Definition

1. Noun:
   • (Ice Hockey) A rule violation: The act of shooting the puck from within one's own defensive zone across both the opponent's goal line and the center red line without it being touched by another player.
   • (Cooking) A sweet topping: A flavored sugar mixture, often made with powdered sugar, liquid, and sometimes egg whites or butter, used to coat, fill, or decorate cakes and pastries.
   • (Meteorology/Physics) A coating of ice: The formation or deposit of a layer of ice on a surface, such as on an aircraft wing, a road, or vegetation.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Ice Hockey):
  • The referee called icing, and the face-off was moved back to the defensive zone.
  • The team used a strategic icing to relieve pressure in their own end.
• Noun (Cooking):
  • She spread vanilla icing on the cupcakes.
  • The birthday cake had thick chocolate icing and colorful sprinkles.
• Noun (Meteorology):
  • The pilot was concerned about wing icing during the winter storm.
  • Icing on the power lines caused widespread outages.

Advanced Usage

• "Icing on the cake" (Idiom): Something that makes a good situation even better or perfect.
  • Winning the award was great, and the bonus was just the icing on the cake.
• "Icing the kicker" (Sports - American Football): A strategy where a team calls a timeout just before the opposing team attempts a crucial field goal, in an attempt to make the kicker nervous.
  • The coach tried icing the kicker, but he still made the game-winning field goal.

Variants and Related Words

• Ice (verb/noun): The root word, meaning to freeze or become covered with ice, or a solid form of water.
• Iced (adjective): Covered with icing (e.g., ) or chilled with ice (e.g., ).
• Frosting (noun): A term often used interchangeably with "icing" in cooking, though some distinctions exist based on texture or ingredients.

Synonyms

• (Cooking): Frosting, glaze, topping.
• (Meteorology): Glaze, rime, hoarfrost (specific types of ice formation).

Related Phrases

• Icing sugar (noun - chiefly British): Powdered or confectioners' sugar, the primary ingredient for making icing.
  • The recipe calls for 200 grams of icing sugar.
• Royal icing (noun): A hard, white icing made from egg whites and powdered sugar, used for decoration and piping.
  • She used royal icing to create intricate details on the wedding cake.

Related Idioms

• "The icing on the cake": As described in Advanced Usage.
• "Icing over": The process of becoming covered with a layer of ice.
  • The roads are icing over, so drive carefully.

Noun

1. (ice hockey) the act of shooting the puck from within your own defensive area the length of the rink beyond the opponent's goal
2. a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes
3. the formation of frost or ice on a surface