stickhandle \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\intransitive verb Etymology: back-formation, from stickhandling, from stick (I) + handling : to maintain control of a puck (as in ice hockey) by clever and deceptive dribbling < stickhandled across the ice and cut in from the other wing — H.W.Wind >