puck or ball by controlling it with movements of one's stick, especially to do so in a skillful manner..
Kovalev regained possession of the puck and stickhandled at full speed into neutral-zone open ice.
He has ducked questions in Parliament on everything from Afghan detainees to Radarsat 2, leaving them to be stickhandled by other ministers.
Obama, on the other hand, stickhandled his preacher problem and retained his poise and dignity.
Use stickhandle when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Stickhandle means (transitive, intransitive, ice hockey, field hockey, lacrosse) To maintain individual possession of the puck or ball by controlling it with movements of one's stick, especially to do so in a skillful manner..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Kovalev regained possession of the puck and stickhandled at full speed into neutral-zone open ice.
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