field hockey

noun

: a game played on a turfed field between two teams of 11 players each whose object is to direct a ball into the opponent's goal with a hockey stick

Examples of field hockey in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Apa spent four years with the Bucknell University field hockey team before graduating in 2024 with a degree in business administration. — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026

Apa, an industrial-technology product manager and former college field hockey player, had run to raise money for Parkinson’s disease in honor of her grandfather. — Larry Neumeister, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026

In girls soccer, Northwest Catholic (Class M) and Old Saybrook (Class S) were runners-up and Granby was the Class S runner-up in field hockey. — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 3 Nov. 2026

Hanlon spent four years on the Boston College field hockey team before graduating in 2024, per her roster bio. — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 26 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1895, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for field hockey

• blocky
• chalky
• cocky
• gawky
• jockey
• khaki
• machi
• maki
• rocky
• stocky
• talkie
• walkie

Kids Definition

field hockey

noun

: a game played on a field in which each team uses curved sticks to try to knock a ball into the other team's goal