hockey

American  

[hok-ee] / ˈhɒk i /

noun

1. ice hockey.

2. field hockey.

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hockey ¹ British  

/ 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

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hockey ² British  

/ ˈhɒkɪ /

noun

1. Also: hawkey.   horkey.  dialect

   1. the feast at harvest home; harvest supper

   2. ( as modifier )

      the hockey cart

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Etymology

Origin of hockey

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

Example Sentences

It’s difficult to imagine hockey today in Florida or Las Vegas without the Great One’s influence.

From The Wall Street Journal

In 2023, he agreed to a new arena lease in Raleigh, North Carolina, for his professional hockey team, the Carolina Hurricanes.

From Salon

In last April’s Canadian federal election, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s rallying cry was “Elbows Up, Canada”—a hockey term that means an aggressive style of play.

From The Wall Street Journal

The puck that Hughes smacked into the net in overtime to give the United States its first men’s Olympic hockey gold since the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” was seemingly forgotten amid the raucous celebration.

From Los Angeles Times

Three weeks after the United States beat Canada in the Olympic hockey finals, the Americans won gold in hockey again at the Milan-Cortina Paralympic Games.

From Los Angeles Times