decken

de-verb

decken (weak, third-person singular present deckt, past tense deckte, past participle gedeckt, auxiliary haben)

deckt (present singular third-person)
deckte (past)
gedeckt (participle past)
haben (auxiliary)
haben (auxiliary)
decken (infinitive)
deckend (participle present)
gedeckt (participle past)
decke (first-person indicative present singular)
decken (first-person indicative plural present)
decke (first-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
decken (first-person plural subjunctive subjunctive-i)
deckst (indicative present second-person singular)
deckt (indicative plural present second-person)
deckest (second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
decket (plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-i)
deckt (indicative present singular third-person)
decken (indicative plural present third-person)
decke (singular subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
decken (plural subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
deckte (first-person indicative preterite singular)
deckten (first-person indicative plural preterite)
deckte (first-person formal rare singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
deckten (first-person formal plural rare subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
decktest (indicative preterite second-person singular)
decktet (indicative plural preterite second-person)
decktest (formal rare second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
decktet (formal plural rare second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
deckte (indicative preterite singular third-person)
deckten (indicative plural preterite third-person)
deckte (formal rare singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
deckten (formal plural rare subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
deck (imperative second-person singular)
decke (imperative second-person singular)
deckt (imperative plural second-person)
haben (auxiliary)
habe gedeckt (first-person indicative multiword-construction perfect singular)
haben gedeckt (first-person indicative multiword-construction perfect plural)
habe gedeckt (first-person multiword-construction perfect singular subjunctive)
haben gedeckt (first-person multiword-construction perfect plural subjunctive)
hast gedeckt (indicative multiword-construction perfect second-person singular)
habt gedeckt (indicative multiword-construction perfect plural second-person)
habest gedeckt (multiword-construction perfect second-person singular subjunctive)
habet gedeckt (multiword-construction perfect plural second-person subjunctive)
hat gedeckt (indicative multiword-construction perfect singular third-person)
haben gedeckt (indicative multiword-construction perfect plural third-person)
habe gedeckt (multiword-construction perfect singular subjunctive third-person)
haben gedeckt (multiword-construction perfect plural subjunctive third-person)
hatte gedeckt (first-person indicative multiword-construction pluperfect singular)
hatten gedeckt (first-person indicative multiword-construction pluperfect plural)
hätte gedeckt (first-person multiword-construction pluperfect singular subjunctive)
hätten gedeckt (first-person multiword-construction pluperfect plural subjunctive)
hattest gedeckt (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect second-person singular)
hattet gedeckt (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect plural second-person)
hättest gedeckt (multiword-construction pluperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
hättet gedeckt (multiword-construction pluperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
hatte gedeckt (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect singular third-person)
hatten gedeckt (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect plural third-person)
hätte gedeckt (multiword-construction pluperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
hätten gedeckt (multiword-construction pluperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
decken werden (future future-i infinitive multiword-construction)
werde decken (first-person future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werden decken (first-person future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdest decken (future future-i multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdet decken (future future-i multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werde decken (future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werden decken (future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werde decken (first-person future future-i indicative multiword-construction singular)
werden decken (first-person future future-i indicative multiword-construction plural)
würde decken (first-person future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würden decken (first-person future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wirst decken (future future-i indicative multiword-construction second-person singular)
werdet decken (future future-i indicative multiword-construction plural second-person)
würdest decken (future future-i multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würdet decken (future future-i multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wird decken (future future-i indicative multiword-construction singular third-person)
werden decken (future future-i indicative multiword-construction plural third-person)
würde decken (future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
würden decken (future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
gedeckt haben werden (future future-ii infinitive multiword-construction)
werde gedeckt haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werden gedeckt haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdest gedeckt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdet gedeckt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werde gedeckt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werden gedeckt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werde gedeckt haben (first-person future future-ii indicative multiword-construction singular)
werden gedeckt haben (first-person future future-ii indicative multiword-construction plural)
würde gedeckt haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würden gedeckt haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wirst gedeckt haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction second-person singular)
werdet gedeckt haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction plural second-person)
würdest gedeckt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würdet gedeckt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wird gedeckt haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction singular third-person)
werden gedeckt haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction plural third-person)
würde gedeckt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
würden gedeckt haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)

From Old High German decchen, from Proto-Germanic *þakjaną. Equivalent to Dach + -en. Cognate with West Frisian dekke, Dutch dekken, English thatch, Danish tække, Swedish täcka.


back row

(rugby) The row of players in a scrum, consisting of two flankers and a number eight.


doosra

From Hindi दूसरा (dūsrā, “second; other”).

