soccer
//ˈsɒk.ə//
Forms
- present (v1)
- soccer
- past (v2)
- soccered
- past participle (v3)
- soccered
- present participle
- soccering
- 3rd person singular
- soccers
Definitions
1.Association football.
- Diehard soccer fans likely have become familiar with England’s Sky Sports News channel over the years.
- Golf is perhaps seven or eight years old in Oxford, .. football, seu Rugger, sive Soccer, not more than sixteen or seventeen.
- The 'Varsity played Aston Villa and were beaten after a very exciting game; this was pre-eminently the most important "Socker" game played in Oxford this term.
1.To kick the football directly off the ground, without using one's hands.
- The rule seems to have encouraged players to soccer the ball along the ground.
- Fevola showed the best and worst of his play after dropping a simple chest mark, only to regather seconds later and soccer the ball through from the most acute of angles.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3548
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
Originally British English; as an abbreviation for association football, via abbreviation assoc. + -er (suffix); earlier socker (1885), also socca (1889), with soccer attested 1888.