hockey stick

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English

Noun

hockey stick (plural hockey sticks)

1. (North America, ice hockey) A stick used to handle the puck in ice hockey, having a flat, angled blade at the end.
2. (UK, field hockey) A stick used to handle the ball in field hockey, having a flat-faced hook at the end.
3. (slang) A playing card with the rank of seven.
4. (slang) A statistical trend in a graph of survey data in which most of the results are flat and then suddenly peaks in a steep near-vertical direction.

Translations

instrument used in ice hockey

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 冰球棒 (cmn) (bīngqiúbàng)

• Czech: hokejka (cs) f, hůl (cs) f
• Finnish: jääkiekkomaila (fi)
• French: (Quebec) bâton de hockey (fr) m, (France) crosse (fr) f

• German: Hockeyschläger (de) m
• Italian: bastone da hockey su ghiaccio (it) m
• Japanese: スティック (ja) (sutikku)
• Polish: kij hokejowy (pl) m
• Russian: клюшка (ru) (kljúška) f

instrument used in field hockey

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 曲棍球棒 (cmn) (qūgùnqiúbàng)

• Czech: hokejka (cs) f, hůl (cs) f
• Dutch: hockeystick (nl)
• Finnish: jääkiekkomaila (fi)

• French: bâton de hockey (fr) m
• German: Hockeyschläger (de) m
• Italian: bastone da hockey su prato (it) m
• Polish: kij hokejowy (pl) m
• Russian: клюшка (ru) (kljúška) f

playing card with the rank of seven

References

• Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523

See also

• HE-double-hockey-sticks