hockey

[hok-ee]

noun

1. ice hockey.

2. field hockey.

hockey

¹

/ ˈhɒkɪ /

noun

1. 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 stick

      hockey ball

2. See ice hockey

hockey

²

/ ˈhɒkɪ /

noun

1. Also: hawkey.  horkey. dialect

   1. the feast at harvest home; harvest supper

   2. ( as modifier )

      the hockey cart

Word History and Origins

Origin of hockey¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of hockey¹

C19: from earlier hawkey, of unknown origin

Origin of hockey²

C16: of unknown origin

Example Sentences

Luc Robitaille knew his hockey playing career was over when it took him longer to get his battered body ready for a game than it did to play it.

From Los Angeles Times

That was really cool to us, especially since we’re from Buffalo, and our drummer, Paul, loves hockey.

From Los Angeles Times

And he describes his children's favourite activities – it is football and hockey for George, netball for Charlotte, while both Charlotte and Louis like trampolining.

From BBC

Stewart Silver, an entrepreneur who started Avon Rent-A-Car and owned an Anaheim professional roller hockey team, purchased the 1.2-acre parcel near the southern tip of Los Angeles for $1.6 million in 2023.

From Los Angeles Times

In the evening there was an India-Pakistan hockey match being shown live on TV and a wedding at the venue.

From BBC