SOCCER


Meaning of SOCCER in English

ˈsäkə(r) noun

( -s )

Usage: often attributive

Etymology: by shortening & alteration (influence of -er ) from association (in association football )

: a football game with 11 players on a side in which the ball is advanced by kicking or by propelling it with any part of the body except the hands and arms — called also association football

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