Gretzky

American  

[gret-skee] / ˈgrɛt ski /

noun

1. Wayne The Great One, born 1961, Canadian ice hockey player.

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Gretzky British  

/ ˈɡrɛtzkɪ /

noun

1. Wayne. born 1961, Canadian ice-hockey player and coach; in his playing career (1979–99) he became the record point scorer in the National Hockey League

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Example Sentences

They should also learn how to pronounce “Curacao,” because by the end of the World Cup, the island country’s name could be better known than Gretzky’s.

From Los Angeles Times

Ovechkin scored 44 goals last season and eclipsed Gretzky for the record on April 6 when he scored his 895th career goal at the New York Islanders.

From Barron's

He dominates the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday night at Rogers Center, and he’s to baseball what Michael Jordan is to basketball, what Tom Brady is to football, what Wayne Gretzky is to hockey.

From Los Angeles Times

At that point, back in 2005, the whirlwind from Moscow knew he was 894 goals short of Wayne Gretzky’s all-time record.

From The Wall Street Journal

Wearing the name of a third different team on his chest, Rantanen is now heating up as though the name Gretzky were stitched on his back.

From The Wall Street Journal