Hockey

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hockey \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.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. The stick used by the players. [Written also {hookey} and
        {hawkey}.]
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hockey
       n 1: hockey played on a field; two opposing teams use curved
            sticks to drive a ball into the opponents' net [syn: {field
            hockey}]
       2: 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 [syn: {ice hockey}, {hockey
          game}]