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HOCKEY
Etymology 1
Noun
hockey (uncountable)
(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.
(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.
A variation of hockey, such as roller hockey, street hockey, shinny, or ball hockey.
Synonyms
• ice hockey
• field hockey
• (Canada) shinny, shinny hockey
Etymology 2
Noun
hockey (uncountable)
(US, slang) Faeces, excrement.
Etymology 3
Noun
hockey (plural hockeys)
(darts, dated) Alternative form of oche.
Anagrams
• chokey
Source: Wiktionary
Hock"ey, n. Etym: [From Hook, n.]
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.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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