Definitions for Hockey
ˈhɒk ihock·ey

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 7 votes

1. field hockey, hockeynoun

   a game resembling ice hockey that is played on an open field; two opposing teams use curved sticks try to drive a ball into the opponents' net

2. ice hockey, hockey, hockey gamenoun

   a game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled sticks

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.5 / 2 votes

1. hockeynoun

   Variation of oche.

2. Etymology: Unknown origin, 16th century, possibly related to hook due to the curvature of the stick.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hockey

   Hockey is a term used to denote a family of various types of both summer and winter team sports which originated on either an outdoor field, sheet of ice, or dry floor such as in a gymnasium. While these sports vary in specific rules, numbers of players, apparel and, notably, playing surface, they share broad characteristics of two teams playing against each other to propel a ball or disk into a goal with a stick. There are many types of hockey. Some games make the use of skates, either wheeled, or bladed while others do not. In order to help make the distinction between these various games, the word "hockey" is often preceded by another word i.e. "field hockey", "ice hockey", "roller hockey", "rink hockey", or "floor hockey". In each of these sports, two teams play against each other by trying to manoeuvre the object of play, either a type of ball or a disk (such as a puck), into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick. Two notable exceptions use a straight stick and an open disk (still referred to as a "puck") with a hole in the center instead. The first case is a style of floor hockey whose rules were codified in 1936 during the Great Depression by Canada's Sam Jacks. The second case involves a variant which was later modified in roughly the 1970s to make a related game that would be considered suitable for inclusion as a team sport in the newly emerging Special Olympics. The floor game of gym ringette, though related to floor hockey, is not a true variant due to the fact that it was designed in the 1990s and modelled off of the Canadian ice skating team sport of ringette, which was invented in Canada in 1963. Ringette was also invented by Sam Jacks, the same Canadian who codified the rules for the open disk style of floor hockey 1936. Certain sports which share general characteristics with the forms of hockey, but are not generally referred to as hockey include Lacrosse, Hurling, Camogie and Shinty.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hockey

   Hockey is a type of sport played between two teams on a field, ice rink or street, wherein players use a hockey stick to hit a ball or puck into the opponent's goal to score points. There are several types of hockey including ice hockey, field hockey, roller hockey, and street hockey. The game requires both physical skill and strategic planning. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. Hockeynoun

   a game in which two parties of players, armed with sticks curved or hooked at the end, attempt to drive any small object (as a ball or a bit of wood) toward opposite goals

2. Hockeynoun

   the stick used by the players

3. Etymology: [From Hook, n.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hockey

   hok′i, n. a game at ball played with a club or stick curved at one end, shinty.—Also Hook′ey. [Prob. O. Fr. hoquet, a crook.]

2. Hockey

   hok′i, n. (prov.) harvest-home, the harvest-supper.—Also Hawk′ey, Hork′ey.

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Hockey

   A game in which two parties of players provided with curved or hooked sticks seek to drive a ball or puck through opposite goals. This applies to either ice hockey or field hockey.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hockey

   A type of sport.

   Hockey is a great team sport.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 8, 2020  

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1. hockey

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Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hockey

   Expresses the diminutive of hook, the club used in this game being only slightly hooked at the end.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. HOCKEY

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Hockey is ranked #41728 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Hockey surname appeared 521 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Hockey.
   
   95.9% or 500 total occurrences were White.
   1.7% or 9 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.1% or 6 total occurrences were of two or more races.

How to pronounce Hockey?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Hockey in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Hockey in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Hockey in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Hockey in a Sentence

1. Mike Smith:

   I feel like the last two or three weeks, we’ve really got some traction here, we’ve played some good hockey against some good hockey teams. I feel confident that things are trending in the right direction at the right time of year.

2. Keith Blase:

   The sport is turning to more and more younger athletes that are more physically fit, the game has increased in terms of speed and physicality and, along the way of course, we worked very hard to try to, in addition to raising that competitive level of all countries, to get new countries interested in and involved in playing sports, when I first started, if you weren’t training, not eating the best and worked out only occasionally, if you knew the sport and had good hockey sense, you’d be okay.

3. Nick Paul:

   I’ve been trying to play with more emotion this year and the wires got crossed there, i can’t do that. ... I’ve got to be smart with that. I’m a D-zone guy that wins faceoffs and wins my battles and those are the moments that I come to play and what I strive for and where I play my best hockey. I’ve just got to stay level-headed.

4. Sean Durzi:

   It was nice, obviously, garbage time in the hockey game, but I thought to get it out of the way was good. There’s a lot to clean up, but it was really good.

5. Pierre Trudeau:

   Canada is a country whose main exports are hockey players and cold fronts. Our main imports are baseball players and acid rain.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Hockey
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hockey
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hockey
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Hockey
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Hockey
7. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=Hockey
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html