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Meaning of offside

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  offside
      adv 1: illegally in advance of the ball or puck
      adj 1: 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: {offside}, {offsides}]
             [ant: {onside}]
      n 1: (sport) the mistake of occupying an illegal position on the
           playing field (in football, soccer, ice hockey, field
           hockey, etc.)

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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