hockey

[hok-ee]

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noun

hockey

/ ˈ��ɒ��ɪ /

noun

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
See ice hockey

hockey

/ ˈ��ɒ��ɪ /

noun

Also: hawkey.�� horkey.��dialect��
1. the feast at harvest home; harvest supper
2. ( as modifier )
  the hockey cart

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Word History and Origins

Origin of hockey¹

1520–30; earlier hockie, perhaps equivalent to hock- hook ¹ + -ie -ie

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Word History and Origins

Origin of hockey¹

C19: from earlier hawkey, of unknown origin

Origin of hockey²

C16: of unknown origin

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It's a sorry legacy for a country where ice hockey is not just a sport, but part of the national identity.

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This would prevent a "hockey stick" on a graph of spending over time, where it suddenly ramps up towards the end, he argued.

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A community event had also been a checklist of Canadian moments, such as the King dropping a puck to start a game of street hockey and getting jars of maple syrup.

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The King took part in a ceremonial street hockey puck drop.

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From there it’s an escapist date of air hockey, carnival rides and, once they settle in a fancy hotel room, the sharing of a sensitive new song.

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Hockett hockey mom

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