Standard Lemma guide

hockey

name · noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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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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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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

Antonyms: none provided

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
  • Chinese Mandarin: 曲棍球 (qūgùnqiú) — the sport
  • Chinese Mandarin: 冰球 (bīngqiú) — the sport
  • Plains-Cree: ᓲᓂᐢᑳᐧᑕᐦᐃᑫᐃᐧᐣ — the sport
  • Plains-Cree: sôniskwâtahikêwin — the sport
  • Czech: hokej — the sport
  • Danish: hockey — the sport
  • Central Dusun: hoki — the sport
  • Dutch: hockey — the sport
  • Erzya: эйзюкорня (ejźukorńa) — the sport
  • Esperanto: hokeo — the sport
  • Estonian: hoki — the sport
  • Finnish: jääkiekko — the sport
  • Finnish: lätkä — the sport
  • Finnish: hoki — the sport
  • French: hockey sur gazon — the sport
  • French: hockey sur glace — the sport
  • French: hockey — the sport
  • Galician: hóckey — the sport
  • Georgian: ჰოკეი (hoḳei) — the sport
  • German: Hockey — the sport
  • German: Eishockey — the sport
  • Greek: χόκεϋ (chókeÿ) — the sport
  • Gujarati: હોકી (hokī) — the sport
  • Hebrew: הוֹקִי (hóki) — the sport
  • Hindi: हॉकी (hŏkī) — the sport
  • Hindi: हाकी (hākī) — the sport
  • Hindi: हकी (hakī) — the sport
  • Hindi: होकी (hokī) — the sport
  • Hungarian: jégkorong — the sport
  • Hungarian: hoki — the sport
  • Icelandic: hokkí — the sport
  • Indonesian: hoki — the sport
  • Inuktitut: haaki — the sport
  • Inuktitut: ᕼᐋᑭ (haaki) — the sport
  • Irish: haca — the sport
  • Irish: haca oighir — the sport
  • Italian: hockey — the sport
  • Japanese: ホッケー (hokkē) — the sport
  • Kazakh: хоккей (xokkei) — the sport
  • Khmer: ហុកគី (hokkii) — the sport
  • Korean: 하키 (haki) — the sport
  • Korean: 호케이 (hokei) — the sport
  • Kyrgyz: хоккей (hokkey) — the sport
  • Lao: ຮອກກີ້ (hǭk kī) — the sport
  • Latvian: hokejs — the sport
  • Lithuanian: ritulys — the sport
  • Lithuanian: ledo ritulys — the sport
  • Macedonian: хо́кеј (hókej) — the sport
  • Malay: hoki — the sport
  • Māori: hōkī — the sport
  • Marathi: हॉकी (hŏkī) — the sport
  • Mongolian: хоккей (xokkej) — the sport
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hockey — the sport
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hockey — the sport
  • Ojibwe: zhooskwada'e-ataadiwag — the sport
  • Iranian Persian: هاکی (hâki) — the sport
  • Polish: hokej — the sport
  • Portuguese: hóquei — the sport
  • Romanian: hochei — the sport
  • Russian: хокке́й (xokkéj) — the sport
  • Scottish Gaelic: hocaidh — the sport
  • Serbo-Croatian: хо̀ке̄ј — the sport
  • Serbo-Croatian: hòkēj — the sport
  • Slovak: hokej — the sport
  • Slovene: hokej — the sport
  • Spanish: hockey — the sport
  • Swahili: mpira wa magongo — the sport
  • Swedish: hockey — the sport
  • Swedish: ishockey — the sport
  • Tagalog: haki — the sport
  • Tajik: хоккей (xokkey) — the sport
  • Telugu: హాకీ (hākī) — the sport
  • Thai: ฮอกกี้ (hɔ́k-gîi) — the sport
  • Turkish: hokey — the sport
  • Turkmen: hokkeý — the sport
  • Ukrainian: гоке́й (hokéj) — the sport
  • Ukrainian: хоке́й (xokéj) — the sport
  • Urdu: ہاکی (hākī) — the sport
  • Uzbek: xokkey — the sport
  • Vietnamese: khúc côn cầu — the sport
  • Welsh: hoci — the sport
  • Yiddish: האָקי (hoki) — the sport
  • Yiddish: האָקיי (hokey) — the sport
  • Yup'ik: kal'utaryaraq — the sport
  • Zazaki: hokey — the sport
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