hockey

noun

hock·​ey ˈhä-kē How to pronounce hockey (audio)

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Considering Vancouver’s depth on the wing and the numbers game that Canucks hockey operations will weigh heavily in making final cuts over the next eight days (Lekkerimäki is waiver exempt, which works against him), Lekkerimäki is still in tough to make this team out of camp. Thomas Drance, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025 Robinson played for the Niagara IceDogs, a major junior hockey team, from 2012 to 2014, and played five seasons of hockey at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, from 2014 to 2019, before playing one year professionally in Europe. Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 29 Sep. 2025 Over the past three regular seasons, the trio of Verhaeghe, Bennett and Reinhart has played just over 62 minutes together when the game is at full strength, according to the advanced hockey statistics website Natural Stat Trick. Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2025 Field hockey In the Middlesex League, Ava Anderson, Sophia Setouhi both finished with a pair of goals and Kaylee Master added two assists as Watertown blanked Wakefield, 8-0. Tyler McManus, Boston Herald, 26 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hockey

Word History

Etymology

perhaps from Middle French hoquet shepherd's crook, diminutive of hoc hook, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English hōc hook

First Known Use

1527, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of hockey was in 1527

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“Hockey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hockey. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.

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hockey

noun
hock·​ey ˈhäk-ē How to pronounce hockey (audio)

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