2022, Amit Sinha, Joy Bhattacharjya, Do Different: The Untold Dhoni
Known for his innovative and unpredictable strokeplay, Dhoni had dead-batted this doosra straight back to the bowler.

(cricket) A type of ball, bowled by an off-spin bowler, that, unlike a normal off break, spins from leg to off for a right-handed batsman; the off-spinner's version of the googly.


indirect free kick

en-noun

indirect free kick (plural indirect free kicks)

(soccer) a free kick from which a goal may be scored only after the ball has been played by at least one other player


penalty spot

(soccer) a small white spot, painted on the grass, twelve yards in front of the centre of the goal line, from which all penalty kicks are taken


direct free kick

direct free kick (plural direct free kicks)

(soccer) a free kick from which a goal may be scored directly


penalty shootout

penalty shootout (plural penalty shootouts)

This was an eighth game without defeat, penalty shootouts aside, over Hodgson's brief tenure but, by the end, this whole occasion had been stripped of any competitive nature.

2012 September 7, Dominic Fifield, “England start World Cup campaign with five-goal romp against Moldova”, in The Guardian:

(soccer, field hockey) A series of penalties (penalty kicks in soccer), taken to decide a winner after a game has resulted in a tie and extra time has been played.


free kick

a free-kick specialist

Australian rules football
Australian rules football

(American football, soccer, Australian rules football, rugby, other ballgames) a kick in which a player may kick the ball without interference from the opposition. Such a kick may be awarded for a foul by the opposition, or earned by a player such as by taking a mark.

Australian rules football; other ballgames; Australian rules football; other ballgames

goditje e lirë

kick played without interference of opposition

(Gaelic football) The usual means of restarting play after a foul is committed, where the non-offending team restarts from where the foul was committed.


goal line

(rugby league, soccer, hurling, Gaelic football) the boundary of the field that runs along its width at each end, and across the front of the goal.

rugby league; hurling; Gaelic football; rugby league; hurling; Gaelic football

(American football) part of a vertical plane separating an end zone from the field of play when the ball is touched or is in player possession. The plane extends beyond the sidelines. A team’s goal line is that which it is defending.


volante

From Carlos Volante, an Argentine football player that represented Flamengo during the 1930's to 1940's.

defensive midfielder
defensive midfielder


volante

es-noun

volante m or f by sense (plural volantes)


wingman

(Australian rules football) A player positioned on the wing.


cesto

From cesta (“basket”), from Latin cista (“trunk, chest”).


shut up shop

en-verb

shut up shop (third-person singular simple present shuts up shop, present participle shutting up shop, simple past and past participle shut up shop)

shuts up shop (present singular third-person)
shutting up shop (participle present)
shut up shop (participle past)
shut up shop (past)

(intransitive, cricket) To bat defensively in the last innings of a match in order to force a draw when winning is not possible.


penalty kick

(soccer) A form of direct free kick, taken from the penalty spot after a defensive foul in the penalty box, with only the goalkeeper defending the goal.

(rugby) A form of free kick in which the ball may be kicked towards touch, towards the goal or dribbled.


iarann

head

iarann m (genitive singular iarainn, nominative plural iarainn)

iarainn (genitive singular)
iarainn (nominative plural)
nominative (indefinite)
iarann (indefinite singular)
iarainn (indefinite plural)
vocative (indefinite)
a iarainn (indefinite singular)
a iaranna (indefinite plural)
genitive (indefinite)
iarainn (indefinite singular)
iarann (indefinite plural)
dative (indefinite)
nominative (definite)
an t-iarann (definite singular)
na hiarainn (definite plural)
genitive (definite)
an iarainn (definite singular)
na n-iarann (definite plural)
dative (definite)
leis an iarann (definite singular)
don iarann (definite singular)
leis na hiarainn (definite plural)
iarann
n-iarann
hiarann
t-iarann

From Old Irish íarn, from Proto-Celtic *īsarnom (compare Proto-Germanic *īsarną, Welsh haearn, Breton houarn), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésh₂r̥ (“blood”).


up to bat

(baseball) Preparing to have or having one's turn to attempt to hit the ball.


designated hitter

en-noun

designated hitter (plural designated hitters)

(baseball) A batter who is permitted to substitute for a pitcher in the batting rotation for the duration of a baseball game.


