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off⋅side

  [awf-sahyd, of-]
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–adjective, adverb
1. Sports. illegally beyond a prescribed line or area or in advance of the ball or puck at the beginning of or during play or a play: The touchdown was nullified because the offensive left tackle was offside.
2. with or in doubtful propriety or taste; risqué: an offside joke.
Origin:
1840–50; off + side 1
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off·side   (ôf'sīd', ŏf'-)   
adv.   & adj.

  1. Sports Illegally ahead of the ball or puck in the attacking zone.

  2. Football Illegally beyond the line of scrimmage when the ball is snapped or ahead of the ball when the ball is kicked on a kickoff.

n.   Sports
An offside motion or play.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

offside 
1867, in various sporting senses, originally in Eng. football.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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