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