Definition of Hockey stick

1. Noun. Sports implement consisting of a stick used by hockey players to move the puck.

Generic synonyms: Stick

Definition of Hockey stick

1. Noun. (North America ice hockey) A stick used to handle the puck in ice hockey, having a flat, angled blade at the end. ¹

2. Noun. (British field hockey) A stick used to handle the ball in field hockey, having a flat-faced hook at the end. ¹

3. Noun. (slang) A playing card with the rank of seven. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hockey Stick

hocketing
hockets
hockey
hockey bag
hockey clinic
hockey coach
hockey game
hockey league
hockey net
hockey player
hockey puck
hockey pucks
hockey rink
hockey season
hockey skate
hockey stick
hockey sticks
hockey stop
hockey tape
hockey team
hockeyist
hockeyists
hockeylike
hockeys
hockherb
hocking
hockle
hockled
hockles
hocklin

Literary usage of Hockey stick

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Works by Manuel Márquez Sterling, William Makepeace Thackeray, Leslie Stephen, Louise Stanage (1902)
"The reply of Biggs, as might be expected, was to hit young Biggs with the hockey-stick twice as hard as before, until the little wretch howled with pain. ..."

2. Cassell's Complete Book of Sports and Pastimes: Being a Compendium of Out by Cassell & Co, Cassell (London) (1896)
"Tho hockey-stick is usually made of ash, with a hook or curve at the bottom. It must have no metal fittings whatever, and be able to pass through a ring two ..."

3. Miscellanies by William Makepeace Thackeray (1877)
"18* The reply of Biggs, as might be expected, was to hit young Biggs with the hockey-stick twice as hard as before, until the little wretch howled with pain ..."

4. Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded by John Russell Bartlett (1877)
"Hockey-Stick. A stick used in playing hockey. I guess Aunt I.ibby never had a hockey-stick. —Fanny Fern. Hod-Carrier. A laborer that carries mortar and ..."

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