🇬🇧 Hockey stick meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

A hockey stick is a long, strong stick that players hold while playing hockey. One end is straight for holding with your hands, and the other end is curved and flat like a tiny shovel. Players use the curved end to push, hit, and control the ball or puck so they can try to score goals. It’s the main tool you need to play hockey, just like a bat in baseball or a racket in tennis.

When I practiced in the driveway, my hockey stick missed the ball and perfectly high-fived the trash can instead.

I used a hockey stick as a measuring tool and discovered my bedroom is exactly three and a half hockey sticks long.

My friend used a hockey stick as a microphone and gave a very emotional speech about missing snacks.

The snowman held my hockey stick and instantly became the world’s slowest professional athlete.

The dog proudly carried my hockey stick around like he had just scored the winning goal in the living room championship.

On the frozen pond, Lena held a hockey stick and aimed at a lone puck. Her hockey stick bit the ice, the curve of the hockey stick sending the puck past a crack. A second hockey stick clacked as a friend offered a quick pass; Lena tapped with her hockey stick and laughed when the puck slid home. They cheered.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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