hockey
Origin of hockey
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While I no longer have the chance encounter at Trader Joe’s or Home Depot, or a first-date at an arcade playing air hockey, I still make dating a priority in my life.
They’re also great for camping, hiking, ice skating, and hockey, as well as non-sporting events like watching holiday parades, tailgating, waiting in line for the newest iPhone, you name it.
Best hand warmers: Block the chill during your favorite winter activities | PopSci Commerce Team | February 10, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThere’s a hockey mode, in which cars bump around an oversized puck.
Keep the football mode in ‘Rocket League,’ you cowards | Mikhail Klimentov | February 8, 2021 | Washington PostSidelined because of his heart condition, Lundqvist is now far away from hockey, four weeks removed from open heart surgery, and Vanecek has the reins with Samsonov still in the NHL's covid-19 protocols.
In the home of ‘The King,’ the Capitals get served with a second straight loss | Samantha Pell | February 5, 2021 | Washington PostThe league is pulling in a lot more sponsorship money and playing some great hockey — although Geoff thinks what it really needs are more Canadian teams.
I watch football, basketball, and hockey on TV and sometimes “The Bass Pros” on Outdoor Channel.
Up to a Point: They Made Me Write About Lena Dunham | P. J. O’Rourke | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMany of those gathering in the run-up to the grand jury decision wore hockey and tear gas masks to conceal their identity.
Justice Was Served in Ferguson—This Isn’t Jim Crow America | Ron Christie | November 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBarnes and Harper talked deeply about hockey, a subject that the prime minister has written a book about.
They were also, according to NHL coaching great Scotty Bowman, the greatest lineup in the history of hockey.
Putin’s Hockey Pal Tells All: Slava Fetisov on ‘Red Army,’ Soviet Nostalgia, and What Drives Putin | Marlow Stern | October 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThat contestant also happens to be Cuba Gooding, Jr., Oscar-winner for Jerry Maguire and major hockey fan.
Viral Video of the Day: Cuba Shows Us the Money On Ice | Jack Holmes | September 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd there's a swimming bath, and hockey, and cricket, and tennis.
The Nicest Girl in the School | Angela BrazilDaddy will see that he has a new suit for school, but wouldn't you like to send him hockey skates?
Sunny Boy in the Big City | Ramy Allison WhiteThe children slung their skates over their shoulders and planned hockey games, and tag, and other sports on the ice.
Five Little Starrs in the Canadian Forest | Lillian Elizabeth RoyWhen they beheld the pond, however, they soon realized that it would be impossible to play hockey, but tag!
Five Little Starrs in the Canadian Forest | Lillian Elizabeth RoyDoes the average student feel responsibility for the game of basket-ball or lawn hockey which she is playing?
A Girl's Student Days and After | Jeannette Marks
British Dictionary definitions for hockey (1 of 2)
/ (ˈhɒkɪ) /
Also called (esp US and Canadian): field hockey
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
(as modifier): hockey stick; hockey ball
See ice hockey
Origin of hockey
1British Dictionary definitions for hockey (2 of 2)
/ (ˈhɒkɪ) /
East Anglian dialect : Also: hawkey, horkey
the feast at harvest home; harvest supper
(as modifier): the hockey cart
Origin of hockey
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