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/ˈhɒ.ki/ · noun
Any of a family of sports in which hockey sticks are used to move a ball or puck into a goal..
He helped his team beat the opponent at hockey 11-9 in a high-scoring match.
US stadiums are packed in the winter to see ice hockey.
Canada’s men’s hockey team defeated the USA 3-2 in overtime Thursday to capture the inaugural 4 Nations Face-Off Championship as the NHL put on a show in the first edition of this midseason international tournament.
“I thought she'd just gone to pee but I reckon she must be making hockey too.”
My anger surged back a pace. “Harry Boone is a lickspittle, butt kissing, hunk of horse hockey,” I said precisely.
As has been mentioned, Darts of to-day is essentially a "public-house game," and in pretty nearly every inn, club, or institute where it has a footing (and in which has it not!) will be found minor variations in play and often games that are peculiar to the locality or even to the "school" itself. […] And in this domestic circle, at all events, it is thought that this set of Rules will prove a useful guide when taken in conjunction with what has already been said as regards the board, its position, the hockey-line, etc.
Henry Lewis's body was tense, taut, his toes against the hockey, his right arm raised, his left eye half-closed. With grim intensity, backed by years of practice and experience, he sighted along the steel point, drew his arm back—and let the dart fly.
Small bars would tend to produce short hockeys; the tiny fishing pubs of Yarmouth gave rise to 6ft marks […]
Use hockey when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hockey means Any of a family of sports in which hockey sticks are used to move a ball or puck into a goal..
Common synonyms include ice hockey, field hockey, shinny, shinny hockey.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He helped his team beat the opponent at hockey 11-9 in a high-scoring match.
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