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Soccer

//ˈsɑk.ɚ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Association football. Australia, Ireland, Philippines, US, uncountable

    "The 'Varsity played Aston Villa and were beaten after a very exciting game; this was pre-eminently the most important "Socker" game played in Oxford this term."

  2. 2
    a football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goal wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To kick the football directly off the ground, without using one's hands.

    "The rule seems to have encouraged players to soccer the ball along the ground."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Originally British English; as an abbreviation for association football, via abbreviation assoc. + -er (suffix); earlier socker (1885), also socca (1889), with soccer attested 1888. Compare contemporary rugger, from rugby. Similarly constructed coinages from the same period include: brekker (“breakfast”), fresher (“freshman”) and footer (“football”). See Oxford -er.

Etymology 2

Originally British English; as an abbreviation for association football, via abbreviation assoc. + -er (suffix); earlier socker (1885), also socca (1889), with soccer attested 1888. Compare contemporary rugger, from rugby. Similarly constructed coinages from the same period include: brekker (“breakfast”), fresher (“freshman”) and footer (“football”). See Oxford -er.

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