DH

designated hitter
designated hitter#English

(baseball) Initialism of designated hitter.


hitter

From hit + -er (agent noun suffix) or -er (measurement suffix).

He struck out six of the last seven batters, striking out the side in the eighth and fanning two hitters in the ninth.

1994 June 24, The Associated Press, “BASEBALL; A's Witt, Nearly Perfect, Says It's Ump Who Wasn't”, in The New York Times:

Mike Flanagan (1-2) hurled a four-hitter in 50-degree weather made colder by wind gusting up to 25 miles an hour. […] Ross Baumgarten (2-1) combined with Lamarr Hoyt on a seven-hitter to hand Detroit its sixth straight loss.

1981 April 26, UPI, “Royals Top Brewers on Gura's 3-Hitter, 4-2”, in The New York Times:

Witt, who had thrown three two-hitters in his career, was in control throughout and showed no signs of fatigue.

You’ve never pitched a no-hitter or a one-hitter or a two-hitter or a three-hitter, because you’ve never pitched nine innings.

2021 May 5, Tyler Kepner, “With No-Hitter, John Means Opens Up a World of Possibilities”, in The New York Times:

(baseball, in combination) A game with a team making a specified number of hits.


DOGSO

The referees failed to spot the shirt pull from Jackson during play but after VAR review he was correctly awarded the DOGSO red card.

(soccer, US, Canada) Acronym of denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity.


runout

runout (countable and uncountable, plural runouts)

(cricket) The method of getting out (dismissed from play) in which a batsman, in making a run, has not reached the popping crease when a fielder breaks his wicket with the ball.


Canadian football

A game similar to American football played on a field of 110 yards long and 65 yards wide (with two 20 yard-long endzones) in which two teams of 12 players attempt to get an ovoid ball to the end of each other's territory.

rugby

from Canadian football originating as Canadian rugby


PECOTA

(baseball) Initialism of Player Empirical Comparison and Optimization Test Algorithm, a system for forecasting player performance.


gridiron

gridiron (countable and uncountable, plural gridirons)

From resembling the shape of a gridiron (a square rectilinear grid).

(American football) The field on which American football is played.


supplier

Regular supplier Barton played in another teasing corner, which was headed on towards goal by the impressive Ameobi and flicked in by expert poacher Nolan.

2011 January 16, Saj Chowdhury, “Sunderland 1 - 1 Newcastle”, in BBC:

(soccer) Someone who assists (sets up) a goal.


cream puff

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-cream puff.wav

So instead of lobbing a cream puff, I kicked up my leg and brought the Ruttlemyer Express.

2000, W. P. Kinsella, Baseball Fantastic: Stories:

Joseph “Stretch” Suba, a batting-practice pitcher, served up “big, fat, medium fast cream puffs for the All-Star hitters […]

2011, Paul Dickson, Skip McAfee, The Dickson Baseball Dictionary (Third Edition), page 225:


spitball

(baseball) A pitch of a baseball that has been partly covered with saliva, illegal at most levels.


spitball

en-verb

spitball (third-person singular simple present spitballs, present participle spitballing, simple past and past participle spitballed)

spitballs (present singular third-person)
spitballing (participle present)
spitballed (participle past)
spitballed (past)

(baseball) To moisten the ball with saliva before pitching it.


ownage

Smith is just 1-27 lifetime against Jones. Jones has real ownage over him.

On August 23, 1993, the Braves came into San Francisco trailing the Giants by 7.5 games. The Braves swept the Giants in that pivotal series, and starting with that series, the Giants have won just 13 out of 51 games against the Braves. As Mike Krukow likes to say, "That's some serious ownage."

