hockey mom

[ hok-ee mom ]

/ ˈhɒk i ˌmɒm /

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noun U.S. and Canada.Informal.

a mother who spends much time driving her children to hockey rinks, watching their games, and encouraging their participation in the sport: Hockey moms are made of tough stuff.

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Origin of hockey mom

First recorded in 1955–60

Words nearby hockey mom

hochmagandy, hock, hocket, Hockett, hockey, hockey mom, hockey skate, hockey stick, Hocking, hockle, hock leg

How to use hockey mom in a sentence

I meant no harm by it, but I remembered how this person talked, and I did it for my Mom and she was not into it.
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Not only does his mom live in Brooklyn, but he also has a child with a woman there.
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The kids are out of school, Mom is out of get-up-and-go, Dad is out of work.
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I watch football, basketball, and hockey on TV and sometimes “The Bass Pros” on Outdoor Channel.
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In another phone call two days later, Wright asked his mom who had the car.
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Old Mom always had a friendly greeting for me and knew in which pocket I had parked the peanuts.
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But mom'll say what I ain't got in my head I got to have in my feet.
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I tell you this because I can see that you are just like your mom was, you like pretty things so much.
Patchwork|Anna Balmer Myers
And there's a swimming bath, and hockey, and cricket, and tennis.
The Nicest Girl in the School|Angela Brazil
It was his fault she was so far from Mom and Dad when a thing like this happened.
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