hockey
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hockey¹
- /ˈhɒ.ki/ UK
- /ˈhɒk.i/ UK
- /ˈhɑ.ki/ US
- /ˈhɑk.i/ US
Rhymes with -ɒki
Where it comes from
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.
noun hawkey · hockie
- Any of a family of sports in which hockey sticks are used to move a ball or puck into a goal.
- 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.
- 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.
Similar: ice hockey, field hockey, shinny, shinny hockey
hockey²
noun hawkey · hockie
- Feces, excrement. “I thought she'd just gone to pee but I reckon she must be making hockey too.”
hockey³
Where it comes from
See oche.
noun hockeys · hawkey · hockie
- Alternative form of oche 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. [
hockey⁴
noun hockeys · hawkey · hockie
- Alternative form of hawkey (“harvest supper”).
Hockey⁵
Where it comes from
Apparently a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in southern England.
proper noun Hockeys
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: field hockey, ice hockey, hockey game, football, sport, game, playing, puck, famous, ice, stick, cricket, shinny, bandy, ice-hockey, floorball
noun
Similar: ice hockey, field hockey, shinny, shinny hockey
Translations
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noun the sport
| Español | hockey |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 하키 haki |
| 日本語 | ホッケー hokkē |
| 中文 | 曲棍球 qūgùnqiú, 冰球 bīngqiú |
| हिन्दी | हॉकी hŏkī, हाकी hākī, हकी hakī, होकी hokī |
| Kiswahili | mpira wa magongo |
| Português | hóquei |
| Français | hockey sur gazon, hockey sur glace, hockey |
| Deutsch | Hockey, Eishockey |
| Italiano | hockey |
| Ελληνικά | χόκεϋ chókeÿ |
| Română | hochei |
| Русский | хокке́й xokkéj |
| Tiếng Việt | khúc côn cầu |
| العربية | هُوكِي hūkī |
| עברית | הוֹקִי hóki |
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@misc{hockey_2026,
title = {hockey},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hockey},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
