lacrosse

[ luh-kraws, -kros ]

noun

1. a game, originated by Indians of North America, in which two 10-member teams attempt to send a small ball into each other's netted goal, each player being equipped with a crosse or stick at the end of which is a netted pocket for catching, carrying, or throwing the ball.

lacrosse

/ ləˈkrɒs /

noun

1. a ball game invented by Native Americans, now played by two teams who try to propel a ball into each other's goal by means of long-handled hooked sticks that are loosely strung with a kind of netted pouch

Word History and Origins

Origin of lacrosse¹

1710–20, Americanism; < Canadian French: literally, the crook (stick used in the game). See crosse

Word History and Origins

Origin of lacrosse¹

C19: Canadian French: the hooked stick, crosier

Example Sentences

His three goals against Duke increased Aitken’s career point total to 169, which ranks 18th in Division I men’s lacrosse history among midfielders.

From Washington Post

When he started mountain biking last year at 17, she figured it would be a good father-son activity — especially because his lacrosse and football seasons were canceled.

From Washington Post

Overall, it is far greater than what pro lacrosse athletes have ever been given.

From FiveThirtyEight

The Dallas Rattlers closed up shop after a semi-successful first run for pro lacrosse in Texas with its championship season.

From FiveThirtyEight

Though the University of Wisconsin and other schools shifted classes online for the remainder of the semester, he anticipates students who have jobs and apartments in La Crosse will return to town.

From Washington Post

Teen Wolf even features a relationship between a gay lacrosse player and a male werewolf.

From The Daily Beast

They convey life forces of trees from which their lacrosse sticks were made.

From The Daily Beast

If for nothing else, lacrosse matters because it reminds us the Iroquois still exist.

From The Daily Beast

From this all-consuming cycle of pain and pleasure, though, one sport stands as an exception: lacrosse.

From The Daily Beast

In the late 1800s, white players formed field lacrosse clubs and excluded Natives.

From The Daily Beast

Two days later Indians gathered at Fort Michilimackinac to engage in a game of lacrosse.

From Project Gutenberg

"She made it a hockey versus lacrosse contest, and of course we plumped for hockey," murmured Elsie Bellamy.

From Project Gutenberg

Far behind us lay the LaCrosse valley through which a slender river ran, while before us towered wind-worn cliffs of stone.

From Project Gutenberg

A couple of hours' march brought us to LaCrosse, the great city whose wonders I had longed to confront.

From Project Gutenberg

It is now called "lacrosse," but its name in the language of the Iroquois Indians was O-ta-da-jish-qua-age.

From Project Gutenberg