hockey
/ˈhɒ.ki//ˈhɑ.ki/
hockey noun: any of a family of sports in which hockey sticks are used to move a ball or puck into a goal. Also the alternative form of oche.
Noun (1)
hockey (uncountable)
- 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.
- 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.2025 February 20, Homero De la Fuente, “Canada beats Team USA in overtime thriller to win hockey’s first-ever 4 Nations Face-off championship”, in CNN
Noun (2)
hockey (uncountable)
Proper noun capitalized: Hockey
Hockey (plural Hockeys)
- A surname.
Also used as
hockey is also the alternative form of oche.
hockey is also the alternative form of hawkey.
hockey meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
hockey in Hindi
- the sport
- हॉकी hŏkī, हाकी hākī, हकी hakī, होकी hokī
hockey in Tamil
- ஹாக்கி
hockey in Marathi
- the sport
- हॉकी hŏkī
hockey in Urdu
- the sport
- ہاکی hākī
More languagesFewer languages
- hockey in Bengali
- হকি hoki
- hockey in Telugu
- హాకీ hākī
- hockey in Malayalam
- ഹോക്കി
- hockey in Kannada
- ಹಾಕಿಯು
- hockey in Punjabi
- ਹਾਕੀ
- hockey in Gujarati
- હોકી hokī
- hockey in Odia
- ହକି, ହକିର
- hockey in Nepali
- हकी
- hockey in Tagalog
- haki
- hockey in Arabic
- هُوكِي hūkī
- hockey in Malay
- hoki
- hockey in Indonesian
- hoki
- hockey in Thai
- ฮอกกี้ hɔ́k-gîi
- hockey in Vietnamese
- khúc côn cầu
- hockey in Myanmar
- ဟော်ကီ hauki
Examples of hockey in a sentence
- The hockey player gave a good hard check to obtain the puck.
- The only two-hour openings for the hockey rink are between 1AM and 5AM.
- During the off-season, I play ball hockey to stay in shape.
Synonyms of hockey
- ice hockey
- field hockey
- shinny
- shinny hockey
Forms of hockey
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | hockeys |
| alternative form (obsolete) | hawkey |
| alternative form (obsolete) | hockie |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Hockeys |
Origin of hockey
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.
See oche.
Apparently a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in southern England.
Words formed from hockey
- air hockey
- ball hockey
- blind hockey
- box hockey
- cosom hockey
- field hockey
- floor hockey
- foot hockey
- grass hockey
- hockey arena
- hockey ass
- hockey bag
- hockey ball
- hockey butt
- hockey club
- hockey cushion
- hockey dad
- hockey glove
- hockey hair
- hockeyist
- hockey jacket
- hockeyless
- hockeylike
- hockey mask
- hockey mom
- hockey mother
- hockey net
- hockey pants
- hockey player
- hockey puck
- hockey rink
- hockey skate
- hockey sock
- hockey socks
- hockey stick
- hockey stop
- hockey tape
- Hockeytown
- horse hockey
- ice hockey
- ice sledge hockey
- ice sled hockey
- inline hockey
- inline sledge hockey
- inline sled hockey
- knock hockey
- mini hockey
- nonhockey
- para-hockey
- parahockey
- pick-up hockey
- pickup hockey
- pond hockey
- power hockey
- quad hockey
- road hockey
- roller hockey
- roller sledge hockey
- roller sled hockey
- schlockey
Phrases with hockey
- hockey bags
- hockey moms
- hockey nets
- para hockey
- sled hockey
- hockey asses
- hockey balls
- hockey butts
- hockey pucks
- hockey rinks
- hockey stops
- table hockey
17 more phrasesFewer phrases
Words that rhyme with hockey
Questions about hockey
- What does hockey mean?
- Hockey means any of a family of sports in which hockey sticks are used to move a ball or puck into a goal.
- What is hockey in Hindi?
- Hockey in Hindi is हॉकी (hŏkī), हाकी (hākī), हकी (hakī). See Hockey meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is hockey?
- Hockey can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce hockey?
- Hockey is pronounced /ˈhɒ.ki/ (UK).
- What is the plural of hockey?
- The plural of hockey is hockeys.
Words near hockey in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hockey (page history and authors); Hockey (page history and authors); hockey (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hockey (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hockey (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hockey (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hockey (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hockey (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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