hockey stick

== English == === Pronunciation === === Noun === hockey stick (plural hockey sticks) (Canada, US, ice hockey) A stick used to handle the puck in ice hockey, having a flat, angled blade at the end. (British, field hockey) A stick used to handle the ball in field hockey, having a flat-faced hook at the end. (poker) A playing card with the rank of seven. (informal, statistics) 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. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. →ISBN