SOCCER

soccer, association football

(noun) a football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents’ goal

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

soccer (uncountable)

association football

Synonyms: association football (UK, formal, rarely used), soccer football, football (ambiguous), Thesaurus:football

Usage notes

• football (“soccer”) is more commonly used in the UK, Ireland, and many other places in the world, with the exception of the US, Canada, Australia, and South Africa.

Verb

soccer (third-person singular simple present soccers, present participle soccering, simple past and past participle soccered)

(Australian rules football) To kick the football directly off the ground, without using one's hands.

Anagrams

• Croces, escroc, scorce

Source: Wiktionary



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