1998 August 9, Jack K, “Mesa = GAS CAN”, in alt.sports.baseball.sf-giants (Usenet), retrieved 2016-09-24, message-ID <35CE80E1.B14B2A97@pacbell.net>:

(baseball) The situation where one player has a history of domination over another player.


scratch

scratch (nominative singular)
scratche (nominative plural)
scratchu (genitive singular)
scratchy (genitive plural)
scratchowi (dative singular)
scratchom (dative plural)
scratch (accusative singular)
scratche (accusative plural)
scratchem (instrumental singular)
scratchami (instrumental plural)
scratchu (locative singular)
scratchach (locative plural)
scratchu (singular vocative)
scratche (plural vocative)

Unadapted borrowing from English scratch.

ubor

(cycling, music, tennis) Alternative spelling of skrecz


tí

is-noun

tí n (genitive singular tís, nominative plural tí)

tís (genitive singular)
tí (nominative plural)
tí (indefinite nominative singular)
tíið (definite nominative singular)
tí (indefinite nominative plural)
tíin (definite nominative plural)
tí (accusative indefinite singular)
tíið (accusative definite singular)
tí (accusative indefinite plural)
tíin (accusative definite plural)
tíi (dative indefinite singular)
tíinu (dative definite singular)
tíum (dative indefinite plural)
tíunum (dative definite plural)
tís (genitive indefinite singular)
tísins (definite genitive singular)
tía (genitive indefinite plural)
tíanna (definite genitive plural)

(golf) tee (wooden or plastic peg from which a golf ball is hit)


body check

medical practitioner
medical practitioner

(Hong Kong) A general health checkup performed by a medical practitioner.


Hammers

(soccer) Someone who supports or plays for West Ham United F.C.


debel

debel (nominative singular)
deble (nominative plural)
debla (genitive singular)
debli (genitive plural)
deblów (genitive plural)
deblowi (dative singular)
deblom (dative plural)
debel (accusative singular)
deble (accusative plural)
deblem (instrumental singular)
deblami (instrumental plural)
deblu (locative singular)
deblach (locative plural)
deblu (singular vocative)
deble (plural vocative)

(badminton, table tennis, tennis) doubles (game between pairs of players)

badminton; table tennis; badminton; table tennis


koš

kȍš (canonical inanimate masculine)
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kòš (nominative singular)
kôša (dual nominative)
kôši (nominative plural)
kôša (genitive singular)
kôšev (dual genitive)
kôšev (genitive plural)
kôšu (dative singular)
kôšema (dative dual)
kôšem (dative plural)
kòš (accusative singular)
kôša (accusative dual)
kôše (accusative plural)
kôšu (locative singular)
kôših (dual locative)
kôših (locative plural)
kôšem (instrumental singular)
kôšema (dual instrumental)
kôši (instrumental plural)


kosár

kosarak (plural)
kosár (nominative singular)
kosarak (nominative plural)
kosarat (accusative singular)
kosarakat (accusative plural)
kosárnak (dative singular)
kosaraknak (dative plural)
kosárral (instrumental singular)
kosarakkal (instrumental plural)
kosárért (causal-final singular)
kosarakért (causal-final plural)
kosárrá (singular translative)
kosarakká (plural translative)
kosárig (singular terminative)
kosarakig (plural terminative)
kosárként (essive-formal singular)
kosarakként (essive-formal plural)
kosárban (inessive singular)
kosarakban (inessive plural)
kosáron (singular superessive)
kosarakon (plural superessive)
kosárnál (adessive singular)
kosaraknál (adessive plural)
kosárba (illative singular)
kosarakba (illative plural)
kosárra (singular sublative)
kosarakra (plural sublative)
kosárhoz (allative singular)
kosarakhoz (allative plural)
kosárból (elative singular)
kosarakból (elative plural)
kosárról (delative singular)
kosarakról (delative plural)
kosártól (ablative singular)
kosaraktól (ablative plural)
kosáré (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
kosaraké (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
kosáréi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
kosarakéi (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
kosaram (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
kosaraim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
kosarad (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
kosaraid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
kosara (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
kosarai (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
kosarunk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
kosaraink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
kosaratok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
kosaraitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
kosaruk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
kosaraik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

Borrowed from a South Slavic language, compare Serbo-Croatian košara, Slovene košara. The meaning “rejection” came into use in analogy with German Korb (“basket; rejection”), which in turn is due to a medieval custom of giving a bottomless basket as a symbol of unrequited love.

Nevetséges amikor a góliátok nem bedobják, hanem beteszik a labdát a kosárba.

1996, Ferenc Deák, “Félrecsúszott magyar győzelmi lehetőségek Atlantában”, in Kapu, volume 9, number 9:

It is ridiculous when these giants don’t throw but dunk the ball in the basket.

a concept or object relating to the team sport of basketball

(basketball) basket (circular hoop from which a net is suspended)

Az első kosarat Temesvári dobta, majd a magyar csapat elhúzott 10:3-ra.

