lacrosse

UK/ləˈkɹɒs/US/ləˈkɹɔs/

nounB2+Common in everyday speech and writing · #8,169 of 15,258leans written

Lacrosse is a team game played with a netted stick and a hard ball. Play lacrosse.

It comes from games played by indigenous peoples of North America long before Europeans arrived. Lacrosse is the national summer sport of Canada, which surprises people who expect ice hockey.

Definitions of lacrosse

1nounlacrosseA team game played with a netted stick and a hard ball.B2+
“She played lacrosse for the county at seventeen.”

lacrosse is a game.

Where it comes from

fr-CA
la crosse — the stick
English, today
lacrosse

Borrowed from fr-CA la crosse (“the stick”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

lacrosse in the wild

Lacrosse is a contact team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball.
Lacrosse
Players use the head of the lacrosse stick to carry, pass, catch, and shoot the ball into the goal.
Lacrosse
The National Lacrosse League (NLL) is a professional box lacrosse league in North America.
National Lacrosse League
Unlike other box lacrosse leagues, which play in the summer, the NLL plays its games in the winter and spring, from December to June.
National Lacrosse League
Box lacrosse, also known as boxla, box, or indoor lacrosse, is an indoor version of lacrosse played mostly in North America.
Box lacrosse

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