Word info Synonyms

sin bin

Speech parts

1. sin bin - Noun

2. sin bin - Verb

Meaning

(sports) An area where players are temporarily confined while suspended from play following an infringement of the rules of the game.

(figuratively) A place for transgressors, a limbo; a place of confinement or self-isolation after (or in order to avert) transgressions; a state of disgrace.

(UK, education, colloquial) A referral unit or special class for frequent truants.

(US, Australia, colloquial) Synonym of fuck truck: A panel van with a mattress in the back.

sin bin (third-person singular simple present sin bins, present participle sin binning, simple past and past participle sin binned)

(sports, usually in passive voice) to send a player off temporarily following an infringement of a rule in a game

sin-bin (plural sin-bins)

Alternative form of sin bin

sin-bin (third-person singular simple present sin-bins, present participle sin-binning, simple past and past participle sin-binned)

(sports) To send (a player) to the sin bin, to temporarily dismiss from the playing field.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Alternative names

sin-bin

Synonyms

Examples

It was only when Clark was in the sin-bin that Saracens lost control, Evans scoring just before and shortly after the interval when the visitors ran out of numbers and lost the lead. Source: Internet

In a very one-sided opening 20 minutes, Bees drove through the Fire defence almost at will, yet managed to convert only two of their 23 goal attempts even when Cardiff had two players sitting in the sin-bin at the same time. Source: Internet

Their penalty killers were rewarded 10 seconds after the sin-bin was emptied when Voyageur Codie Knightly scored the overtime winner. Source: Internet

Pontefract regained the lead five minutes from time while Thorne’s Rob Raper was in the sin-bin. Source: Internet

The new sin-bin rule came into play when Will Baker showed dissent. Source: Internet

WESTS Tigers coach Ivan Cleary has questioned this year’s dramatic increase in sin-bin use, suggesting the game could turn into touch football as teams come to terms with the penalty crackdown. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms