Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Either of two blue lines running across an ice-hockey rink, usually 60 feet from each goal, and dividing the rink into defensive, neutral, and offensive zones.
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Etymologies
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Examples
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A lot of the high end talent comes on the blueline, which is a bit of a twist.
Archive 2008-06-01 James Mirtle 2008
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During earlier hearing, the court has termed blueline buses as 'killer' and held them responsible for most of the accident deaths in the capital.
India eNews 2009
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The blueline is the line drawn around 6,000,000 acres of land in New York State, the line that demarcates the boundary of the Adirondack Park.
dbqp: visualizing poetics Geof Huth 2008
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The blueline is the major weakness, featuring a bunch of pimple faces and has-beens:
Five Hole Fanatics 2008
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The lack of a true offensive talent on the blueline has been the Sharks 'Achilles Heel, their missing ingredient in a sense.
The Battle of California Earl Sleek 2008
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For example, when a Web design has been approved and we have to now slice the design, I liken it to going to blueline.
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No team in the NHL can match the Wings 'dept up front and on the blueline, and Pittsburgh is certainly no exception.
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His super-soft hands and slick moves force defenders to back off and give ground every time he approaches the blueline and he has the vision to find linemate Erik Thorell once the D swarms.
Red Line: Dominant start has Canadian Seguin atop draft ranks 2009
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Readers sent in questions for Capitals defenseman John Carlson, who has been a steadying presence on the blueline in his first NHL season.
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-- It's unclear if there was a problem with the ice on the far blueline near the Predators 'bench, but from the press box it looked like something was awry when the puck had a mind of its own there on two consecutive shifts.
Predators 3, Capitals 0 Katie Carrera 2010
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