Hockey

//ˈhɒki// name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    Any of a family of sports in which hockey sticks are used to move a ball or puck into a goal. uncountable
  2. 2
    Feces, excrement. US, slang, uncountable

    "“I thought she'd just gone to pee but I reckon she must be making hockey too.”"

  3. 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. 4
    Alternative form of hawkey (“harvest supper”). alt-of, alternative
  5. 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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  1. 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."

  2. 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
  3. 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

Etymology 1

16th century, of unknown origin. Possibly related to hook due to the curvature of the stick, or from French hoquet.

Etymology 2

See oche.

Etymology 3

Apparently a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in southern England.

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