corner kick

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noun Soccer.

a direct free kick awarded to the attacking team when a defender last touched a ball that crossed entirely over the goal line, taken from the corner area on the side of the field where the ball went out of play.

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Also called corner.

Origin of corner kick

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby corner kick

cornerback, Corner Brook, corner cabinet, corner chair, cornered, corner kick, cornerman, cornerstone, corner table, corner the market, cornerwise

How to use corner kick in a sentence

Future metrics might punish keepers for the danger of an unclaimed corner kick, for example, or better capture the value of building out of the back.
The Most Valuable Soccer Player In America Is A Goalkeeper|John Muller|July 9, 2021|FiveThirtyEight
His save in the 65th minute — on Nicolás Figal’s shot off a corner kick — kept Miami from climbing within a goal.
At long last, D.C. United’s attack breaks through in 3-0 win over Inter Miami|Emily Giambalvo|May 30, 2021|Washington Post
The Sloan paper treats any interruption in the attacking move, even a shot rebound or a corner kick, as the end of a scoring chance.
Is Soccer Wrong About Long Shots?|John Muller|April 8, 2021|FiveThirtyEight
Guarding set pieces has also proven a major issue, with Leeds having conceded a league-worst 10 goals from corner kicks.
Leeds United Is Scoring (And Getting Scored On) Like Nobody Else In The Premier League|Nicholas Som|March 10, 2021|FiveThirtyEight

In New England’s cold, rain and wind, United recovered from a two-goal deficit in the second half before winning on Eddie Pope’s sudden-death header off a corner kick.
Two soccer fans have attended every MLS Cup, and they’re not stopping now|Steven Goff|December 11, 2020|Washington Post
So I drove around the corner to the trailhead of the logging road that led back to the crash site.
The 7-Year-Old Plane Crash Survivor’s Brutal Journey Through the Woods|James Higdon|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
When fathers hold and play with their children, oxytocin and prolactin kick in, priming them for bonding.
How Good Dads Can Change the World|Gary Barker, PhD, Michael Kaufman|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Eventually, Weirich had to kick out her jacuzzi and plants from her sunroom, where she now holds court.
Inside A Finishing School for Transwomen|Sharon Adarlo|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But they do put it right around the corner near the time the video was shot.
The Monsters Who Screamed for Dead Cops|Jacob Siegel|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They work in a world filled with a sense—real or imagined—of danger lurking around each corner and every hallway.
Any Outrage Out There for Ramos and Liu, Protesters?|Mike Barnicle|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But Lucy had noted, out of the corner of her watchful eye, the arrival of Miss Grains, indignant and perspiring.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
Cheap as they are, they are a poorer speculation than even corner lots in a lithographic city of Nebraska or Oregon.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
The latter trod on the toes of the former, whereupon the former threatened to "kick out of the cabin" the latter.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
As Davy stood in the road, in doubt which way to go, a Roc came around the corner of the house.
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl
Now, he chose a small table in a corner of the balcony, close to the glass screen.
Rosemary in Search of a Father|C. N. Williamson