ice hockey

noun

A form of hockey played on an ice rink with a puck, rather than a ball.

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hockeyhockey game

Meanings

nounice hockey (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA form of hockey played on an ice rink with a puck, rather than a ball.

    Synonyms: hockey

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA form of hockey played on an ice rink with a puck, rather than a ball.

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More synonyms by meaning

nouna 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

Similar
hockeyhockey game
Broader
athletic gamecontact sport
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Afrikaans yshokkie
  • yshokkiehockey
Arabic هُوكِي اَلْجَلِيد
  • هُوكِي اَلْجَلِيد (hūkī l-jalīd)hockey
Catalan hoquei sobre gel
  • hoquei sobre gelhockey
Chinese Cantonese 冰球
  • 冰球 (bing¹ kau⁴)hockey
Chinese Mandarin 冰球
  • 冰球 (bīngqiú)hockey
Czech hokej, lední hokej
  • hokejhockey
  • lední hokejhockey
Danish ishockey
  • ishockeyhockey
Dutch ijshockey
  • ijshockeyhockey
Estonian jäähoki
  • jäähokihockey
Finnish jääkiekko, kiekko
  • jääkiekkohockey
  • kiekkohockey
  • lätkähockey
French hockey sur glace, hockey
  • hockey sur glacehockey
  • hockeyhockey
German Eishockey
  • Eishockeyhockey
Hungarian jégkorong, jéghoki
  • jégkoronghockey
  • jéghokihockey
Icelandic íshokkí
  • íshokkíhockey
Italian hockey su ghiaccio, disco su ghiaccio
  • hockey su ghiacciohockey
  • disco su ghiacciohockey
Japanese アイスホッケー
  • アイスホッケー (aisu hokkē)hockey
Korean 아이스하키, 빙상호케이
  • 아이스하키 (aiseuhaki)hockey
  • 빙상호케이 (bingsanghokei)hockey
Latin alsulegia glacialis
  • alsulegia glacialishockey
Latvian hokejs
  • hokejshockey
Lithuanian ledo ritulys
  • ledo ritulyshockey
Māori hōkī hukapapa
  • hōkī hukapapahockey
Norwegian Bokmål ishockey
  • ishockeyhockey
Polish hokej na lodzie
  • hokej na lodziehockey
Portuguese hóquei no gelo
  • hóquei no gelohockey
Russian хокке́й с ша́йбой, хокке́й на льду́
  • хокке́й с ша́йбой (xokkéj s šájboj)hockey
  • хокке́й на льду́ (xokkéj na lʹdú)hockey
  • хокке́й (xokkéj)hockey
Scottish Gaelic hocaidh-deighe
  • hocaidh-deighehockey
Spanish hockey sobre hielo
  • hockey sobre hielohockey
Swedish ishockey
  • ishockeyhockey
Turkish buz hokeyi
  • buz hokeyihockey
Ukrainian хоке́й, гоке́й
  • хоке́й (xokéj)hockey
  • гоке́й (hokéj)hockey
  • гакі́вка (hakívka)hockey
  • хоке́й із ша́йбою (xokéj iz šájboju)hockey
  • кана́дський хоке́й (kanádsʹkyj xokéj)hockey
Yiddish אײַזהאָקי, אײַזהאָקיי
  • אײַזהאָקי (ayzhoki)hockey
  • אײַזהאָקיי (ayzhokey)hockey
Cite this entry
APA

ice hockey. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ice%20hockey

MLA

“ice hockey.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ice%20hockey. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ice hockey,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ice%20hockey.

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