from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
hockey
n 1: 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 [syn: {field hockey},
{hockey}]
2: 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 [syn: {ice hockey},
{hockey}, {hockey game}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Hockey \Hock"ey\, n. [From {Hook}, n.]
1. A game in which two parties of players, armed with sticks
curved or hooked at the end, attempt to drive any small
object (as a ball or a bit of wood) toward opposite goals.
[1913 Webster]
2. The stick used by the players. [Written also {hookey} and
{hawkey}.]
[1913 Webster]