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

The relatives of Olympic hockey player Imran Sherwani have remembered him as a "devoted family man" following his death aged 63.

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Bored out of their minds, they riff on customers and even play hockey to pass the time.

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Beyond cricket -- which returns at the 2028 Los Angeles Games -- its strongest sports traditionally include hockey and wrestling.

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Rachel and Phoebe enter Emma in a baby beauty pageant while Ross and Joey go to a hockey game.

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Great Britain Olympic hockey player Tess Howard is driving the Inclusive Sportswear Charter, which is involved in the Mavericks' initiative.

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