hockey

noun

hock·​ey ˈhä-kē How to pronounce hockey (audio)

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The pair even poked fun at their propensity to star in enemies-to-lovers projects together in a social media video that sees Williams showing up late holding a hockey helmet and sports bag. Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Dec. 2025 The show, created for television by Letterkenny alum Jacob Tierney, centers around a fictional hockey universe. Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 29 Dec. 2025 Also on the West Coast, Lisa Ann Walter kept it cool at a hockey game while Jamie Campbell Bower brought Stranger Things to Las Vegas. Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 29 Dec. 2025 Hill-Murray is again one of the best girls hockey teams in Minnesota. Ren Clayton, CBS News, 27 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hockey

Word History

Etymology

perhaps from Middle French hoquet shepherd's crook, diminutive of hoc hook, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English hōc hook

First Known Use

1527, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of hockey was in 1527

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“Hockey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hockey. Accessed 1 Jan. 2026.

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hockey

noun
hock·​ey ˈhäk-ē How to pronounce hockey (audio)

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