Added 4 October 2026
hockey
/ˈhɒ.ki/ noun
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about hockey at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- Any of a family of sports in which hockey sticks are used to move a ball or puck into a goal.
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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.
He helped his team beat the opponent at hockey 11-9 in a high-scoring match.
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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.
US stadiums are packed in the winter to see ice hockey.
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- Alternative form of oche.
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- Alternative form of hawkey (“harvest supper”).
Origin
16th century, of unknown origin. Possibly related to hook due to the curvature of the stick, akin to hock (“hook”) + -ey, or from Middle French hoquet (“shepherd's staff, crook”), which resembles a hockey stick, via a diminutive form of Old French hoc from Middle Dutch hoec (“hook”), a cognate of Old English hōc.
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