☆ a team game played on ice, in which the players, using a curved stick with a flat blade () and wearing skates, try to drive a hard rubber disk (puck) into their opponent's goal; ice hockey
a similar game played on foot on a field with a small ball instead of a puck; field hockey
Origin:
Early ModE, prob. < OFr hoquet, bent stick, crook, dim. of hoc, hook < MDu hoec, hook