Definitions for hockey
ˈhɒk ihock·ey

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 7 votes)Rate this definition:

1. field hockey, hockey(noun)

   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 game(noun)

   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

Wiktionary(2.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. hockey(Noun)

   Variation of oche.

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

Webster Dictionary(3.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Hockey(noun)

   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

   Etymology: [From Hook, n.]

2. Hockey(noun)

   the stick used by the players

   Etymology: [From Hook, n.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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 Medicine(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

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 Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. hockey

   A type of sport.

   Hockey is a great team sport.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 8, 2020  

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Etymology and Origins(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Hockey

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

Anagrams for hockey »

1. Chokey

How to pronounce hockey?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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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. Pierre Trudeau:

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

2. Stanley Cup-winning defenceman Slava Voynov:

   Earlier today, I notified the National Hockey League, the National Hockey League Players' Association and the Los Angeles Kings of my decision to immediately begin the formal process of returning to Russia with my family, i sincerely apologize to those in and around the game of hockey, who have been affected by my situation, and I also wish the players of the Los Angeles Kings success in the future.

3. David Ayres:

   Celebrities, A-listers, and even hockey players that have people following them all over the place, it can't be easy, usually they say goalies are the quiet ones and I definitely fit that stereotype. I'm fairly quiet, not really that outgoing but in a situation like this you learn to be.

4. Wayne Gretzky:

   I don't like my hockey sticks touching other sticks, and I don't like them crossing one another, and I kind of have them hidden in the corner. I put baby powder on the ends. I think it's essentially a matter of taking care of what takes care of you.

5. Devan Dubnyk:

   You learn to win in every different kind of way and every different kind of situation, we've been doing that through this run here, and it just makes you feel like going into every game like you can win every game. That's a fun way to play hockey. That's a really nice feeling, and we're going to hold onto it and keep working to keep that feeling.

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