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Hockey Plays Noun ˈhɒki ˈhɑːki Stick/Pitch/Player/Team Winter Stick/Puck/Rink/Player/Team

Word3 hockey
WordType (noun)
Phonetic /ˈhɒki/ /ˈhɑːki/
Example
  • to play hockey
  • a hockey stick/pitch/player/team
  • she plays hockey in the winter.
  • a hockey stick/puck/rink/player/team
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hockey

(noun)/ˈhɒki/ /ˈhɑːki/
  1. a game played on a field by two teams of 11 players, with curved sticks and a small hard ball. Teams try to hit the ball into the other team’s goal.
    • to play hockey
    • a hockey stick/pitch/player/team

    Extra Examples

    • He plays in the college hockey team.
    • the Olympic hockey squad
    • I've started playing hockey with a local club.
  2. a game played on ice, in which players use long sticks to hit a hard rubber disc (called a puck) into the other team’s goal
    • SEE ALSO street hockey
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/street-hockey
    • She plays hockey in the winter.
    • a hockey stick/puck/rink/player/team
    • Every Saturday night people would sit in front of their television sets watching hockey.

    Word Origin

    • early 16th cent.: of unknown origin.
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