hockey
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- noun
- /ˈhɑːki/
- UK
:
hockey sobre hielo
- Well, kids can't start playing hockey in Canada until they're six years old.
- play hockey
- hockey player
- a hockey team
And she is very clearly up against the glass near the hockey rink.
- And she is very clearly up against the glass near the hockey rink.
- And also kind of looks like a hockey rink with the colors, the red and the white and the blue.
- What brought you down to the central E Man, man, I came to Nashville to visit with a a buddy that played hockey here for the Preds.
- And then it's basically kind of hockey pucked back, if you will, or hockey stick back if you will.
- It's kind of like a cousin to the hockey playoff beard.
- I go, well, I got Gordie Howe hockey my way.
- And so when someone says, hey, we're going to play hockey against the Russians, well, we're going to cheer for the American boys.
Examples
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Just last week, the US women's hockey team made the news when they struck an unprecedented deal with USA Hockey for higher wages.
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Molly skated by fast, did a quick hockey stop, turned, and flashed to her brother.
Fiction book (1993) -
So first question, what sport is more physical, hockey or football?
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What was it about hockey that drew you to it?
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I have grown up playing hockey and I have gone to sporting events.
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I'm going to play hockey in the driveway.
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Glenn Hall is in town doing a hockey camp.
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Addie can play; they have a girls' ice hockey team in high school, and it's never too late.
Fiction book (1998) -
The hockey game's on.
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The final match of the championship saw two fierce teams battling it out on the ice in a thrilling hockey game.
Synonyms
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Two teams play on ice using sticks to move a small puck into the other team's goal
10
2.3
A team sport on ice where players use sticks to hit a puck into the other team's goal
Compounds
- UK
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1.0
Two teams play on ice using sticks to move a small puck into the other team's goal
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2.3
A team sport played on grass where players use curved sticks to hit a small hard ball into a goal
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A team sport on ice where players use sticks to hit a puck into the other team's goal
- UK
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2.8
A flat round piece of hard rubber that players use instead of a ball in ice hockey
- Informal
A mild, funny phrase people say instead of swearing when surprised or angry
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hockey probably comes from an old French word for a hook, meaning 'crooked stick'. Think of ice hockey sticks that are curved like a hook to control a puck — that curve is part of why the sport got its name.