English Explanatory Dictionary

hockey stick

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A stick used to handle the puck in ice hockey, having a flat, angled blade at the end.
  2. A stick used to handle the ball in field hockey, having a flat-faced hook at the end.
  3. A playing card with the rank of seven.
  4. A statistical trend in a graph of survey data in which most of the results are flat and then the graph suddenly peaks in a steep near-vertical direction.

Pronunciation

En-au-hockey stick.ogg

Word forms

hockey stick hockey sticks

Derived words

HE-double-hockey-sticks aitch ee double hockey sticks hockey stick curve jolly-hockey-sticks schtick
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