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Definitions for: Hockey [n] a game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of 6 skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with hockey sticks
[n] hockey played on a field; two opposing teams use curved sticks to drive a ball into the opponents' net
Webster (1913) Definition: Hock"ey, n. [From Hook, n.]
1. A game in which two parties of players, armed with sticks
curved or hooked at the end, attempt to drive any small
object (as a ball or a bit of wood) toward opposite goals.
2. The stick used by the players. [Written also hookey and
hawkey.]
Synonyms: field hockey, hockey game, ice hockey
See Also: athletic game, check, contact sport, face-off, field game, icing, icing the puck, slapshot
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