1963, “Hosszabbítás után vereség az olaszoktól”, in Heti Híradó, volume 7, number 41:

Temesvári scored the first basket, after which the Hungarian team pulled away to a 10-3 lead.

(basketball) basket (putting the ball through the basket, thereby scoring points)


Lord's

(cricket) Lord's Cricket Ground, a cricket ground in London.


one-time

en-verb

one-time (third-person singular simple present one-times, present participle one-timing, simple past and past participle one-timed)

one-times (present singular third-person)
one-timing (participle present)
one-timed (participle past)
one-timed (past)

Basel's good moment continued, and in stoppage time of the first half, Streller released Salah with a clever pass down the middle and the young Egyptian one-timed the ball over Čech.

2013 May 3, Werner Pichler, “Europa League 2012/13, Semifinal, 2nd Leg (R)”, in rec.sport.soccer (Usenet):

(soccer, ice hockey) To shoot (the ball or puck) directly from a teammate's pass.


sausage roll

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-sausage roll.wav

(Australian rules football, rhyming slang) A goal.


night watchman

(cricket) A lower order batter to play the last overs in low light to save better batters for the next day's play.


wingback

(soccer) A player who doubles on either side of the center as a defender when their team is defending, and a winger when they are attacking.

carrilero

soccer: player who doubles as a defender and winger

(American football) A running back who is in formation near the line of scrimmage and outside the tackles, a slotback.


set piece

Roberto Carlos is deadly from set pieces.

(soccer) Any planned strategy that a team uses after play is restarted with a free kick, penalty kick, corner kick, goal kick, throw-in or kickoff.


kick-off

The atmosphere at Upton Park before kick-off reflected the palpable tension surrounding the club right now

2011 January 11, Jonathan Stevenson, “West Ham 2 - 1 Birmingham”, in BBC:

Alcohol consumption following football matches is fuelling domestic abuse in the hours after a game, according to new evidence suggesting that changing kick-off times could help reduce violence.

2021 July 4, Michael Savage, “Early kick-offs linked to more alcohol abuse and violence in the home”, in The Observer:

(soccer, American football) The opening kick of each half of a game of football.


chipper

(golf) A golf club for making chip shots.


right field

(baseball) The part of a baseball field which is beyond the infield and to your right if you stand on home plate and face the pitcher.

He's got a cannon out in right field.

(baseball) The defensive position in the outfield to the right, typically played by a player who can throw well.


center field

(baseball) The part of a baseball field which is beyond the infield and straight ahead left if you stand on home plate and face the pitcher.

(baseball) The defensive position in the outfield in the middle, typically played by a player that can run fast.


catcher's mitt

en-noun

catcher's mitt (plural catcher's mitts or catchers' mitts)

catcher's mitts (plural)
catchers' mitts (plural)

(baseball) A large protective glove used by a catcher when playing baseball.


Cubs

Abbreviation of "Cub Scouts" or "Chicago Cubs".


rimless

Took aim and scored, a sure, rimless basket.

(basketball) Not touching the rim of the basket while passing through it.


retire the side

en-verb

retire the side (third-person singular simple present retires the side, present participle retiring the side, simple past and past participle retired the side)

retires the side (present singular third-person)
retiring the side (participle present)
retired the side (participle past)
retired the side (past)

[…] and that will retire the side [sportscaster patter]

Jones steps on first to retire the side.

(baseball) To get the third out of an inning, thus ending the turn of one team (side) for batting and signaling the next turn of the other team (side).


bat around

bat around (third-person singular simple present bats around, present participle batting around, simple past and past participle batted around)

bats around (present singular third-person)
batting around (participle present)
batted around (participle past)
batted around (past)

If the teams do not have the same number of players, the team with the greater number of players bats around once per inning, and the team with the smaller number of players will bat an equal number of times as the opposing team,[…].

1965, Recreation, National Recreation Association, page 498:

[…]the Braves knocked Bunning out, batting around and scoring six runs in the fourth inning. They then scored four more runs the next inning, batting around once again against Dallas Green[…].

2005, John P. Rossi, The 1964 Phillies: The Story of Baseball's Most Memorable Collapse, McFarland, →ISBN, page 128:

The Phillies thus batted around the lineup without a hit for the first time since July 17, 1992, a run that lasted more than 24 years, per ESPN Stats & Info. If not for the inning-ending double play, the Phillies might have even sent 10 or 11 batters to the plate without recording a single hit.

