English Explanatory Dictionary

hockey

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a family of sports in which hockey sticks are used to move a ball or puck into a goal.
  2. Field hockey, a team sport played on a pitch on solid ground where players have to hit a ball into a net using a hockey stick.
  3. Ice hockey, a game on ice in which two teams of six players skate and try to score by shooting a puck into the opposing team's net, using their sticks.
noun
  1. Feces, excrement.
noun
  1. Alternative form of oche.
noun
  1. Alternative form of hawkey (“harvest supper”).
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

hŏk′ē /ˈhɒ.ki/ /ˈhɒk.i/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hockey.wav /ˈhɑ.ki/ /ˈhɑk.i/ en-us-hockey.ogg

Word forms

hockey hawkey hockie hookey hookie hockeys

Etymology

16th century, of unknown origin. Possibly related to hook due to the curvature of the stick, akin to hock (“hook”) + -ey, or from Middle French hoquet (“shepherd's staff, crook”), which resembles a hockey stick, via a diminutive form of Old French hoc from Middle Dutch hoec (“hook”), a cognate of Old English hōc.

Synonyms

ice hockey field hockey shinny shinny hockey

Derived words

air hockey ball hockey blind hockey box hockey cosom hockey field hockey floor hockey foot hockey grass hockey hockey arena hockey ass hockey bag hockey ball hockey butt hockey club hockey cushion hockey dad hockey glove hockey hair hockeyist hockey jacket hockeyless hockeylike hockey mask hockey mom hockey mother hockey net hockey pants hockey player hockey puck hockey rink hockey skate hockey sock hockey socks hockey stick hockey stop hockey tape Hockeytown horse hockey ice hockey ice sledge hockey ice sled hockey inline hockey inline sledge hockey inline sled hockey knock hockey mini hockey nonhockey para-hockey parahockey pick-up hockey pickup hockey pond hockey power hockey quad hockey road hockey roller hockey roller sledge hockey roller sled hockey schlockey
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