street hockey

noun

: a game resembling ice hockey played on a hard surface by players wearing shoes or roller skates and using hockey sticks and a small ball

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Children can come in and play street hockey on the mini rink, play NHL ’24 on a game system of their choosing, experience the VR zone and color a picture for the fridge at home. Jennifer Lindahl, The Tennessean, 8 Oct. 2024 Fans can pre-game starting at 2:30pm outside the arena where there'll be a free block party with street hockey, face painting and tattoo and airbrush artists. Anna Spiegel, Axios, 9 Oct. 2024 At the time, Capitals staff members would host assemblies at about 16 to 20 schools across the D.C. region each year and teach street hockey, one of the many ways to play the game, Robinson said. Nicole Asbury, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2024 Their two acres were perfect for neighborhood football and baseball games, and the children played street hockey, too. Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2023 See all Example Sentences for street hockey 

Word History

First Known Use

1964, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of street hockey was in 1964

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“Street hockey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/street%20hockey. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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