Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Hockey"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. The stick used by the players. [Written also {hookey} and
{hawkey}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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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