Soccer Definition

sŏkər
noun
A game played with a round ball by two teams, usually of eleven players, on a field with a goal at either end: the ball is moved chiefly by kicking or by using any part of the body except the hands and arms.
Webster's New World
Indoor soccer.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
verb

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

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Origin of Soccer

  • Colloquial abbreviation for Association football, via abbreviation assoc. +"Ž -er (slang suffix); earlier socca (1889), then socker (1891), with soccer attested 1895.

    From Wiktionary

  • Compare contemporary rugger, from Rugby, and note vulgar connotations of analogous *asser if abbreviating on first syllable.

    From Wiktionary

  • From alteration of assoc. abbreviation of association football

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Soccer Sentence Examples

  • The two of them played soccer almost every night.

  • In high school and college, she played co-ed soccer and basketball.

  • Teach soccer training drills and fun youth soccer drills to keep players and kids interested.

  • And my younger son may soon face a crossroads if his soccer practice schedule conflicts with the children's choir rehearsal schedule.

  • If you're going to be playing on artificial indoor turf, go with flat-soled soccer shoes.

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Words Starting With

SSOSOC

Words Ending With

RERCER

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Words Starting With S and Ending With R

Starts With S & Ends With RStarts With SO & Ends With RStarts With S & Ends With ER

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With S6 Letter Words Ending With R