English Explanatory Dictionary

soccer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Association football.
verb
  1. To kick the football directly off the ground, without using one's hands.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɒk.ə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-soccer.wav /ˈsɑk.ɚ/

Word forms

soccer socker socca soccers soccering soccered

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. Compare contemporary rugger, from rugby. Similarly constructed coinages from the same period include: brekker (“breakfast”), fresher (“freshman”) and footer (“football”). See Oxford -er.

Synonyms

association football football soccer soccer football footy footie footer oikball wogball American football gridiron gridiron football Canadian football Aussie rules VFL AFL league ball pill soccer ball pigskin rugby ball

Related words

rugger

Derived words

anti-soccer beach soccer crab soccer indoor soccer nonsoccer soccer ball soccer club soccer dad soccerer soccer field soccer football soccerist soccerlike soccermania soccer mom soccer mum Socceroo Socceroos soccer pitch soccer player soccerplex table soccer toccer
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