hockey
/ˈhɑ.ki/ noun A2- Any of a family of sports in which hockey sticks are used to move a ball or puck into a goal.
- 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. · He helped his team beat the opponent at hockey 11-9 in a high-scoring match.
- 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. · US stadiums are packed in the winter to see ice hockey.
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He plays ice hockey on a local team.
There was also an old black-and-white photograph of a hockey team.
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