offside
offside
Definition
off·side (-sīd′)
adjective
Sports not in the proper position for play; specif.,
- Football over the line of scrimmage or otherwise ahead of the ball before the play has begun, and hence subject to penalty
- Ice Hockey moving into the attacking zone ahead of the puck
adverb
into an offside position to jump offside
noun
an offside play
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Synonyms
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- caught: OWEN: 5/10 Caught offside far to much and withdrawn after sixty minutes.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
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