hockey

[ hok-ee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

hockey

/ ˈ��ɒ��ɪ /

noun

Also called (esp US and Canadian)field hockey
1. a game played on a field by two opposing teams of 11 players each, who try to hit a ball into their opponents' goal using long sticks curved at the end
2. ( as modifier )
  hockey ball
  hockey stick
See ice hockey

hockey

/ ˈ��ɒ��ɪ /

noun

dialect.
Alsohawkeyhorkey
1. the feast at harvest home; harvest supper
2. ( as modifier )
  the hockey cart

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Word History and Origins

Origin of hockey¹

1520–30; earlier hockie, perhaps equivalent to hock- hook ¹ + -ie -ie

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Word History and Origins

Origin of hockey¹

C19: from earlier hawkey, of unknown origin

Origin of hockey²

C16: of unknown origin

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One, roughly the size and shape of a small vending machine, is in street clothes while the other towers over him in skates and a white-and-black hockey sweater.

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“I just wanted to put on sweat pants, eat ice cream and watch hockey.”

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An election debate in Canada has been rescheduled to avoid a clash with a Montreal Canadiens hockey game.

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The surrounding area also has tennis, track cycling and field hockey.

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Canadian fans have been booing “The Star-Spangled Banner” before hockey and baseball games.

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Hockett hockey mom

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