hockey

[ hok-ee ]

/ ˈhɒk i /

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noun

ice hockey.

field hockey.

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Origin of hockey

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

Words nearby hockey

Ho Chi Minh Trail, hochmagandy, hock, hocket, Hockett, hockey, hockey mom, hockey skate, hockey stick, Hocking, hockle

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How to use hockey in a sentence

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.
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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.
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There’s a hockey mode, in which cars bump around an oversized puck.
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Sidelined 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.
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The 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.
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I watch football, basketball, and hockey on TV and sometimes “The Bass Pros” on Outdoor Channel.
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Many of those gathering in the run-up to the grand jury decision wore hockey and tear gas masks to conceal their identity.
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Barnes and Harper talked deeply about hockey, a subject that the prime minister has written a book about.
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They were also, according to NHL coaching great Scotty Bowman, the greatest lineup in the history of hockey.
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That contestant also happens to be Cuba Gooding, Jr., Oscar-winner for Jerry Maguire and major hockey fan.
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And there's a swimming bath, and hockey, and cricket, and tennis.
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Daddy will see that he has a new suit for school, but wouldn't you like to send him hockey skates?
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The children slung their skates over their shoulders and planned hockey games, and tag, and other sports on the ice.
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When they beheld the pond, however, they soon realized that it would be impossible to play hockey, but tag!
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Does the average student feel responsibility for the game of basket-ball or lawn hockey which she is playing?
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British Dictionary definitions for hockey (1 of 2)

hockey¹

/ (ˈhɒkɪ) /

noun

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

Word Origin for hockey

C19: from earlier hawkey, of unknown origin

British Dictionary definitions for hockey (2 of 2)

hockey²

/ (ˈhɒkɪ) /

noun

East Anglian dialect

the feast at harvest home; harvest supper
(as modifier)the hockey cart

Also: hawkey, horkey

Word Origin for hockey

C16: of unknown origin

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