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 ]

  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 , ice hockey , hockey game , hockey game ]

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