hockey

[ hok-ee ]

noun

1. ice hockey.
2. field hockey.

hockey

¹

/ 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 ball

      hockey stick

2. See ice hockey

hockey

²

/ ˈhɒkɪ /

noun

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

      the hockey cart

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

C19: from earlier hawkey, of unknown origin

Origin of hockey²

C16: of unknown origin

Example Sentences

But it’s also sent 43 players to the NHL; that doesn’t exactly make it a hockey factory but it probably qualifies it to be called a hockey workshop.

From Los Angeles Times

In the sequel, now-13-year-old Riley is doing great, playing hockey with good friends.

From Los Angeles Times

Also “associated” with bone fractures is playing the game of football, as well as hockey, basketball, gymnastics, skiing, mountain climbing and many other sports.

From Salon

Cronin tinkered with his lineups, using eight different groups of five players, the mass substitutions resembling hockey shifts.

From Los Angeles Times

In between, when North Carolina’s longtime field hockey coach retired, Matson invited herself to apply and got the job, something akin to one of John Wooden’s seniors immediately replacing him at UCLA.

From Los Angeles Times