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Hockey
Definitions
- 1 A surname.
- 1 Any of a family of sports in which hockey sticks are used to move a ball or puck into a goal. uncountable
- 2 Feces, excrement. US, slang, uncountable
"“I thought she'd just gone to pee but I reckon she must be making hockey too.”"
- 3 Alternative form of oche. alt-of, alternative, dated
"As has been mentioned, Darts of to-day is essentially a "public-house game," and in pretty nearly every inn, club, or institute where it has a footing (and in which has it not!) will be found minor variations in play and often games that are peculiar to the locality or even to the "school" itself. […] And in this domestic circle, at all events, it is thought that this set of Rules will prove a useful guide when taken in conjunction with what has already been said as regards the board, its position, the hockey-line, etc."
- 4 Alternative form of hawkey (“harvest supper”). alt-of, alternative
- 5 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 hockey sticks wordnet
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- 6 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. Commonwealth, uncountable
"He helped his team beat the opponent at hockey 11-9 in a high-scoring match."
- 7 a game resembling ice hockey that is played on an open field; two opposing teams use curved hockey sticks try to drive a ball into the opponents' net wordnet
- 8 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. Canada, US, uncountable
"US stadiums are packed in the winter to see ice hockey."
Etymology
16th century, of unknown origin. Possibly related to hook due to the curvature of the stick, or from French hoquet.
See oche.
Apparently a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in southern England.
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