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- [hok-ee]
- /ˈhɒk i/
- /ˈhɒk.i/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hok-ee]
- /ˈhɒk i/
Definitions of hockey word
- noun hockey ice hockey. 1
- noun hockey field hockey. 1
- noun hockey (North America) 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. 1
- noun hockey sport: field hockey 1
- noun hockey sport: ice hockey 1
- noun hockey relating to ice hockey 1
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Origin of hockey
First appearance:
before 1520 One of the 28% oldest English words
1520-30; earlier hockie, perhaps equivalent to hock- hook1 + -ie -ie
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Hockey
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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hockey popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
hockey usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for hockey
noun hockey
- ball game — Ball games are games that are played with a ball such as tennis, baseball, and football.
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See also
Matching words
- Words starting with h
- Words starting with ho
- Words starting with hoc
- Words starting with hock
- Words starting with hocke
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