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hockey

noun

Simple meaning

Any of a family of sports in which hockey sticks are used to move a ball or puck into a goal.

Pronunciation

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hahkee

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IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈhɑki

This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.

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Definition

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noun

  1. Any of a family of sports in which hockey sticks are used to move a ball or puck into a goal.

  2. CanadaUS

    A game resembling ice hockey that is played on an open field; two opposing teams use curved hockey sticks try to drive a ball into the opponents' net

  3. CanadaUS

    A game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled hockey sticks

  4. canadaus

    Ice hockey, a game on ice in which two teams of six players skate and try to score by shooting a puck into the opposing team's net, using their sticks.

  5. commonwealth

    Field hockey, a team sport played on a pitch on solid ground where players have to hit a ball into a net using a hockey stick.

  6. A harvest supper.

Word Aura™

How this word commonly comes across.

Aura for this meaning

This meaning: Any of a family of sports in which hockey sticks are used to move a ball or puck into a goal.

Used this way, hockey is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This is a sporting use: familiar to anyone who follows the game, and puzzling to anyone who does not.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
Matter-of-fact
Usage feel
Neutral and straightforward

Where it naturally appears

  • Sports
  • News/reporting
  • Everyday conversation
  • Family/home

Nearby words

  • hockey game , rarer, so it draws attention

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Synonyms

Sense: any of a family of sports in which hockey sticks are used to move a ball

hockey gameRareice hockeyfield hockey

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