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Definition of hockey noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

hockey

noun
hockey pronunciation English ˈhɒki hockey pronunciation American ˈhɑːki
[uncountable]
 
1 (British English) (North American English field hockey) a game played on a field by two teams of 11 players, with curved sticks and a small hard ball. Teams try to hit the ball into the other team's goalto play hockeya hockey stick/player/team2 (North American English) (British English ice hockey) a game played on ice, in which players use long sticks to hit a hard rubber disc (called a puck) into the other team's goal