(field hockey) a standoff between two players from the opposing teams, who repeatedly hit each other's hockey sticks and then attempt to acquire the ball, as a method of resuming the game in certain circumstances
“Sonnon draws on his experiences to advocate for the issues of learning disabilities, obesity, post-traumatic stress, bullyism and accelerated aging in joints.”
“He made it a point to identify all of them, receiving, while he did so, scowls and mutterings, and reciprocating with cocky bullyings and threatenings.”
