soccer
/ˈsɒk.ə/US/ˈsɑk.ɚ/
soccer noun: association football.
Noun
soccer (uncountable)
- Association football.
- 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.1885 December, “Our Oxford Letter”, in The Oldhallian, page 171
- Golf is perhaps seven or eight years old in Oxford, ... football, seu Rugger, sive Soccer, not more than sixteen or seventeen.1888 February 15, “Charley Symonds”, in The Oxford Magazine, page 224
- Synonyms:
- association football, football, soccer football, footy, footie, footer, oikball, wogball, American football, gridiron
Verb
soccer (third-person singular simple present soccers, present participle soccering, simple past and past participle soccered)
- 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.1990, Geoffrey Blainey, A Game of Our Own: The Origins of Australian Football, Black Inc. Publishing, published 2003, page 73
- […]West Perth seemed on the verge of victory, only to succumb by 4 points after a soccered goal from Old Easts with less than half a minute remaining.2008, John Devaney, Full Points Footy′s WA Football Companion, page 334
soccer meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
soccer in Hindi
- game
- फ़ुटबॉल fuṭbŏl, फ़ुटबाल fuṭbāl, फुटबॉल phuṭbŏl, फुटबाल phuṭbāl
soccer in Tamil
- game
- கால்பந்து kālpantu
soccer in Marathi
- game
- फुटबॉल phuṭbŏl
soccer in Urdu
- game
- فُٹ بال fuṭ bāl
More languagesFewer languages
- soccer in Bengali
- ফুটবল phuṭbol
- soccer in Telugu
- ఫుట్ బాల్ phuṭ bāl
- soccer in Malayalam
- ഫുട്ബോൾ phuṭbōḷ, സോക്കർ sōkkaṟ
- soccer in Kannada
- ಸಾಕರ್ sākar, ಫುಟ್ಬಾಲ್ phuṭbāl
- soccer in Punjabi
- ਫੁਟਬਾਲ phuṭbāl
- soccer in Gujarati
- ફૂટબોલ phūṭbol
- soccer in Sinhala
- පාපන්දුව pāpanduwa
- soccer in Pashto
- فتبال fotbál, فوټبال foṭbãl
- soccer in Tagalog
- putbol
- soccer in Arabic
- كُرَةُ الْقَدَم kuratu l-qadam
- soccer in Malay
- bola sepak, sepak bola
- soccer in Indonesian
- sepakbola
- soccer in Thai
- ฟุตบอล fút-bɔn
- soccer in Vietnamese
- bóng đá, bóng tròn, đá banh, túc cầu
- soccer in Myanmar
- ဘောလုံး bhau:lum:
Examples of soccer in a sentence
- Diehard soccer fans likely have become familiar with England’s Sky Sports News channel over the years.2023 March 8, Jonathan Tannenwald, “CBS is launching a 24/7 soccer channel online”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer:
- Fevola showed the best and worst of his play after dropping a simple chest mark, only to regather seconds later and soccer the ball through from the most acute of angles.2010 March 27, Michael Whiting, “Lions give Fev debut to remember”, in AFL - The official site of the Australian Football League:
Synonyms of soccer
- football
- association football
- soccer football
- footy
- footie
- footer
- oikball
- wogball
- American football
- gridiron
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Forms of soccer
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | socker |
| alternative form | socca |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | soccers |
| present participle | soccering |
| past participle | soccered |
| past | soccered |
Origin of soccer
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.
Words formed from soccer
Phrases with soccer
Words that rhyme with soccer
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Questions about soccer
- What does soccer mean?
- Soccer means association football.
- What is soccer in Hindi?
- Soccer in Hindi is फ़ुटबॉल (fuṭbŏl), फ़ुटबाल (fuṭbāl), फुटबॉल (phuṭbŏl). See Soccer meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use soccer in a sentence?
- Diehard soccer fans likely have become familiar with England’s Sky Sports News channel over the years.
- What part of speech is soccer?
- Soccer can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce soccer?
- Soccer is pronounced /ˈsɒk.ə/ (UK).
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: soccer (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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