Hockey Game (Noun)
Meaning
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 hockey sticks.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The seats were packed as the crowd eagerly awaited the start of the hockey game.
- We rushed home from dinner to catch the final period of the Stanley Cup hockey game on TV.
- The highlight reel from last night's hockey game showed the incredible slapshot that won the game for the home team.
- During the hockey game, the referees carefully monitored the play to enforce the rules and prevent injuries.
- After the hockey game, the exhausted players lumbered off the ice and made their way to the locker room.