Hockey is an outdoor game played between two teams of 11 players who use long curved sticks to hit a smallball and try to score goals.
[British]
She played hockey for the national side.
...the British hockey team.
regional note: in AM, usually use field hockey
2. uncountable noun [oft NOUN noun]
Hockey is a game played on ice between two teams of 11 players who use long curved sticks to hit a small rubber disk, called a puck, and try to score goals.
[US]regional note: in BRIT, usually use ice hockey
hockey in British English1
(ˈhɒkɪ)
noun
1. 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. ice hockey
Word origin
C19: from earlier hawkey, of unknown origin
hockey in British English2
(ˈhɒkɪ)
noun
East Anglia dialect
a.
the feast at harvest home; harvest supper
b.
(as modifier)
the hockey cart
Also: hawkey, horkey
Word origin
C16: of unknown origin
hockey in American English
(ˈhɑki)
noun
1. US
a team game played on ice, in which the players, using a curved stick with a flat blade (hockey stick) and wearing skates, try to drive a hard rubber disk (puck) into their opponent's goal; ice hockey
2.
a similar game played on foot on a field with a small ball instead of a puck; field hockey
Word origin
Early ModE, prob. < OFr hoquet, bent stick, crook, dim. of hoc, hook < MDu hoec, hook
She grabbed her hockey stick and told me to call the police.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
In hockey the away team wear white and the home team any colour but white.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It was the same story when they invited him to take part in a game of hockey.
The Sun (2011)
He loves putting on that thick comfy helmet and picking up his agile hockey stick.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
But they also find the time to let their hair down with a game of ice hockey.
The Sun (2014)
Playing a home game of hockey feels like an away match because the facilities are so far out of town.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
How jolly hockey sticks of her!
The Sun (2013)
The company's smart bras and tops are being tested by national hockey and rugby teams.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
One complication is that she rarely gets to see her boyfriend, an ice hockey player.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Then on with the padding, down the hockey field for a nice quiet sit before lunch.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
At least dropping ice hockey allowed him a lie-in.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
He's concerned that his oldest son wants to play field hockey instead of basketball.
Christianity Today (2000)
And... some people love ice hockey!
The Sun (2012)
I enjoyed swimming and was in the hockey team.
The Sun (2008)
They had mutual friends and played in the same college hockey team, but it was half a year before they became a couple.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
They still have four great chances in the men's and women's ice hockey and curling.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Word lists with
hockey
ball game
In other languages
hockey
British English: hockey /ˈhɒkɪ/ NOUN
Hockey is a sport played between two teams of 11 players who use long curved sticks to hit a small ball and try to score goals.
I was watching a hockey game on TV.
American English: field hockey
Arabic: لُعْبَةُ الهُوكِي
Brazilian Portuguese: hóquei
Chinese: 曲棍球
Croatian: hokej
Czech: hokej pozemní
Danish: hockey
Dutch: hockey
European Spanish: hockey
Finnish: maahockey
French: hockey
German: Hockey
Greek: χόκεϊ
Italian: hockey
Japanese: ホッケー
Korean: 하키
Norwegian: hockey
Polish: hokej
European Portuguese: hóquei
Romanian: hochei
Russian: хоккей
Latin American Spanish: hockey
Swedish: hockey
Thai: กีฬาฮ็อคกี้
Turkish: hokey
Ukrainian: хокей
Vietnamese: khúc côn cầu
All related terms of 'hockey'
ball hockey
a game similar to ice hockey , but played on foot on a hard surface without ice, using a hard plastic ball instead of a puck
hockey mom
a mother who spends much of her spare time transporting her children to and from ice hockey practices and matches
ice hockey
Ice hockey is a game played on ice between two teams of 11 players who use long curved sticks to hit a small rubber disk , called a puck, and try to score goals.
pond hockey
ice hockey played on a frozen pond
field hockey
Field hockey is an outdoor game played on a grass field between two teams of 11 players who use long curved sticks to hit a small ball and try to score goals .
grass hockey
field hockey , as contrasted with ice hockey
hockey player
someone who plays the game of hockey
hockey stick
a long curved stick used in hockey to hit the ball