toepoke

See also: toe-poke

English

Verb

toepoke (third-person singular simple present toepokes, present participle toepoking, simple past and past participle toepoked)

1. (soccer) Alternative form of toe-poke
   • 1988, Glenn Patterson, Burning Your Own‎^[1], Minerva, published 1993, →ISBN, page 105:

     ‘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.’

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

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

   • 2004, Ferdinand Mount, Mind the Gap: The New Class Divide in Britain,^[3][4] Short Books, →ISBN, page 250:

     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.

   • 2005 January 4, Sumisdad, “Re: So...is it time to bring back Tim?”, in alt.sports.soccer.manchester.united‎^[5] (Usenet):

     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 March 9, arby, “Re: chelsea v barca”, in uk.sport.football.clubs.newcastle-united‎^[6] (Usenet):

     did he( Ronaldinhio) toepoke that goal or what?

Noun

toepoke (plural toepokes)

1. (soccer) Alternative form of toe-poke
   • 1979, Ken Jones, How to Play Soccer‎^[7], Chartwell Books, →ISBN, page 13:

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

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

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

   • 2002 June 27, William Watson, “Re: Semifinal Brazil - Turkey [R]”, in rec.sport.soccer‎^[8] (Usenet):

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

   • 2004 August 20, Victoria Barrett, “Re: [082104] When Gut League Saturday Comes”, in uk.sport.football‎^[9] (Usenet):

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