"hockey" in the noun sense
1. field hockey, hockey
a game resembling ice hockey that is played on an open field two opposing teams use curved hockey sticks try to drive a ball into the opponents' net
2. ice hockey, hockey, hockey game
a game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled hockey sticks
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