hockey

noun

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

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If hockey players cook, hockey players are happy. Arpon Basu, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025 The thought that a cannabis retail store could one day open near his youth hockey training center in Stillwater has outraged LumberYard Hockey and Sports Center co-owner Lee Erickson. Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 26 Oct. 2025 Field hockey In the Middlesex League, Ayda Hike, Sophia Setouhi and Kaylee Master all finished with a pair of goals as Watertown blanked Burlington, 7-0. Brian Roach, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025 Consider what might have happened to the former Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles, home to the basketball Lakers and Sparks and the hockey Kings. Thomas D. Elias, Oc Register, 24 Oct. 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 29 Oct. 2025.

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hockey

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

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