hockey
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hockey oche
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hockey1 /ˈhɒki/
▶noun a game played between two teams of eleven players each, using hooked sticks to drive a small hard ball towards a goal.
– origin C16: of unknown origin.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hockey2 /ˈɒki, ˈhɒki/
▶noun variant spelling of oche.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
oche /ˈɒki/ (also hockey)
▶noun Brit. the line behind which darts players stand when throwing.
– origin 1930s: perh. rel. to OFr. ocher ‘cut a notch in’.
'hockey' also found in these Oxford entries:
assist
- bandy
- bandy
- blue line
- body-check
- breakaway
- broomball
- bully
- centre forward
- check
- corner
- cross-check
- deke
- dribble
- face-off
- fan
- field hockey
- forecheck
- forward
- fullback
- goalie
- goalkeeper
- goal line
- goalmouth
- goaltender
- high-stick
- hurling
- ice hockey
- inside
- left back
- oche
- offside
- onside
- outside
- penalty
- penalty box
- penalty killer
- point
- polo
- power play
- puck
- right back
- ringette
- rink
- shinny
- shin pad
- shinty
- shoot
