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| —n | |
| 1. | Also called (esp US and Canadian): field hockey |
| a. a game played on a field by two opposing teams of 11 players each, who try to hit a ball into their opponents' goal using long sticks curved at the end | |
| b. (as modifier): hockey stick; hockey ball | |
| 2. | See ice hockey |
| [C19: from earlier hawkey, of unknown origin] | |
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Hockey
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| hockey2 (ˈhɒkɪ) | |
| —n | |
| dialect (East Anglian) hawkey, Also: horkey | |
| a. the feast at harvest home; harvest supper | |
| b. (as modifier): the hockey cart | |
| [C16: of unknown origin] | |
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Word Origin & History
hockey
after an isolated reference from Ireland dated 1527 ("The horlinge of the litill balle with hockie stickes or staves ..."), the word is next recorded 1838 from W. Sussex; of unknown origin, perhaps related to M.Fr. hoquet "shepherd's staff, crook," dim. of O.Fr. hoc "hook." The hooked clubs with which
the game is played resemble shepherds' staves. In N.Amer., ice hockey is distinguished from field hockey.
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hockey definition[ˈhɑki]and hocky
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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For the latest climate crock interviewing climatologists on sea level rise and the emerging hockey stick there.
Hockey players expect to get slammed into the boards.
Prosecutors said he distributed football, basketball and hockey games and wrestling matches.
Thick-lipped opah with eyes the size of hockey pucks rimmed with gold.
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