hockey
See also: Hockey
English
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Etymology 1
Unknown origin, 16th century, possibly related to hook due to the curvature of the stick.
Pronunciation
Noun
hockey (uncountable)
- (Canada, US) Ice hockey, a game on ice in which two teams of six players skate and try to score by shooting a puck into the opposing team's net, using their sticks.
- (British) Field 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.
- A variation of hockey, such as roller hockey, street hockey, shinny, or ball hockey.
Synonyms
- ice hockey
- field hockey
- (Canada) shinny, shinny hockey
Derived terms
terms derived from "hockey"
Translations
the sport
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Etymology 2
Noun
hockey (uncountable)
- (US, slang) Faeces, excrement.
- 1970, Donald Harington, Lightning Bug:
- “I thought she'd just gone to pee but I reckon she must be making hockey too.”
- 2014, Gwen Hunter, Bloodstone:
- My anger surged back a pace. “Harry Boone is a lickspittle, butt kissing, hunk of horse hockey,” I said precisely.
- 1970, Donald Harington, Lightning Bug:
Etymology 3
See oche.
Noun
hockey (plural hockeys)
- (darts, dated) Alternative form of oche.
- 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:
- 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.
- 1977, Harry Harrison, chapter 22, in Skyfall, [London]: Hamlyn Publishing Group, →OCLC:
- 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.
- 1985, Keith Turner, Darts, 1st Perennial Library edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Row, →ISBN, page 22:
- Small bars would tend to produce short hockeys; the tiny fishing pubs of Yarmouth gave rise to 6ft marks […]
References
- “hockey” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
hockey n (uncountable)
- hockey, usually field hockey
Derived terms
Finnish
Pronunciation
Noun
hockey
Declension
Inflection of hockey (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | hockey | hockeyt | |
genitive | hockeyn | hockeyiden hockeyitten | |
partitive | hockeyta | hockeyita | |
illative | hockeyhyn | hockeyihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | hockey | hockeyt | |
accusative | nom. | hockey | hockeyt |
gen. | hockeyn | ||
genitive | hockeyn | hockeyiden hockeyitten | |
partitive | hockeyta | hockeyita | |
inessive | hockeyssa | hockeyissa | |
elative | hockeysta | hockeyista | |
illative | hockeyhyn | hockeyihin | |
adessive | hockeylla | hockeyilla | |
ablative | hockeylta | hockeyilta | |
allative | hockeylle | hockeyille | |
essive | hockeyna | hockeyina | |
translative | hockeyksi | hockeyiksi | |
abessive | hockeytta | hockeyitta | |
instructive | — | hockeyin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Inflection of hockey (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | hockey | hockeyt | |
genitive | hockeyn | hockeyiden hockeyitten | |
partitive | hockeytä | hockeyitä | |
illative | hockeyhyn | hockeyihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | hockey | hockeyt | |
accusative | nom. | hockey | hockeyt |
gen. | hockeyn | ||
genitive | hockeyn | hockeyiden hockeyitten | |
partitive | hockeytä | hockeyitä | |
inessive | hockeyssä | hockeyissä | |
elative | hockeystä | hockeyistä | |
illative | hockeyhyn | hockeyihin | |
adessive | hockeyllä | hockeyillä | |
ablative | hockeyltä | hockeyiltä | |
allative | hockeylle | hockeyille | |
essive | hockeynä | hockeyinä | |
translative | hockeyksi | hockeyiksi | |
abessive | hockeyttä | hockeyittä | |
instructive | — | hockeyin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /ɔ.kɛ/
- Rhymes: -ɛ
- Homophones: hoquet, hoquets
Noun
hockey m (uncountable)
Synonyms
- (ice hockey): hockey sur glace
Derived terms
Further reading
- “hockey”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
hockey m (countable and uncountable)
Derived terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Noun
hockey m (definite singular hockeyen)
Derived terms
References
- “hockey” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Noun
hockey m (definite singular hockeyen)
Derived terms
References
- “hockey” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Spanish
Pronunciation
Noun
hockey m (plural hockey)
Derived terms
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