hockey

noun

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

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The Rogers High School girls hockey team in Rogers, Minnesota, feels re-energized by a new addition to their coaching staff this season. Marielle Mohs, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2025 As a result of the fervor and accolades, plenty of critics and fans are already ringing the Emmy bell for the series, hoping that, for the first time, gay hockey smut can net some hardware from the Television Academy. Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 22 Dec. 2025 The debut novel features neither Ilya nor Shane — its characters are Scott, a pro hockey player, and Kip, a barista and grad student (they’re introduced in the show’s third episode). Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 22 Dec. 2025 But the two hockey stars can’t take their eyes off one another. Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 22 Dec. 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

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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 24 Dec. 2025.

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hockey

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

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