Definition of Corner kick

1. Noun. A free kick from the corner awarded to the other side when a player has sent the ball behind his own goal line.

Generic synonyms: Free Kick

Definition of Corner kick

1. Noun. (soccer): A kick awarded to the attacking team when the ball leaves the field of play by wholly crossing the goal line without a goal having been scored, having last touched a player from the defending team. For the kick, the ball is placed within the corner arc closest to where the ball went out of play. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Corner Kick

corneocytes
corneosclera
corneoscleral
corneoscleral part of trabecular reticulum
corner-stone
corner-stones
corner boy
corner boys
corner flag
corner forward
corner infield
corner infielder
corner infielders
corner kick
corner kicks
corner man
corner office
corner pocket
corner post
corner shop
corner shops
corner solution
corner store
corner stores
corner the market
corner time
corner tooth

Literary usage of Corner kick

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of Athletic Games for Players, Instructors, and Spectators by Jessie Hubbell Bancroft, William Dean Pulvermacher (1916)
"corner kick AREA. — At each corner should be marked the quadrant of a circle having a radius of one yard, thus extending one yard on the goal line and side ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia of Sport by Henry Charles Howard Suffolk, Hedley Peek, Frederick George Aflalo (1897)
"It is usual for the wing half-back upon whose side it is to take the corner-kick. The ball must be placed a yard from the corner-flag. ..."

3. Games & Dances: A Selected Collection of Games, Song-games and Dances by William Albin Stecher (1912)
"A corner kick is taken from the corner flag nearest which the ball was put out. A goal cannot directly be scored from a corner kick. ..."

4. Football: The Association Game by Charles William Alcock (1906)
"A player is not out of play in the case of a corner- kick, or when the ball is kicked off from goal, or when it has been last played by an opponent. 8. ..."

5. Athletics and Football by Montague Shearman (1887)
"... gives a 'corner-kick' to the enemy. But whenever he can he should fling out well to the side, and then the goal may be relieved once and for all. ..."

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