soccer

Betekenis

Noun

Association football.

Verb

To kick the football directly off the ground, without using one's hands.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈsɒk.ə/

Etimologie

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.

Sinne

He now plays beach soccer .