Dictionary Definition
offside adj : illegally beyond a prescribed line
or area or ahead of the ball or puck; "the touchdown was nullified
because the left tackle was offside" [syn: offsides] [ant: onside] adv : illegally in
advance of the ball or puck
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
Adjective
Usage notes
Translations
in an illegal position ahead of the ball
- Finnish: paitsiossa
to the side of a road
Noun
- In the context of "sport}} An offside play
Extensive Definition
Offside, off-sides, off-side or off side may
refer to:
- Offside (sport), a rule in a number of field team sports to regulate aspects of player positioning
- Offside (TV show), a Scottish football programme
- Offside (film), an Iranian film released in 2006
- Offside (magazine), a Swedish football magazine
- Off side, the side the striker (batsman) is facing in cricket
- Off-side rule, an interpretation for indentation in some computer programming languages
- Offside (band), an Italian rock band.
- In the UK, "Offside" may also refer to the side of a vehicle normally furthest from the kerb.
offside in Dutch: Buitenspel
offside in Polish: Spalony
offside in Ukrainian:
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