toepoke

present singular third person toepokes · participle present toepoking · participle past toepoked · past toepoked

1. alternativeball gamesAlternative form of toe-poke.

   did he( Ronaldinhio) toepoke that goal or what?

   2005 March 9, arby, “Re: chelsea v barca”, in uk.sport.football.clubs.newcastle-united (Usenet)

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   ‘You’re not going to tell me you’re still toepoking at your age,’ his uncle said. ‘See what happens if you don’t kick properly? Look here till I show you.’

   1988, Glenn Patterson, Burning Your Own, Minerva, published 1993, →ISBN, page 105

   Clinging on to said defender, viduka, slightly off balance, only manages to tickle the ball with his toecaps, merely toepoking it to the opposition.

   2002 April 2, Darren Dootsen, “Does this ound familiar?”, in uk.sport.football.clubs.leeds-united (Usenet)

   There are moments today as ever when you catch that joy on the wing: seeing a little girl standing in a shopping trolley singing a nonsense song or a chortling urchin toepoking a football past the toppling figure of his father in the park.

   2004, Ferdinand Mount, Mind the Gap: The New Class Divide in Britain, Short Books, page 250

   Morrison ran on to a through ball, toepoked it towards the goal, Sorensen went to ground too early and the ball bounced slowly over his chest and nestled in the goal.

   2005 January 4, Sumisdad, “Re: So...is it time to bring back Tim?”, in alt.sports.soccer.manchester.united (Usenet)

plural toepokes

1. alternativeball gamesAlternative form of toe-poke.

   3-1is a bit close? Try 1-0, with a toepoke of a goal in the 90'.

   2004 August 20, Victoria Barrett, “Re: [082104] When Gut League Saturday Comes”, in uk.sport.football (Usenet)

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   Toepokes are useful in an emergency, particularly when it is impossible to get close to the ball.

   1979, Ken Jones, How to Play Soccer, Chartwell Books, →ISBN, page 13

   viduka's toepoke was matched in the second half, but again was wide.

   1997 October 3, David Arnold, “[Tunisia - Australia [R]]”, in rec.sport.soccer (Usenet)

   I think the ball bounced over his hand, he was in line with the ball but the toepoke bounced higher than he expected.

   2002 June 27, William Watson, “Re: Semifinal Brazil - Turkey [R]”, in rec.sport.soccer (Usenet)