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Definition of Hockey

1. Noun. A game resembling ice hockey that is played on an open field; two opposing teams use curved sticks try to drive a ball into the opponents' net.

2. Noun. 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 sticks.

Definition of Hockey

1. n. A game in which two parties of players, armed with sticks curved or hooked at the end, attempt to drive any small object (as a ball or a bit of wood) toward opposite goals.

Definition of Hockey

1. Noun. (North America) 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. ¹

2. Noun. (British) 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. ¹

3. Noun. A variation of hockey, such as roller hockey, street hockey, or shinny. ¹

4. Noun. (darts) Variation of oche. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hockey

1. a game played on ice [n -EYS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hockey

hoccoes hoccos hochelagaite hochepoche hochepoches hochwohlgeboren hock hockamore hocked hocker

hockers hocket hocketed hocketing hockets hockey (current term) hockey bag hockey clinic hockey coach hockey game

hockey league hockey net hockey player hockey puck hockey pucks hockey rink hockey season hockey skate hockey stick hockey sticks

Literary usage of Hockey

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Sportby C. M. van Stockum by C. M. van Stockum (1914)
"hockey. Revised and bn ught up to date by Philip Collins. 14°. 1909.1 s. ... 1212 hockey. Authorised rules of the game or the hockey- Association. 3i°. ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"Modern hockey, properly so called, is played during the cold season on the hard turf, and owes its recent vogue to the formation of " The Men's hockey ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia of Sport by Frederick George Aflalo, Hedley Peek (1897)
"The match first took place in 1890, when hockey had only been played for two or three seasons in the North and naturally resulted in an easy victory for the ..."

4. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"We evaluated alveolar carbon monoxide (CO) levels of 122 male, adult hockey players active in recreational leagues of the Quebec City region (Canada), ..."

5. The Book of Athletics by Paul Withington (1914)
"Probably because of the fact that prior to the widespread erection of artificial ice rinks, the locations in the United States naturally adapted to hockey ..."

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