Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A game played on a rectangular field with net goals at either end in which two teams of 11 players each try to drive a ball into the other's goal by kicking, heading, or using any part of the body except the arms and hands. The goalie is the only player who may touch or move the ball with the arms or hands.
- noun Indoor soccer.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The ‘Association’ game of football. See
foot-ball , 2.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa
Association football , agame in which twoteams ofeleven players contend to get around ball into their opponent'sgoal primarily bykicking the ball with theirfeet . - verb Australian rules football To kick the
football directly off the ground, without using one's hands.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goal
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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"Violence in soccer is definitely not an immigrant problem, as the Freedom Party would like people to believe," he said.
Anita Schillhorn van Veen: Anti-Islam Dutch Party Calls for Ban on Immigrants in the Hague Soccer Clubs Anita Schillhorn van Veen 2010
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"Violence in soccer is definitely not an immigrant problem, as the Freedom Party would like people to believe," he said.
Anita Schillhorn van Veen: Anti-Islam Dutch Party Calls for Ban on Immigrants in the Hague Soccer Clubs Anita Schillhorn van Veen 2010
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"Violence in soccer is definitely not an immigrant problem, as the Freedom Party would like people to believe," he said.
Anita Schillhorn van Veen: Anti-Islam Dutch Party Calls for Ban on Immigrants in the Hague Soccer Clubs Anita Schillhorn van Veen 2010
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Flopping in soccer is like fighting in hockey — it would be relatively easy to get rid of most of it.
The Volokh Conspiracy » How Jonathan Adler Gets It Wrong, and Soccer Gets It Right: 2010
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"Violence in soccer is definitely not an immigrant problem, as the Freedom Party would like people to believe," he said.
Anita Schillhorn van Veen: Anti-Islam Dutch Party Calls for Ban on Immigrants in the Hague Soccer Clubs Anita Schillhorn van Veen 2010
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"Violence in soccer is definitely not an immigrant problem, as the Freedom Party would like people to believe," he said.
Anita Schillhorn van Veen: Anti-Islam Dutch Party Calls for Ban on Immigrants in the Hague Soccer Clubs Anita Schillhorn van Veen 2010
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PHILLIPS: And we've heard the term soccer moms and NASCAR dads.
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Since the term soccer was created in England you would think
WN.com - Articles related to Russian cargo vessel misses space station 2010
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We've all heard the cheap jokes at the expense of our "Mickey Mouse" league, the tiresome jibes about the term soccer and how Americans mispronounce it.
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June 12, 2010 why do americans call it soccer? historical as you might imagine ...
tingilinde: 2010
johnmperry commented on the word soccer
Association football
...soc...
June 22, 2008
bilby commented on the word soccer
As compared to rugby football --> rugger.
Could they have not explored the potention of asser?
June 23, 2008
javierlolcx commented on the word soccer
cannonize
October 3, 2020