name · noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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hŏk′ē
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈhɒ.ki/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈhɒk.i/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
General-American:/ˈhɑ.ki/
General-American:/ˈhɑk.i/
US:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
rhymes with -ɒki
CMU ARPABET:HH AA1 K IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Any of a family of sports in which hockey sticks are used to move a ball or puck into a goal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Commonwealth, uncountable
Examples
He helped his team beat the opponent at hockey 11-9 in a high-scoring match.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US, uncountable
Examples
US stadiums are packed in the winter to see ice hockey.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
Feces, excrement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, slang, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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6
noun
Meaning 6
Alternative form of oche.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, dated
Topics: darts, games
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
Alternative form of hawkey (“harvest supper”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
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8
noun
Meaning 8
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 sticks
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ice hockey, hockey game
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: contact sport, athletic game
9
noun
Meaning 9
a game resembling ice hockey that is played on an open field; two opposing teams use curved sticks try to drive a ball into the opponents' net
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: field hockey
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: field game
Narrower terms: shinny, shinney
History
Etymology
Apparently a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in southern England.
16th century, of unknown origin. Possibly related to hook due to the curvature of the stick, akin to hock (“hook”) + -ey, or from Middle French hoquet (“shepherd's staff, crook”), which resembles a hockey stick, via a diminutive form of Old French hoc from Middle Dutch hoec (“hook”), a cognate of Old English hōc.
See oche.
Across languages
Translations
100 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Abkhaz:
ахокке́и
(axokkʼéi)
— the sport
Afrikaans:
hokkie
— the sport
Albanian:
hokej
— the sport
Arabic:
هُوكِي
(hūkī)
— the sport
Armenian:
հոկեյ
(hokey)
— the sport
Armenian:
մականախաղ
(makanaxaġ)
— the sport
Asturian:
ḥoquei
— the sport
Azerbaijani:
xokkey
— the sport
Basque:
hockey
— the sport
Belarusian:
хаке́й
(xakjéj)
— the sport
Bengali:
হকি
(hoki)
— the sport
Bulgarian:
хо́кей
(hókej)
— the sport
Burmese:
ဟော်ကီ
(hauki)
— the sport
Catalan:
hoquei
— the sport
Chinese Cantonese:
曲棍球
(kuk1 gwan3 kau4)
— the sport