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According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word "puck" is derived from the Scottish Gaelic "puc" or the Irish "poc" which mean to poke, punch or deliver a blow.These words were used in the game of hurling. Scottish and Irish settlers to Canada played hurling and probably used these terms in connection with the game. According to some accounts, early hockey was essentially "hurling on ice", so the name was probably used for the object, "the puck" as used in early hockey. The OED gives the earliest written use of the word in 1891, in Canada, by which time hockey was well-established.
An old Canadian word for informal hockey is "shinny" which comes from Scottish "shinty", the Scottish form of hurling.
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What is the hockey thing you hit called?
A hockey puck
When the puck in hockey what is that called?
this makes no sense!!!! If you mean when the puck is in motion on the ice, it called the " puck in play " .
What is a puck in ice hockey?
the small rubber disk is called a puck.
What is the ball called in ice hockey?
A puck.
What is the ball called played in hockey?
the puck
What is important about hockey?
THE PUCK, you play hockey to get the puck.
What is the ball used in ice-hockey called?
a puck
What do you called when you stop the puck in ice hockey?
A save
What is the object hit by the ice hockey called?
puck
What is called a 'Puck' in Ice-hockey?
A puck is call a puck in Ice-Hockey it is a small rubber disc, where the goal is to get that disc into the back of your opponent's net more than they do to you.
What is called a puck in ice hockey?
A puck is call a puck in Ice-Hockey it is a small rubber disc, where the goal is to get that disc into the back of your opponent's net more than they do to you.
What did they use for a hockey puck in the old days?
a hockey puck...
