corner kick
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- noun
- /ˈkɔrnər kɪk/
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córner
- After the foul, the referee awarded us a corner kick from the right side.
- a corner kick for a goal
- header off a corner kick
- two corner kicks
Examples
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The Golden Knights engineered an 18-12 shot advantage and manufactured eight corner kicks while yielding only a pair.
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Lehigh later received a corner kick deep into Terrapin territory, which acted as the first real threat of the game.
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With just over six minutes left, Nelson took a corner kick and found Gray inside the box.
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The Saints had the edge in corner kicks, 2-1.
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I've never seen a corner kick taken like that.
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Snyder came up with a huge save as he punched the ball over the net and out for a corner kick.
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The Bulldogs grabbed the lead on a header off a corner kick with 26:08 left in the second half.
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Alvaro's scoring effort, which was the first of his UMass career, came as a nice rebound following a botched corner kick.
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In the 12th minute, senior midfielder Julie Winn set up a corner kick and sent a cross right to junior midfielder Amanda Callanan, who deflected the ball into the net for a 2-0 lead.
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The Marauders of Millersville forced seven corner kicks against the Clarion Golden Eagles in their first PSAC matchup of the season, despite coming up short, 2-0.
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Antonyms
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3.6
A kick by the defending team from the goal area to restart play after the ball crosses the goal line
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a kick taken from the corner of the field' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'corner' (a location) with 'kick' (a strike). This noun+noun compounding follows a common compositional pattern and is predictable in football contexts, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Corner kick comes from the game of soccer: it names the special kick taken from the field's corner when a defending player last touches the ball and it goes out past the goal line. Because this kick is given to the 'attacking team' as a clear chance to score, the phrase directly describes that action on the field.