hockeynoun [ U ]
uk/ˈhɒk.i/us/ˈhɑː.ki/A2 UK US field hockey a game played on a sports field between two teams of eleven players who each have a curved stick with which they try to put a small, hard ball into the other team's goal
US → ice hockey
Examples
- When the national hockey team visited America, half the players defected.
- The ball deflected off my hockey stick, straight into the goal.
- I didn't know you played hockey - what position do you play?
- Football, cricket and hockey are all team sports.
- He wrenched his right shoulder during a game of hockey.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Hockey
- check
- corner
- field hockey
- fullback
- give-and-go
- goal fest
- goalmouth scramble
- goaltender
- ice hockey
- lacrosse
- man-to-man defense
- penalty box
- puck
- shin guard
- shin pad
- shirt pad
- stick
- tackle
- target man