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zamboni::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Type of | machine |
Examples of zamboni
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Zamboni, of course, is a proper name that became an object.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Watch how Hockey Night in Canada's Kevin Weekesnearly gets impaled by a zamboni, but continues his live report like nothing happened.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Zamboni was lynched on the spot.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Zamboni called it chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency, or CCSVI, and much of the M.S. patient community has been excited by the news.
From the 6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com
Yesterday I swept the silver tar off the rooftop by the beehives, cleaning up the fallen little insects like a zamboni making its rounds on an ice rink.
From the theatlantic.com
Zamboni invented his ice-resurfacing machine back in the 1940s, after opening up an indoor ice skating rink with his brother in Southern California.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Zamboni contended instead that blocked veins prevent blood from draining from the head, causing iron to back up in the brain and damage nerves that send messages to the body.
From the nytimes.com
Most young boys dream of driving a firetruck when they grow up, but for me, driving the ZAMBONI seemed more fun since I imagined they got to see all the hockey games free.
From the wordplay.blogs.nytimes.com
- The trademark for a machine that smooths the ice in an ice-skating rink
- "Zamboni" is a song recorded by the band Gear Daddies. The song tells the story of a man's desire to drive an ice resurfacer, popularly known by the brand name "Zamboni", and his request to drive the Zamboni for his local ice hockey team. ...
- The Zamboni is a student-run humor publication at Tufts University. It was founded in 1989 and comes out with six issues per year. It contains satirical articles (such as fake news briefs, interviews, and op-ed pieces), cartoons, and photos. ...
- (The Zambonis) The Zambonis are a Connecticut-based indie rock band formed in 1991 by musicians Dave Schneider(The LeeVees), Peter Katis, Jon Aley, and Tarquin Katis. The Zambonis write songs exclusively about hockey. ...
- An ice resurfacing machine used to groom skating rinks, especially for professional use
- The brand of machine used to clean the ice.
- A truck-like vehicle or smaller device used to clean and smooth the surface of an ice rink. The first ice resurfacer was developed by Frank Zamboni in 1949.
- A popular brand of ice resurfacing machine that is often generically used to describe all ice resurfacing machines. The original Zamboni was invented by Frank Zamboni in California during the 1940s.
- A machine that scrapes the surface of the ice and deposits a layer of water on it to smooth out cuts and gouges. Two Zambonis resurface the ice during the break between periods in NHL games.
