soccer

  • 91soccer superpower — country which excels in competitive soccer at international levels …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 92soccer tournament — series of soccer games wherein the winning team moves up each time to an additional game …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 93soccer mom — noun N. Amer. a middle class suburban housewife, typically having children who play soccer rather than a traditional American sport …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 94soccer mom — cvb soc′cer mom n. a typical American suburban woman with school age children • Etymology: 1990–95, amer.; so called from her practice of driving her children to soccer games …

    From formal English to slang

  • 95soccer mum — /ˈsɒkə mʌm/ (say sokuh mum) noun Colloquial a woman who routinely escorts her children to soccer games in which they are participating, usually supporting from the sidelines, often vociferously …

  • 96soccer table — /ˈsɒkə teɪbəl/ (say sokuh taybuhl) noun a table designed with small figures representing soccer players, each team being a different colour, and supported on movable rods, the players manoeuvring the figures to hit the ball to score a goal …

  • 97soccer ball — noun an inflated ball used in playing soccer • Hypernyms: ↑ball …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 98soccer player — noun an athlete who plays soccer • Hypernyms: ↑athlete, ↑jock, ↑player, ↑participant • Hyponyms: ↑goalkeeper, ↑goalie, ↑goaltender, ↑netkeeper, ↑ …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 99soccer — noun Etymology: by shortening & alteration from association football Date: 1889 a game played on a field between two teams of 11 players each with the object to propel a round ball into the opponent s goal by kicking or by hitting it with any… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 100soccer — /sok euhr/, n. a form of football played between two teams of 11 players, in which the ball may be advanced by kicking or by bouncing it off any part of the body but the arms and hands, except in the case of the goalkeepers, who may use their… …

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