soccer
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
soccer/ˈsɒkə(r)/
▶noun a form of football played by two teams of eleven players with a round ball which may not be handled during play except by the goalkeepers, the object of the game being to score goals by kicking or heading the ball into the opponents' goal.
'soccer' also found in these Oxford entries:
a.e.t.
- Association football
- back pass
- beautiful
- book
- bookable
- box
- byline
- centre back
- centre forward
- centre half
- chest
- chip
- clean
- clear
- clearance
- corner
- cross
- cup-tied
- dead-ball line
- dive
- dribble
- dummy
- FIFA
- five-a-side
- fixed odds
- football
- free kick
- fullback
- goal
- goal area
- goal average
- goal difference
- goalkeeper
- goal kick
- goalmouth
- golden goal
- half-volley
- handbag
- handball
- hat-trick
- head
- header
- idol
- illegal
- indirect
- injury time
- inside
- kickball
- kill
