hockey

[ hok-ee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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 ball
  hockey stick
See ice hockey

hockey

/ ˈ��ɒ��ɪ /

noun

dialect.
Alsohawkeyhorkey
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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No criminal charges will be brought against a professional ice hockey player arrested on suspicion of manslaughter following the death of Adam Johnson.

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It led hockey fans to boo the US national anthem before games, a sign of just how suddenly decades of stable US-Canada relations had been shaken.

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The reference to hockey legend Gordie Howe is a signal to be aggressive in the face of power plays from Canada's neighbor to the south.

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Many waved Canadian flags taped to ice hockey sticks.

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So much for the conservative nature of playoff hockey.

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Hockett hockey mom

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