hockey.
Any of a family of sports in which hockey sticks are used to move a ball or puck into a goal.
Meaning & usage
Any of a family of sports in which hockey sticks are used to move a ball or puck into a goal.
Field hockey, a team sport played on a pitch on solid ground where players have to hit a ball into a net using a hockey stick.
He helped his team beat the opponent at hockey 11-9 in a high-scoring match.
Ice hockey, a game on ice in which two teams of six players skate and try to score by shooting a puck into the opposing team's net, using their sticks.
US stadiums are packed in the winter to see ice hockey.
Where this word comes from
16th century, of unknown origin. Possibly related to hook due to the curvature of the stick, akin to hock (“hook”) + -ey, or from Middle French hoquet (“shepherd's staff, crook”), which resembles a hockey stick, via a diminutive form of Old French hoc from Middle Dutch hoec (“hook”), a cognate of Old English hōc.
Feces, excrement.
Alternative form of oche.
Where this word comes from
See oche.
Alternative form of hawkey (“harvest supper”).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.