noun
hockey
HAH-kee/ˈhɑːki/
A team sport in which players use sticks to hit a puck or ball into a goal.
She plays hockey with her team at the local rink.
Etymology
The origin is unknown, though a connection with French hoquet, “shepherd’s crook,” is possible. On that explanation, the name would reflect the resemblance between curved playing sticks and shepherds’ staves.
In context
hockey game it's just players coming in and out constantly line change the only difference in uh basketball you have to have a timeout to make the the line change hockey do it on the fly
More examples
- Field hockey players use a ball instead of a puck.
- We play street hockey in the driveway after school.
- Our hockey team practices passing and shooting twice a week.