soccer ball
16
1.0
- noun
- /ˈsɑkər bɔl/
- US
:
balón de fútbol
- The children played joyfully in the park, kicking a soccer ball back and forth.
- dribble a soccer ball
Began where it went from hail the size of golf balls and footballs and soccer balls, then small Cadillacs.
- Began where it went from hail the size of golf balls and footballs and soccer balls, then small Cadillacs.
- They're not balls like a baseball or a soccer ball.
- But where we started was just with a soccer ball.
- And they make a sphere that is are all the nodes that are on the classical soccer ball OK it's very cool.
- And I think they are the same seams and nose that you find on a stitched soccer ball, the older soccer ball that has hexagons and, and pentagons.
- And it's Barron Trump there by himself kicking a soccer ball into the soccer goal over and over again by himself.
- We have buoys that are about the size of a little bit smaller than a soccer ball, a Styrofoam buoy and with a number on it.
- Then being in the US, sending the Nike shoes, the soccer balls, Yeah, even the money to eat.
- You give my wife an empty fan of tuna and a soccer ball, she'll make a rocket and she'll fly you to Mars.
Examples
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Uncle Jack and his sons were kicking a soccer ball on the lawn.
Fiction book (1999) -
We could get him a soccer ball.
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Is there anything in there besides your soccer ball?
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Never let him touch your soccer ball.
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A standard size 5 soccer ball was used for all testing and practice trials.
Academic text (2005) -
Laura shouted as she watched her younger sister work the soccer ball toward the goal.
Fiction book (1999) -
When Samantha kicked the soccer ball across the yard, Jimmy ran and kicked it back.
Fiction book (2000) -
Chuck picks up the soccer ball, holds it up, and stares out at the ocean.
Fiction book (2000) -
Steve didn't have a soccer ball, but he didn't care.
Fiction book (1998) -
So the soccer ball is a mix of hexagons and and five sided figures.
Synonyms
How Big
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'soccer' (the game) with 'ball' (a round play object); the compound simply names the ball used in that sport. This straightforward noun-noun composition is cross-linguistically common and follows basic English compounding rules, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will understand it.
Etymology
Soccer ball comes from soccer, a friendly school nickname for 'association' football, and ball, the round object you kick. One popular story says students shortened 'association' to 'assoc' and then to soccer, so soccer ball simply means 'the ball used to play soccer'.