hockey

[ hok-ee ]

Origin of hockey

1
1520–30; earlier hockie, perhaps equivalent to hock-hook1 + -ie-ie

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British Dictionary definitions for hockey (1 of 2)

hockey1

/ (ˈhɒkɪ) /


noun
  1. 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

Origin of hockey

1
C19: from earlier hawkey, of unknown origin

British Dictionary definitions for hockey (2 of 2)

hockey2

/ (ˈhɒkɪ) /


noun
  1. East Anglian dialect : Also: hawkey, horkey

    • the feast at harvest home; harvest supper

    • (as modifier): the hockey cart

Origin of hockey

2
C16: of unknown origin

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