corner kick

noun

: a free kick from a corner of a soccer field awarded to an attacker when a defender plays the ball out-of-bounds over the end line

Examples of corner kick in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Bay had three corner kicks in the first three minutes of stoppage time but each time Dydasco curled the ball toward the goal mouth, Naeher kept it out of her net. —Michael Nowels, Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2025

New England almost opened the scoring in the 27th minute, as defender Brandon Bye glanced a header off a corner kick right at Chicago goalkeeper Chris Brady. —Boston Herald Staff, Boston Herald, 21 May 2025

Martin Ojeda’s corner kick found the head of David Brekalo, who steered the ball to an awaiting Jansson before the defender did a great job to control it before smashing the ball past NYCFC goalkeeper Matt Freese. —Kyle Foley, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2025

After Henrique supplied Dani with a feed off a corner kick for the go-ahead goal in the 65th minute, Wallace Yan provided an insurance score in the 83rd minute of the lightning comeback. —Michael Lewis, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1882, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for corner kick

• actinic
• agnatic
• bailiwick
• bolshevik
• candlestick
• chloritic
• deontic
• firebrick
• herpetic
• judaic
• lunatic
• orthotic

Kids Definition

corner kick

noun

: a free kick from a corner of a soccer field awarded to an offensive player when a defender plays the ball out-of-bounds over the end line