hockey

/ˈhɒki/noun

A group of sports in which players use curved sticks to drive a ball or puck into the other team's goal.

Example sentences

“The kids play hockey on the frozen pond every winter.”
“Our school hockey team won the regional final last spring.”

In Canada and the US the word alone means ice hockey; in Britain and much of the world it means field hockey.

Related words

golfAn outdoor game in which players try to hit a small ball into a series of holes, usually nine or eighteen, using as few strokes as possible.rugbyA team sport played with an oval ball that players may carry, pass, or kick.bowlingA game in which players roll a heavy ball along a lane, aiming to knock down a set of ten pins arranged in a triangle.cricketAn outdoor team sport in which two sides of eleven players use a bat and ball, widely played in England and Commonwealth nations.archeryThe sport or skill of shooting arrows from a bow.badmintonA game in which players use light rackets to hit a shuttlecock back and forth over a high net.