hockey

noun

1. (uncountable)Any of a family of sports in which hockey sticks are used to move a ball or puck into a goal.
2. (Commonwealth, uncountable)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.”

3. (Canada, US, uncountable)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.”

   “Canada’s men’s hockey team defeated the USA 3-2 in overtime Thursday to capture the inaugural 4 Nations Face-Off Championship as the NHL put on a show in the first edition of this midseason international tournament.”

4. (US, slang, uncountable)Feces, excrement.

   ““I thought she'd just gone to pee but I reckon she must be making hockey too.””

   “My anger surged back a pace. “Harry Boone is a lickspittle, butt kissing, hunk of horse hockey,” I said precisely.”

5. (alt-of, alternative, dated)Alternative form of oche.

   “Henry Lewis's body was tense, taut, his toes against the hockey, his right arm raised, his left eye half-closed. With grim intensity, backed by years of practice and experience, he sighted along the steel point, drew his arm back—and let the dart fly.”

   “Small bars would tend to produce short hockeys; the tiny fishing pubs of Yarmouth gave rise to 6ft marks […]”

6. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of hawkey (“harvest supper”).

name

1. A surname.