soccer

soc·cer

noun \ˈsä-kər\

Definition of SOCCER

: 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 part of the body except the hands and arms —called also association football

Examples of SOCCER

1. Both of their children play soccer.

Origin of SOCCER

by shortening & alteration from association football

First Known Use: 1889

Other Field and Goal Sports Terms

crease, lateral, lax, overthrow, playbook, post, screen, scrum, secondary, ultimate

Rhymes with SOCCER

blocker, clocker, cocker, docker, hocker, knocker, locker, makar, mocker, rocker, shocker, stocker