hockey
IPA: hˈɑki
noun
- (Commonwealth) 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.
- (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.
- A variation of hockey, such as roller hockey, street hockey, shinny, or ball hockey.
- (US, slang) Faeces, excrement.
- A surname.
- (darts, dated) Alternative form of oche. [(darts) A line behind which a player's front foot must be placed when throwing a dart.]
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Examples of "hockey" in Sentences
- Every winter, my friends and I gather at the local rink to play a friendly game of hockey
- Growing up in Canada, hockey was a way of life for me and my siblings
- The hockey season always brings out the competitive spirit in me
- I've been a die-hard hockey fan ever since I attended my first game as a kid
- The sound of skates on the ice is music to my ears during a live hockey game
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