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

He grew up playing hockey and is an assistant coach on his son’s hockey team.

From The Wall Street Journal

Downtown’s future also depends heavily on what happens with Dallas’s professional basketball and hockey teams, the Mavericks and the Stars.

From The Wall Street Journal

The sport, which predates hockey by several decades, was brought to Montreal by Scottish emigrants during the colonial period, more than a half-century before Canada became a country.

From Los Angeles Times

“In addition to financial markets, sports contracts will be available across baseball, basketball, football, and hockey in states where online sports betting is not yet legal, except on tribal lands,” the release said.

From Barron's

After two years of dating Marty, a cute roller hockey player with an unwavering moral compass, I knew I wanted to have a child with him.

From Los Angeles Times