different between offside vs offsider

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?sa?d/

Adjective

offside (comparative more offside, superlative most offside)

1. (sports) In an illegal position ahead of the ball, puck, etc.
2. (US) To the side of the road, past the curb and sidewalk, e.g. an offside diner (restaurant.)
3. (bridge) Unfavourably located, from the point of view of the player taking a finesse.
4. 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 (perhaps erroneously) used by some in American football.

Translations

Noun

offside (plural offsides)

1. (sports) An offside play.
2. (Britain, Australia) The side of a road vehicle furthest from the kerb: the right side if one drives on the left of the road.

3. The right-hand side of a working animal such as a horse or bullock, especially when in harness.
4. (Britain, of a canal) The side opposite the towpath.

Antonyms

• (road vehicle): nearside

Descendants

• ? Czech: ofsajd
• ? Macedonian: ?????? (ofsajd)
• ? Serbo-Croatian: ?fs?jd, ????????

Translations

See also

• off side
• off-side rule
• offside trap

Anagrams

• die-offs, dieoffs, dies off

Spanish

Etymology

From English offside.

Noun

offside m (plural offsides)

1. an offside position

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English offside.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?sajd/

Noun

offside c

1. (sports) offside

Declension

Adverb

offside

1. (sports) offside

English

Etymology

offside +? -er

Pronunciation

Noun

offsider (plural offsiders)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, informal) A partner, assistant, or deputy.
   • 1987, Jill Bowen, Kidman: The Forgotten King, 2010, unnumbered page,

     Kidman, riding hell for leather and carrying a heavy stockwhip, caught up with him soon after, or rather with his offsider, who was tailing the mob, and demanded an explanation for their trespassing.

     “Don?t ask me,” said the offsider. “You see the boss.”

   • 2006, Michael Roberts, 50 Years of Television in Australia, page 59,

     With the 2005 incarnation of Temptation, Livinia Nixon has completed the trifecta of TV seconds: variety offsider, game show hostess and weather girl.

   • 2007, Andrew Fraser, Court in the Middle, 2010, unnumbered page,

     Tom also brought an offsider. I will never forget the look on the faces of the airline staff when Big Tony hauled his shooter out and slammed it on the counter. Tom and his sidekick did the same. I couldn?t believe these blokes were armed and how cool everyone was about it.

Anagrams

• dries off