offside
pronunciation
How to pronounce offside in British English:
UK [ˌɒfˈsaɪd]
How to pronounce offside in American English:
US [ˌɔfˈsaɪd]
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- Adjective:
- illegally beyond a prescribed line or area or ahead of the ball or puck
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- Adverb:
- illegally in advance of the ball or puck
Word Origin
- offside
- also off-side, 1867, in various sporting senses, originally in English football; from off + side (n.).
Antonym
Example
- 1. Penalise the first offence : award an indirect free-kick for offside .
- 2. Beckham , you telling me you ain 't never been caught offside ?
- 3. When anyone goes off the side of the pitch , they 're offside .
- 4. Alas , there 's no audio commentary so the offside rule remains a mystery .
- 5. Q : so , what 's this offside thing they keep going on about ?