hockey stick
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- noun
- /ˈhɑːki stɪk/
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stick de hockey
- During practice, each team member brought their own hockey stick to improve their skills.
- hockey stick and puck
- swing a hockey stick
- hold a hockey stick
I had a phase where I wore like a lot of Halloween masks and I would carry a like a hockey stick with me around.
- I had a phase where I wore like a lot of Halloween masks and I would carry a like a hockey stick with me around.
- You know, I don't think we can get a kick point in a boot like you have in a hockey stick and an ice hockey stick.
Examples
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The player skillfully used his hockey stick to control the puck during the game.
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The first hockey stick I was given was left-handed; the first golf club I swung was left-handed.
Blog text (28) -
You saw what I can do with a hockey stick.
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I prefer my hockey stick, anyway.
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Wallace, where's my hockey stick?
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On the lawn was a hockey net, a regulation hockey stick, and a goalie's stick.
Fiction book (1999) -
Two kids wielding hockey sticks and wearing baseball caps run by.
Fiction book (1995) -
That's what we'll get for the holidays next year: hockey sticks and pucks.
Fiction book (1998) -
With each hockey player breaking several sticks a year, Quant said the cost of hockey sticks can easily balloon to $50,000 a year.
Blog text (28) -
After the match, I bought a new hockey stick because my old one was broken.
Synonyms
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A long thin object often made of wood used as a simple tool or support
Surface Forms
Morphology
The expression is a metaphorical reference to the shape of an actual hockey stick (long/flat then sharply upturned), so a learner who knows 'hockey' and 'stick' can infer it refers to a shape. However, its conventional use to describe a graph/chart trajectory is a metaphorical extension and somewhat discourse-specific, so the exact application to data trends may not be fully predictable without exposure.
Etymology
Hockey stick is the long stick players use to hit the puck, with a long handle and a curved blade at one end. So the phrase simply means the real tool a player holds to play hockey.