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hockey (häk′ē)

noun

  1. ☆ a team game played on ice, in which the players, using a curved stick with a flat blade (hockey stick) and wearing skates, try to drive a hard rubber disk (puck) into their opponent's goal; ice hockey
  2. a similar game played on foot on a field with a small ball instead of a puck; field hockey

Etymology: Early ModE, prob. < OFr hoquet, bent stick, crook, dim. of hoc, hook < MDu hoec, hook

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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