释义 |
hock·ey I. \ˈhäkē, -ki\ noun (-s) Usage: often attributive Etymology: perhaps from Middle French hoquet shepherd's crook, diminutive of hoc hook, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Dutch hoec corner — more at hook 1. : a game in which two parties of players provided with sticks curved or hooked at the end seek to drive a ball or other small object through opposite goals: as a. : field hockey b. : ice hockey 2. : hockey stick II. noun (-es) Etymology: earlier hocky, probably from Low German hokk pile of sheaves (from Middle Low German hocke; akin to Middle Dutch hocke, Middle English hock pile, Old Norse hūka to squat) + English -y — more at hawker 1. chiefly dialect : harvest home 2. chiefly dialect : a harvest-home supper III. \“, ˈhȯk-, ˈhīk-\ noun (-es) Etymology: origin unknown chiefly Midland : excrement, feces IV. intransitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) chiefly Midland : defecate |