time penalties
Minutes added on
Time penalties are punishments that add time to a competitor's score or require them to wait before continuing.
In racing, a time penalty might be added for a false start or rules violation.
In sports like hockey or rugby, players serve time penalties by sitting out: He received a two-minute time penalty for holding.
Game shows and competitions use time penalties to discourage wrong answers or rule-breaking.
- delayEnforced waiting period
- stoppageInterruption of flow
- game clockSports timing device
- clockDevice displaying time
- violationBreaking of rules
foul · infraction · match official · referee · whistle · bench · box · sin bin · two minutes · suspension · flagrant · technical · minutes · power play · yellow card · red card · unsportsmanlike · misconduct
time penaltiesno penalty
clean run · disqualification · exclusion · black flag · expulsion
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