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English
Pronunciation
Adjective
offside (comparative more offside, superlative most offside)
- (sports) In an illegal position ahead of the ball, puck, etc.
- (by extension, slang) out of bounds.
2016 March 4, “3 Wheel-Ups” (track 4), in Made in the Manor, performed by Kano (British musician),Giggs (rapper),Wiley (musician):[Verse 2:Kano]:On-sight, thought he was onside, innit. Saw them guys, no shots fired innit. If you ain't real then don't ride, innit. That postcode, that's offside, innit.
- (US) To the side of the road, past the curb and sidewalk.
- an offside diner
- (bridge) Unfavourably located, from the point of view of the player taking a finesse.
- To the side of a boat, opposite the primary side on which one paddles.
Usage notes
- Precise usage varies between sports; offside is used more in association football, while offsides is used by some in American football.
Translations
in an illegal position ahead of the ball
Noun
offside (plural offsides)
- (sports) An offside play.
- (British, Australia) The side of a road vehicle furthest from the kerb: the right side if one drives on the left of the road.
My offside wing mirror got snapped off.
1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 50:They put a stock of candle-ends into the lantern, hung the latter to the off-side of the load, and directed the horse onward, walking at his shoulder at first during the uphill parts of the way, in order not to overload an animal of so little vigour.
- The right-hand side of a working animal such as a horse or bullock, especially when in harness.
- (British, of a canal) The side opposite the towpath.
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “road vehicle”): nearside
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Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English offside.
Pronunciation
Noun
offside m (plural offsides)
- an offside position
- Synonyms: fuera de juego, orsay
Usage notes
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from English offside.
Pronunciation
Noun
offside c
- (sports) offside
Declension
Adverb
offside
- (sports) offside