hockey

American  

[hok-ee] / ˈhɒk i /

noun

1. ice hockey.

2. field hockey.

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hockey ¹ British  

/ 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

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hockey ² British  

/ ˈhɒkɪ /

noun

1. Also: hawkey.   horkey.  dialect

   1. the feast at harvest home; harvest supper

   2. ( as modifier )

      the hockey cart

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Etymology

Origin of hockey

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

Example Sentences

Celia and I started jogging together last summer when she was getting in shape for field hockey.

From Literature

Team USA's Para-ice hockey team is selected after a residency programme involving athletes from the men's national team.

From BBC

Defence giant Raytheon makes a device called Landshield, which is about the size of an ice hockey puck in its smallest form.

From BBC

Additionally, Greg likes nuts and cocoa, can toss a penny into a jar from across a room, and played minor league hockey, which will put him back on skates here.

From Los Angeles Times

Dolan’s sports and entertainment empire includes four public companies with holdings ranging from pro basketball’s New York Knicks and hockey’s New York Rangers, to Manhattan’s Madison Square Garden and the famous Sphere in Las Vegas.

From The Wall Street Journal