what does a hockey ball hit jaw and be called a clean cut mean

A clean hit in hockey usually means a legal body check: contact with the body, not the head, while the player is eligible to be hit. If someone’s jaw gets hit and breaks or cuts, people may still call the hit “clean” if it followed the rules, even though the injury is serious.

What “clean” means

A clean hit is generally:

• Shoulder or body contact first.
• No direct head contact.
• Not from behind.
• Not boarding or charging.

So “clean cut” is probably not a standard hockey term here. In this context, people usually mean clean hit , not “clean cut”.

Jaw injury meaning

If a hockey ball or puck hits the jaw, it can cause:

• A cut or laceration.
• A broken jaw.
• Swelling, pain, or bleeding.

That kind of injury can happen even on a legal play, because “clean” refers to the rules of the hit , not whether it caused damage.

Plain-English version

If someone says, “That was a clean hit,” they mean:

• It looked legal.
• It wasn’t dirty or dangerous by hockey rules.
• The injury may still have been severe.

If you meant a different phrase by “clean cut,” I can translate that too.