How do you use the word "hockey" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "hockey" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "hockey": Sometimes hockey players get so competitive that fights break out. In hockey and soccer, goals are counted as points.

Hockey Meaning

/ˈhɒ.ki/

Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

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

nounField 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.

Sentence Examples

Sometimes hockey players get so competitive that fights break out.

In hockey and soccer, goals are counted as points.

He injured his knee playing hockey.

CEFR Practice Quiz

The players skated fast on the ice while playing a game of ____.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

I enjoy playing ice ____ with my friends at the local skating rink every Friday night.

Word Origin & History

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.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"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:

"“I thought she'd just gone to pee but I reckon she must be making hockey too.”" — 1970, Donald Harington, Lightning Bug:

"My anger surged back a pace. “Harry Boone is a lickspittle, butt kissing, hunk of horse hockey,” I said precisely." — 2014, Gwen Hunter, Bloodstone:

"As has been mentioned, Darts of to-day is essentially a "public-house game," and in pretty nearly every inn, club, or institute where it has a footing (and in which has it not!) will be found minor variations in play and often games that are peculiar to the locality or even to the "school" itself. […] And in this domestic circle, at all events, it is thought that this set of Rules will prove a useful guide when taken in conjunction with what has already been said as regards the board, its position, the hockey-line, etc." — 1950, Edmond Hoyle, Lawrence H. Dawson, “Darts”, in Hoyle’s Games Modernized, 20th edition, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, →OCLC; republished as The Complete Hoyle’s Games (Wordsworth Reference), Ware, Hertfordshire: Wordsworth Editions, 1994, →ISBN, page 457:

"Henry Lewis's body was tense, taut, his toes against the hockey, his right arm raised, his left eye half-closed. With grim intensity, backed by years of practice and experience, he sighted along the steel point, drew his arm back—and let the dart fly." — 1977, Harry Harrison, chapter 22, in Skyfall, [London]: Hamlyn Publishing Group, →OCLC:

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