shinny hockey

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• hockey — noun /ˈhɒki/ a) 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 teams net, using their sticks. b) Field hockey, a team sport played on a pitch on solid ground where players… …   Wiktionary

• Shinny — (or shinney) is an informal type of hockey played on ice or the street. There are no formal rules or specific positions, and generally, there are no goaltenders. The goal areas at each end may be marked simply by objects, such as blocks of snow,… …   Wikipedia

• Hockey — is any of a family of sports in which two teams compete by trying to maneuver a ball, or a hard, round, rubber or heavy plastic disc called a puck, into the opponent s net or goal, using a hockey stick.Field hockey Field hockey is played on… …   Wikipedia

• shinny — shinny1 [shin′ē] n. pl. shinnies [prob. < SHIN1] 1. a simple form of hockey, esp. as played by children 2. the curved stick or club used in this game vi. shinnied, shinnying to play shinny: Also sp. shinney …   English World dictionary

• shinny — 1. verb To climb in an awkward manner. 2. noun a) An informal game of pickup hockey played with minimal equipment: skates, sticks and a puck or ball. Miss Maudie Atkinson baked a Lane cake so loaded with shinny it made me tight; …   Wiktionary

• shinny — I shin•ny [[t]ˈʃɪn i[/t]] n. pl. nies, 1) spo a simple variety of hockey, played with a ball or the like, and clubs curved at one end 2) spo the club used 3) spo to play shinny 4) spo to drive the ball at shinny • Etymology: 1665–75; var. of shin …   From formal English to slang

• Hockey — El hockey o jóquey[1] es una familia de deportes en la cual dos equipos compiten para llevar una pelota dura o un disco de caucho a la portería contraria para anotar un tanto con la ayuda de un bastón largo (stick en inglés, bâton en francés).… …   Wikipedia Español

• shinny — shinny1 /shin ee/, n., pl. shinnies, v., shinnied, shinnying. n. 1. a simple variety of hockey, played with a ball, block of wood, or the like, and clubs curved at one end. 2. the club used. v.i. 3. to play shinny. 4. to drive the ball at shinny …   Universalium

• shinny — {{11}}shinny (n.) also shinney, primitive form of hockey, 1670s, perhaps from Gael. sinteag a bound, a leap. {{12}}shinny (v.) to climb a rope, pole, etc., 1888, from use of shins and ankles to do so; see SHIN (Cf. shin) …   Etymology dictionary

• hockey — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. ice hockey, field hockey, hockey game, shinny*, block and bunt*; see also game 1 , sport 3 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. ice hockey, field hockey, sport. WORD FIND ice hockey • avoid being scored against while… …   English dictionary for students