soccernoun [ U ]
uk/ˈsɒk.ər/us/ˈsɑː.kɚ/mainly US UK usually footballA2 a game played between two teams of eleven people, where each team tries to win by kicking a ball into the other team's goal
Examples
- The fierce tribal loyalty among soccer supporters leads to violence between opposing fans.
- The soccer fans indulged their patriotism, waving flags and singing songs.
- The footballer Paul Gascoigne is to host a Channel 4 television series on soccer skills
- I've never been much of a soccer fan.
- Did you play soccer at school?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Football/soccer
- 18-yard box
- 2 3 5
- 4 3 2 1
- 4 4 2
- 4 5 1
- crossbar
- feint
- footballing
- futsal
- game 39
- game ball
- ghost goal
- give-and-go
- relegation
- Roy of the Rovers stuff
- scissor kick
- seal dribble
- shin guard
- shin pad
- stoppage
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Examples from literature
- It was bigger than two soccer fields.
- Soccer, basketball, tennis, and other sports now attract more spectators.
- There has also been a Robo-One soccer match.