Soccer vs Hokey - What's the difference?
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Association football]], a game in which two teams of eleven players contend to get a round ball into their opponent's goal primarily by kicking the ball with their [[foot, feet.
(Australian rules football) To kick the football directly off the ground, without using one's hands.
* 1990 Geoffrey Blainey, A Game of Our Own: The Origins of Australian Football , 2003, Black Inc. Publishing, p73.
* 2008 , John Devaney, Full Points Footy?s WA Football Companion ,
* 2010 March 27, Michael Whiting, “Lions give Fev debut to remember”, AFL - The official site of the Australian Football League .
(US, colloquial) phony, as if a hoax; noticeably contrived; of obviously flimsy credibility or quality
* When asked for his book report, Chad came up a series of hokier''' and '''hokier excuses, until he finally admitted that he hadn’t done it at all.
* I thought the bargain-priced windshield wiper blades were a little hokey when I saw their cheap packaging, but when they flew off the end of the wiper during a rainstorm, I knew for sure.
(US, colloquial) corny; overly or unbelievably sentimental
* Terry hated going to the cinema with Pat, as Pat always chose hokey romantic comedies that made Terry want to gag.
As a noun soccer
is association football]], a game in which two teams of eleven players contend to get a round ball into their opponent's goal primarily by kicking the ball with their [[foot|feet.As a verb soccer
is (australian rules football) to kick the football directly off the ground, without using one's hands.As an adjective hokey is
(us|colloquial) phony, as if a hoax; noticeably contrived; of obviously flimsy credibility or quality.soccer
English
(wikipedia soccer)Noun
(-)Usage notes
*football (meaning "soccer") is more commonly used in the UK.Synonyms
* association football * footballDerived terms
* soccer momSee also
* (Association football)Verb
(en verb)- The rule seems to have encouraged players to soccer the ball along the ground.
page 334,
- West Perth seemed on the verge of victory, only to succumb by 4 points after a soccered goal from Old Easts with less than half a minute remaining.
- Fevola showed the best and worst of his play after dropping a simple chest mark, only to regather seconds later and soccer the ball through from the most acute of angles.