offside
Americanadjective
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Sports. illegally beyond a prescribed line or area or in advance of the ball or puck at the beginning of or during play or a play.
The touchdown was nullified because the offensive left tackle was offside.
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with or in doubtful propriety or taste; risqué.
an offside joke.
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Etymology
Origin of offside
Vocabulary lists containing offside
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Offside flag goes up against Ajax striker Brian Brobbey as he runs onto a long ball over the top.
From BBC • Mar. 6, 2024
In Champions League games, referees will now be helped by Semi-Automated Offside Technology which judges tight calls using multiple cameras that track players’ limbs.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 2, 2022
Offside is a Facebook page “Where Referees rule & parents are delusional, unsportsmanlike and reckless. You yell at us there, we make fun of you here!”
From Washington Post • Dec. 6, 2021
A soccer referee for more than a decade, the Oklahoma man has launched a program known as Offside to cast shame on abusive parents at all levels of youth sports.
From Washington Times • Sep. 7, 2018
I was doing work experience at the Offside football magazine and on the walls there were nine blown-up, framed photographs.
From The Guardian • Nov. 13, 2017
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