hockey

CEFRA2

/ˈhɒ.ki/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A sport played by hitting a ball or puck with sticks.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    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.

Examples

  • In hockey and soccer, goals are counted as points.

  • Sometimes hockey players get so competitive that fights break out.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
4

Also pronounced

  • /ˈhɒk.i/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. 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. Any of a family of sports in which hockey sticks are used to move a ball or puck into a goal.

  3. Feces, excrement.

More examples

In context

  • He injured his knee playing hockey.

  • He helped his team beat the opponent at hockey 11-9 in a high-scoring match.

  • US stadiums are packed in the winter to see ice hockey.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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.