eleven
nounEtymology From Middle English elleven, enleven, eleven, from Old English endleofan; from Proto-Germanic *ainalif (“one left”) (i.e., one left over after having already counted to ten), a compound of *ainaz and *-lif, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“leave, remain”). Compare West Frisian alve, Low German ölven, Dutch elf, German elf, Icelandic ellefu, Danish and Norwegian elleve.
Ball games, Cricket, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports A cricket team of eleven players. Hence first eleven - the team of best cricket players (at a school), second eleven - the "B" team, etc.
American football, Ball games, Football, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Soccer, Sports A football team of eleven players; the starting lineup.
- Sneeze is well known by all followers of U. of D. athletics for his great work at halfback on the Flyers' eleven for the past four seasons [...]1926, J. Conoboy, “Walter Achiu: Chinese-Hawaiian Athlete Will Be Leader of Flyers On Cinder Path This Year”, in The Dayton Herald, page 21:
Internet, Deliberate, Misspelling, Sarcastic, Slang Deliberate misspelling of !!, used to amplify an exclamation, imitating someone who forgets to press the shift key while typing exclamation points.
- A: SUM1 Hl3p ME im alwyz L0ziN!!?!
- B: y d0nt u just g0 away l0zer!!1!!one!!one!!eleven!!1!
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- Derived terms
- eleven-dimensional, eleven hundred, eleven o'clock, eleven plus, eleven-plus, eleven-striped blind snake, film at eleven, first eleven, grade eleven, legs eleven, more at eleven, number eleven, second eleven, seven come eleven, third eleven, up to eleven