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hockey

[ hok-ee ]

/ ˈhɒk i /

noun

ice hockey.

field hockey.

Origin of hockey

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

Words nearby hockey

hochmagandy, hock, hock leg, hocket, hockett, hockey, hockey mom, hockey skate, hockey stick, hocking, hockle

Example sentences from the Web for hockey

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

Up to a Point: They Made Me Write About Lena Dunham |P. J. O’Rourke |December 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Barnes and Harper talked deeply about hockey, a subject that the prime minister has written a book about.

The GOP Has a New Darling, But He Lives in Canada |Tim Mak |October 23, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
They were also, according to NHL coaching great Scotty Bowman, the greatest lineup in the history of hockey.

Putin’s Hockey Pal Tells All: Slava Fetisov on ‘Red Army,’ Soviet Nostalgia, and What Drives Putin |Marlow Stern |October 9, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Hockey outcomes are not obstacles to the mathematically impaired.

Up To a Point: Oops, I Enjoyed Soccer |P. J. O’Rourke |July 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

As Chris Rock put it in his great heroin and hockey routine, “Only junkies want heroin, only hockey fans watch hockey.”

The World Cup Still Hasn’t Conquered America |Allen Barra |July 8, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
She had wanted to be strong, to be able to run and ride, to play tennis and cricket and hockey, and Nicky had shown her how.

The Tree of Heaven |May Sinclair
To play a game of hockey in accordance with the times you must have a specially trained pony and a gaudy dress.

Marion Fay |Anthony Trollope
There should be several sets of hockey going on in the same afternoon.

For the School Colours |Angela Brazil
Hockey sticks waved in air as the players skated back to their places.

The Crimson Sweater |Ralph Henry Barbour
Hockey is a poor game in which to display grand-stand playing.

Outdoor Sports and Games |Claude H. Miller

British Dictionary definitions for hockey (1 of 2)

hockey ¹

/ (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)

hockey ²

/ (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