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}]
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