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ice hockey
n.
A game played on ice in which two teams of skaters, using curved sticks, try to drive a puck into each other's goal.
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ice hockey
n
(Hockey (Field & Ice)) a game played on ice by two opposing teams of six players each, who wear skates and try to propel a flat puck into their opponents' goal with long sticks having an offset flat blade at the end
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ice′ hock`ey
n.
a game played on ice between two teams of six skaters each, the object being to score goals by shooting a puck into the opponents' cage using a stick with a wooden blade.
[1880–85]
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ice hockey
hockey
Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited
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| Noun | 1. |  ice hockey - 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 stickshat trick - (sports) three consecutive scores by one player or three scores in one game (as in cricket or ice hockey etc.) face-off - (ice hockey) the method of starting play; a referee drops the puck between two opposing players contact sport - a sport that necessarily involves body contact between opposing players athletic game - a game involving athletic activity assist - (sports) the act of enabling another player to make a good play icing the puck, icing - (ice hockey) the act of shooting the puck from within your own defensive area the length of the rink beyond the opponent's goal power play - (ice hockey) a play in which one team has a numerical advantage over the other as a result of penalties; "the team was unable to capitalize on the power play" check - obstructing an opponent in ice hockey slapshot - a fast shot made with a short powerful swing of the hockey stick penalty box - (ice hockey) an enclosed bench to the side of an ice-hockey rink for players who are serving time penalties stick - a long implement (usually made of wood) that is shaped so that hockey or polo players can hit a puck or ball game misconduct - (ice hockey) a penalty that suspends a player for the remainder of a game (but allows the team to send in a substitute for the suspended player) center - (ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team period - (ice hockey) one of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games |
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Translations
lední hokej
ishockey
jääkiekko
hokej na ledu
アイスホッケー
아이스하키
hokej na ledu
ishockey
กีฬาไอซ์ฮอกกี้
môn khúc côn cầu trên băng
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
ice hockey
→ لُعْبَةُ الهُوكِي عَلَى الـجَلِيدِ lední hokej ishockey Eishockey χόκεϊ επί πάγου hockey sobre hielo jääkiekko hockey sur glace hokej na ledu hockey sul ghiaccio アイスホッケー 아이스하키 ijshockey ishockey hokej na lodzie hóquei sobre o gelo хоккей на льду ishockey กีฬาไอซ์ฮอกกี้ buz hokeyi môn khúc côn cầu trên băng 冰上曲棍球Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009