| NOUN | act | soccer, association football | a football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goal |
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| Sounds | saa'ker | |
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| Rhymes | acre / Acre ... Zocor: 182 rhymes with ker... | |
| Meaning | A football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goal. | |
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| Synonym | association football | |
| Category of | cup final | The final / final match of any cup competition (such as the annual final of the English soccer competition at Wembley) |
| dribble, dribbling | The propulsion of a ball by repeated taps or kicks | |
| free kick | (soccer) a place kick that is allowed for a foul or infringement by the other team | |
| goal-kick | (association football) a kick by the defending side after the attacking side sends the ball over the goal-line | |
| goalmouth | (sports) the area immediately in front of the goal | |
| header | (soccer) the act of hitting the ball with your head | |
| net | A goal lined with netting (as in soccer or hockey / hockey) | |
| own goal | (soccer) a goal that results when a player inadvertently knocks the ball into the goal he is defending | |
| place kick, place-kicking | (sports) a kick in which the ball is placed on the ground before kicking | |
| winger | (sports) player in wing position | |
| Parts | headshot | An attempt to put the soccer ball into the net by using the head |
| Broader | football, football game | Any of various games / 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 |
| Spanish | balompié, balón-pie, futbol, fútbol, pambol | |
| Catalan | futbol | |
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