SOCCER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does soccer mean? 

• SOCCER (noun)
  The noun SOCCER has 1 sense:

1. a football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goal

  Familiarity information: SOCCER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOCCER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

association football; soccer

Hypernyms ("soccer" is a kind of...):

football; football game (any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal)

Meronyms (parts of "soccer"):

headshot (an attempt to put the soccer ball into the net by using the head)

Domain member category:

header ((soccer) the act of hitting the ball with your head)

goal-kick ((association football) a kick by the defending side after the attacking side sends the ball over the goal-line)

place-kicking; place kick ((sports) a kick in which the ball is placed on the ground before kicking)

free kick ((soccer) a place kick that is allowed for a foul or infringement by the other team)

own goal ((soccer) a goal that results when a player inadvertently knocks the ball into the goal he is defending)

dribble; dribbling (the propulsion of a ball by repeated taps or kicks)

goalmouth ((sports) the area immediately in front of the goal)

net (a goal lined with netting (as in soccer or hockey))

cup final (the final match of any cup competition (such as the annual final of the English soccer competition at Wembley))

winger ((sports) player in wing position)

 Context examples 

The results cannot be generalized to soccer players who are teenagers, children or professional players.

(Soccer Players: More Headers, More Concussions, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Long-necked sauropod dinosaurs include the largest animals ever to walk on land, but they hatched from eggs no bigger than a soccer ball.

(Newly discovered baby Titanosaur sheds light on dinosaurs' early lives, NSF)

Soccer players who head the ball a lot are three times more likely to have concussion symptoms than players who don't head the ball often, according to a new study.

(Soccer Players: More Headers, More Concussions, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)