hockey

Meaning

1. Any of a family of sports in which hockey sticks are used to move a ball or puck into a goal.
2. 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.
3. 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.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhɒki/

Etymology

Unknown, 16th century, possibly related to hook due to the curvature of the stick.