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offside Definition

off·side (-sīd)

adjective

Sports not in the proper position for play; specif.,

  1. Football over the line of scrimmage or otherwise ahead of the ball before the play has begun, and hence subject to penalty
  2. Ice Hockey moving into the attacking zone ahead of the puck

adverb

into an offside position to jump offside

noun

an offside play

offside* Synonyms

offside*

modif.

foul, faulty, not in line, not on the line; see illegal, wrong 1, 2, 3.

offside Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • adjudge: Matty McNeil had the ball in the net in the first minute, but was adjudged offside.
  • stray: Alberto Gilardino then gets pulled up for straying offside.
  • catch: For example, we catch an opponent offside to get a free-kick.
  • flag: Whitton went away with Chris Williams pumping the ball forward toward new signing Jordan Smith who was flagged offside.
  • rule: Magpies ruled offside in VAT tribunal Press release Read more.. .
  • judge: Assistant Referees are nearly always in a better position than the Referee to judge offside.

Preposition: at

  • ruck: A penalty for offside at a ruck by the Eagles saw the Roubaix kicker shave the post.

Adjective modifier

  • rear: Most of the main sub-frame at the rear end offside will have to be replaced.

Modifies a noun

  • trap: Danny Thornton beat the offside trap to give Shelf an interval lead.
  • flag: On this occasion the offside flag was raised to curb the threat.
  • infringement: Surely the Referee should have stopped play for the offside infringement?
  • attacker: The ball hits the crossbar and rebounds to the offside attacker who shoots and scores a goal.
  • position: Being in an offside position is not an offense in itself.
  • rule: MN: In the meantime, the offside rule, you know the offside rule, don't you?

Noun used with modifier

  • yard: A hopeless referee and linesman combined to cost us what would have been a lucky point when they missed a 5 yard offside incident.
  • mile: I even had a fan near me who constantly shouted " you are miles offside " to McLaren at goal kicks.
  • player: By fairly manipulating Law 11, defenders can quickly move up field with the aim of catching attacking players offside.
  • caught: OWEN: 5/10 Caught offside far to much and withdrawn after sixty minutes.

Preposition: of

  • vehicle: Steering The steering wheel must be on the offside of the vehicle.
  • canal: Our boundary on the offside of the canal stretches inland for approximately 12ft from the water line.

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