offside
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 14
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 7
Definition of offside
9 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
- In an illegal position ahead of the ball, puck, etc.
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adj
- In an illegal position ahead of the ball, puck, etc.
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(broadly, slang)Out of bounds.
“[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.”
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(US)To the side of the road, past the curb and sidewalk.
“an offside diner”
- 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.
noun
- An offside play.
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(Australia, British)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.”
“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)The side of a canal opposite the towpath.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From off- + side. Compare German Abseite (“remote area, backside”), German abseits (“out of the way, apart, aside”, adverb), Dutch afzijdig (“neutral, impartial”).
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