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Pronunciation:  'hâkee

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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of 6 skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with hockey sticks
  2. [n]  hockey played on a field; two opposing teams use curved sticks to drive a ball into the opponents' net
 
 Synonyms: field hockey, hockey game, ice hockey
 
 See Also: athletic game, check, contact sport, face-off, field game, icing, icing the puck, slapshot

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Hock"ey\, n. [From {Hook}, n.]
1. A game in which two parties of players, armed with sticks
   curved or hooked at the end, attempt to drive any small
   object (as a ball or a bit of wood) toward opposite goals.

2. The stick used by the players. [Written also {hookey} and
   {hawkey}.]



 
Dream Dictionary
 
 Definition: Dreaming that you are playing or watching hockey, symbolizes the achieving and protecting of your goals. It suggests that you may be be dealt with a lot of hard blows in your life.
 

 

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