hockey stick

/HH AA1 K IY0 S T IH1 K/
noun
  1. 1

    A stick used to handle the puck in ice hockey, having a flat, angled blade at the end.

  2. 2

    A stick used to handle the ball in field hockey, having a flat-faced hook at the end.

  3. 3

    A playing card with the rank of seven.

  4. 4

    A statistical trend in a graph of survey data in which most of the results are flat and then the graph suddenly peaks in a steep near-vertical direction.

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