hockey

This term refers to a category of sports characterized by the use of sticks to propel an object toward a goal. While it encompasses various versions, it most commonly evokes the high-speed, physical intensity of ice hockey or the strategic, grass-based flow of field hockey.

As a noun denoting a sport, it functions as an uncountable mass noun. You cannot refer to a single instance of the game as a hockey; instead, you must use partitive constructions such as a game of hockey or a match of hockey to specify individual events.