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Hockey vs Hocked - What's the difference?

hockey | hocked |

As a noun hockey

is ice hockey, a game on ice in which two teams of six players skate and try to score by shooting a puck into the opposing team's net, using their sticks.

As a verb hocked is

past tense of hock.

hockey

English

(wikipedia hockey)

Etymology 1

Unknown origin, 16th century, possibly related to hook due to the curvature of the stick.

Noun

(-)
  • (North America) Ice hockey, a game on ice in which two teams of six players skate and try to score by shooting a puck into the opposing team's net, using their sticks.
  • (British) Field hockey, a team sport played on a pitch on solid ground where players have to hit a ball into a net using a hockey stick.
  • A variation of hockey, such as roller hockey, street hockey, or shinny.
    • Synonyms
    * ice hockey * field hockey * (Canada) shinny, shinny hockey
    Derived terms
    (terms derived from "hockey") * air hockey * cosom hockey * field hockey * floor hockey * foot hockey * hockey arena * hockey bag * hockey club * hockey cushion * hockey dad * hockey glove * hockey hair * hockey jacket * hockey mask * hockey mom, hockey mother * hockey pants * hockey puck * hockey rink * hockey skate * hockey socks * hockey stick * hockey tape * ice hockey * inline hockey * mini hockey * pick-up hockey, pickup hockey * pond hockey * quad hockey * road hockey * roller hockey * shinny hockey * skater hockey * sledge hockey * sled hockey * street hockey * table hockey * underwater hockey * wheelchair hockey

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (darts)
  • * 1985 , Keith Turner, Darts (page 22)
    • Small bars would tend to produce short hockeys ; the tiny fishing pubs of Yarmouth gave rise to 6ft marks

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    hocked

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (hock)

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    hock

    English

    Etymology 1

    From hockamore, from the name of the German town of .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the Hochheim region, but often applied to all Rhenish wines.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) hoch, hough, hocke, from Old English ‘skeleton’)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped, such as a horse, pig or dog.
  • Meat from that part of a food animal.
    • Derived terms
    * rattle one's hocks

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough.

    • Etymology 3

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    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (senseid)(colloquial) To leave with a pawnbroker as security for a loan.

    • Noun

    (-)
  • , obligation as collateral for a loan.
    • He needed $750 to get his guitar out of hock at the pawnshop.
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  • Debt.
    • They were in hock to the bank for $35 million.
  • Installment purchase.
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  • Prison.
    • Derived terms
    * Hock Monday * Hock Tuesday

    Etymology 4

    (Hakn a tshaynik) (etyl)

    Alternative forms

    * hak

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (US) To bother; to pester; to annoy incessantly

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