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