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hockey

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hock·ey  (hk)
n.
1. Ice hockey.
2. Field hockey.
3. Street hockey.

[Origin unknown.]

hockey1
n
1. (Team Sports / Hockey (Field & Ice)) Also called (esp US and Canadian) field hockey
a.  a game played on a field by two opposing teams of 11 players each, who try to hit a ball into their opponents' goal using long sticks curved at the end
b.  (as modifier) hockey stick hockey ball
2. (Team Sports / Hockey (Field & Ice)) See ice hockey
[from earlier hawkey, of unknown origin]

hockey2
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) East Anglian dialect
a.  the feast at harvest home; harvest supper
b.  (as modifier) the hockey cart Also hawkey horkey
[of unknown origin]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.hockeyhockey - a game resembling ice hockey that is played on an open field; two opposing teams use curved sticks try to drive a ball into the opponents' net
field game - an outdoor game played on a field of specified dimensions
shinney, shinny - a simple version of hockey played by children on the streets (or on ice or on a field) using a ball or can as the puck
goalmouth - (sports) the area immediately in front of the goal
net - a goal lined with netting (as in soccer or hockey)
stick - a long implement (usually made of wood) that is shaped so that hockey or polo players can hit a puck or ball
winger - (sports) player in wing position
2.hockeyhockey - a game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled sticks
hat trick - (sports) three consecutive scores by one player or three scores in one game (as in cricket or ice hockey etc.)
face-off - (ice hockey) the method of starting play; a referee drops the puck between two opposing players
contact sport - a sport that necessarily involves body contact between opposing players
athletic game - a game involving athletic activity
assist - (sports) the act of enabling another player to make a good play
icing the puck, icing - (ice hockey) the act of shooting the puck from within your own defensive area the length of the rink beyond the opponent's goal
power play - (ice hockey) a play in which one team has a numerical advantage over the other as a result of penalties; "the team was unable to capitalize on the power play"
check - obstructing an opponent in ice hockey
slapshot - a fast shot made with a short powerful swing of the hockey stick
penalty box - (ice hockey) an enclosed bench to the side of an ice-hockey rink for players who are serving time penalties
stick - a long implement (usually made of wood) that is shaped so that hockey or polo players can hit a puck or ball
game misconduct - (ice hockey) a penalty that suspends a player for the remainder of a game (but allows the team to send in a substitute for the suspended player)
center - (ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team
period - (ice hockey) one of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games
Translations
hockey [ˈhɒkɪ]
A. Nhockey m (also field hockey) → hockey m sobre hierba (also ice hockey) → hockey m sobre hielo
B. CPD hockey player Njugador(a) m/f de hockey
hockey stick Npalo m de hockey

hockey [ˈhɒki]
n (= field hockey) → hockey m sur gazon (= ice hockey) → hockey m
to play hockey (field hockey)jouer au hockey sur gazon; (ice hockey)jouer au hockey
modif [team] → de hockey; [player] → de hockey; [game, match] → de hockey; [pitch] → de hockey sur gazon
hockey stick ncrosse f de hockey

hockey
nHockey nt; (US) → Eishockey nt

hockey:
hockey pitch
nHockeyfeld nt
hockey player
nHockeyspieler(in) m(f); (US) → Eishockeyspieler(in) m(f)
hockey stick

hockey [ˈhɒkɪ] nhockey m (su prato)
hockey [ˈhɒkɪ] nhockey m (su prato)

hockey
n hockey [ˈhoki]
a game for two teams of eleven players, played with clubs which are bent at one end (ˈhockey-sticks) and a ball, or in ice hockey, a round flat disc called a puck. hokkie لُعْبَة الهوكي хокей hokej hockey das Hockey χόκεϊ hockey hoki هاكی jääkiekko hockey; bâton (de hockey) הוֹקִי हॉकी, एक प्रकार का खेल hokej hoki hoki íshokkí, ísknattleikur hockey ホッケー 아이스 하키 (ledo, þolës) ritulys hokejs hoki hockey land-/ishockey hokej hóquei hochei; crosă (de hochei) хоккей hokej hokej hokej landhockey, ishockey กีฬาฮ็อกกี้ hokey (oyunu) 曲棍球 хокей ہاکی کا کھیل môn khúc côn cầu

hockey لعبة الهوكى, لعبة الهوكى على الجليد hokej, lední hokej hockey, ishockey Eishockey, Hockey χόκεϊ, χόκεϊ επί πάγου hockey, hockey sobre hielo jääkiekko, maahockey hockey, hockey sur glace hokej, hokej na ledu hockey, hockey sul ghiaccio アイスホッケー, ホッケー 아이스하키, 하키 hockey, ijshockey hockey, ishockey hokej, hokej na lodzie hóquei, hóquei sobre o gelo хоккей, хоккей на льду hockey, ishockey กีฬาไอซ์ฮอกกี้, กีฬาฮ็อคกี้ buz hokeyi, hokey môn khúc côn cầu, môn khúc côn cầu trên băng 冰上曲棍球, 曲棍球


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He said that if he had thought we were to have a game of blind hockey with the dinner he would have got a bit of bread and cheese outside.
How she did it, she never knew, but for the next few minutes she worked as if possessed, blindly obeying Laurie, who was quite self-possessed, and lying flat, held Amy up by his arm and hockey stick till Jo dragged a rail from the fence, and together they got the child out, more frightened than hurt.
Indeed, he told me his danger then lay in his believing he had not been pursued that way; for they had gone from Hockey quite another way, and had come over the enclosed country into Brickhill, not by the road, and were sure they had not been seen by anybody.
 
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