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

"I'm going out to Austria on Sunday to see what they've got in their training facilities. "They run ice hockey and football out of Salzburg as well.

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She had a "great love" of design and technology, a passion for geo-politics and was "an accomplished athlete" who "excelled" in rugby, hockey and tchoukball.

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The last time Team USA won gold at an Olympic men’s hockey tournament, they needed a miracle.

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That’s a remarkable rate, especially in hockey, where load management is all but a myth and players pride themselves on skating hurt.

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It’s no secret that goaltending in hockey is a notoriously volatile enterprise.

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