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Webster 1913 Edition


Hockey

Hock′ey

,
Noun.
[From
Hook
,
Noun.
]
1.
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.
2.
The stick used by the players.
[Written also
hookey
and
hawkey
.]

Definition 2024


Hockey

Hockey

See also: hockey

German

Noun

Hockey n (genitive Hockeys, no plural)

  1. hockey (family of sports)
  2. field hockey

Declension

Derived terms

hockey

hockey

See also: Hockey

English

An ice hockey game.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: hŏk'i, IPA(key): /ˈhɒki/
  • Rhymes: -ɒki

Noun

hockey (uncountable)

  1. (Canada, US) 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.
  2. (Britain) 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.
  3. A variation of hockey, such as roller hockey, street hockey, or shinny.
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Etymology 2

Noun

hockey (uncountable)

  1. (US, slang) Faeces, excrement.
    • 1970, Donald Harington, Lightning Bug:
      “I thought she'd just gone to pee but I reckon she must be making hockey too.”
    • 2014, Gwen Hunter, Bloodstone:
      My anger surged back a pace. “Harry Boone is a lickspittle, butt kissing, hunk of horse hockey,” I said precisely.

Etymology 3

Noun

hockey (plural hockeys)

  1. (darts) Alternative form of oche
    • 1985, Keith Turner, Darts (page 22)
      Small bars would tend to produce short hockeys; the tiny fishing pubs of Yarmouth gave rise to 6ft marks []

References

  • “hockey” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.

Anagrams


Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhokːei̯/

Noun

hockey

  1. hockey

Declension

Inflection of hockey (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)
nominative hockey hockeyt
genitive hockeyn hockeyiden
hockeyitten
partitive hockeyta hockeyita
illative hockeyhyn hockeyihin
singular plural
nominative hockey hockeyt
accusative nom. hockey hockeyt
gen. hockeyn
genitive hockeyn hockeyiden
hockeyitten
partitive hockeyta hockeyita
inessive hockeyssa hockeyissa
elative hockeysta hockeyista
illative hockeyhyn hockeyihin
adessive hockeylla hockeyilla
ablative hockeylta hockeyilta
allative hockeylle hockeyille
essive hockeyna hockeyina
translative hockeyksi hockeyiksi
instructive hockeyin
abessive hockeytta hockeyitta
comitative hockeyineen
Inflection of hockey (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)
nominative hockey hockeyt
genitive hockeyn hockeyiden
hockeyitten
partitive hockeytä hockeyitä
illative hockeyhyn hockeyihin
singular plural
nominative hockey hockeyt
accusative nom. hockey hockeyt
gen. hockeyn
genitive hockeyn hockeyiden
hockeyitten
partitive hockeytä hockeyitä
inessive hockeyssä hockeyissä
elative hockeystä hockeyistä
illative hockeyhyn hockeyihin
adessive hockeyllä hockeyillä
ablative hockeyltä hockeyiltä
allative hockeylle hockeyille
essive hockeynä hockeyinä
translative hockeyksi hockeyiksi
instructive hockeyin
abessive hockeyttä hockeyittä
comitative hockeyineen

French

Etymology

From English hockey

Pronunciation

  • (aspirated h) IPA(key): /ɔkɛ/
  • Rhymes:
  • Homophones: hoquet, hoquets

Noun

hockey m (uncountable)

  1. hockey
  2. (Canada) ice hockey

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔkei̯/

Noun

hockey m (invariable)

  1. hockey

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English hockey

Noun

hockey m (definite singular hockeyen)

  1. (sports) hockey

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English hockey

Noun

hockey m (definite singular hockeyen)

  1. (sports) hockey

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Spanish

Noun

hockey m (plural hockey)

  1. hockey