hockey

[ hok-ee ]

noun

1. ice hockey.
2. field hockey.

hockey

¹

/ ˈhɒkɪ /

noun

1. dialect.
   Alsohawkeyhorkey
   1. the feast at harvest home; harvest supper
   2. ( as modifier )

      the hockey cart

hockey

²

/ 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
   See ice hockey

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

C16: of unknown origin

Origin of hockey²

C19: from earlier hawkey, of unknown origin

Example Sentences

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.

From Washington Blade

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.

From Popular-Science

There’s a hockey mode, in which cars bump around an oversized puck.

From Washington Post

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.

From Washington Post

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.

From FiveThirtyEight

I watch football, basketball, and hockey on TV and sometimes “The Bass Pros” on Outdoor Channel.

From The Daily Beast

Many of those gathering in the run-up to the grand jury decision wore hockey and tear gas masks to conceal their identity.

From The Daily Beast

Barnes and Harper talked deeply about hockey, a subject that the prime minister has written a book about.

From The Daily Beast

They were also, according to NHL coaching great Scotty Bowman, the greatest lineup in the history of hockey.

From The Daily Beast

That contestant also happens to be Cuba Gooding, Jr., Oscar-winner for Jerry Maguire and major hockey fan.

From The Daily Beast

And there's a swimming bath, and hockey, and cricket, and tennis.

From Project Gutenberg

Daddy will see that he has a new suit for school, but wouldn't you like to send him hockey skates?

From Project Gutenberg

The children slung their skates over their shoulders and planned hockey games, and tag, and other sports on the ice.

From Project Gutenberg

When they beheld the pond, however, they soon realized that it would be impossible to play hockey, but tag!

From Project Gutenberg

Does the average student feel responsibility for the game of basket-ball or lawn hockey which she is playing?

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