hockey
//ˈhɒ.ki//
Forms
- Plural
- hockeys
Definitions
1.Feces, excrement.(slang)
- “I thought she'd just gone to pee but I reckon she must be making hockey too.”
- My anger surged back a pace. “Harry Boone is a lickspittle, butt kissing, hunk of horse hockey,” I said precisely.
2.Any of a family of sports in which hockey sticks are used to move a ball or puck into a goal.
3.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.
4.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.
- Canada’s men’s hockey team defeated the USA 3-2 in overtime Thursday to capture the inaugural 4 Nations Face-Off Championship as the NHL put on a show in the first edition of this midseason international tournament.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4429
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
16th century, of unknown origin.