2016 July 31, Bleacher Report Milestones, “Phillies Bat Around in 8th Inning Without Recording a Hit”, in Bleacher Report:

(intransitive, baseball) To have each of a team's batting line-up positions complete an at-bat in the same half-inning.

To have a team's first batter of the inning come to bat for a second time (after all of the others in the batting line-up have batted). (See the usage note below.)


in bianco

(soccer) to finish without a single goal having been scored by either side (of a game)


early bath

From the belief that players bathe together after a match, so if a player gets sent off, he or she can get into the bath before the other players.

That was a horrible tackle, he can expect an early bath for that.

(idiomatic, euphemistic) Being shown a red card in soccer.


six-yard box

Roman Sharonov rose unchallenged to head a corner wide, while diminutive winger Gokdeniz Karadeniz ghosted in with a diving header from the edge of the six-yard box that was acrobatically kept out by Gomes.

2011 October 20, Jamie Lillywhite, “Tottenham 1 - 0 Rubin Kazan”, in BBC Sport:

(soccer) An enclosed area inside the penalty area, extending 6 yards (5.5 metres) from the goal, inside which a goal kick must be taken.


fourth official

en-noun

fourth official (plural fourth officials)

(soccer) The official who keeps things at the dugout in order, and displays substitutions and the amount of injury time


centre circle

Vardy should have equalled Dunne’s record nine minutes in, when he dispossessed Williams in the centre circle and sped clear.

2015 December 5, Alan Smith, “Leicester City back on top as Riyad Mahrez hat-trick downs Swansea City”, in The Guardian (London):

(soccer) The circle in the centre of the pitch which, at kick-off, the defending team may not enter until the attacking side has touched the ball.

cercle central

the circle in the centre of the pitch in soccer


out-swinger

(soccer) A ball that curves away from the goal.


in-swinger

(soccer) A ball that curves towards the goal.

(cricket) A delivery that curves towards the batsman.


penalty arc

(soccer) An arc whose center is the penalty spot, extending from the top of the penalty area.


man on

(soccer, basketball) An outcry warning a teammate of an approaching opponent, usually from the rear.


Cruyff turn

Named after Dutch football player Johan Cruyff (1947–2016).

(soccer) A piece of footwork where, instead of passing or crossing the ball directly by kicking it, the player drags the ball behind his planted foot with the inside of his crossing foot, turns through 180 degrees, and accelerates away from the defender.


offside trap

offside trap (usually uncountable, plural offside traps)

He managed to beat the offside trap and clinch the winner.

But the visitors started the game in stunning fashion when Morten Gamst Pedersen dinked forward a clever looping pass and Kalinic beat the offside trap, surged into the box and beautifully placed the ball past goalkeeper Scott Carson.

2010 December 28, Kevin Darlin, “West Brom 1 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC:

(soccer) A defensive play intended to catch the attacking team offside, generally in such a way that the defense line suddenly and simultaneously moves forward.


diving header

To that end, the home supporters were in good voice to begin with, but it was Newcastle who started the game in the ascendancy, with Barton putting a diving header over the top from Jose Enrique's cross.

2011 April 10, Alistair Magowan, “Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport:

(soccer) A ball struck near ground level by the head of a diving player.


drop-ball

(soccer) A method of restarting play in a game where the referee drops the ball between two players of opposing teams.


penalty area

Racing out of his penalty area after a poor clearance, Haimov was beaten to the ball by Jerome, who rolled it to the waiting Shotton to fire a low shot past the goalkeeper.

2011 October 20, Michael da Silva, “Stoke 3 - 0 Macc Tel-Aviv”, in BBC Sport:

(soccer, futsal) An area of a pitch or field, inside which a penalty is given to the offensive team if a foul is made by the defensive team.


one-two

A Ricketts and Stuart Holden one-two around the box then created a decent chance for an almost instant equaliser - but Welsh full-back Ricketts blasted over when a calmer finish could have been rewarded.

2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC:

Kane had dropped off to spread the play with a diagonal and, when he darted for the far post, Saka curled the ball back towards him – call it a long-range one-two.

March 26 2023, David Hytner, “Kane and Bukayo Saka combine against Ukraine for England’s perfect Euros start”, in The Guardian:

(soccer) A quick one-touch play between two players.

narážečka

soccer: quick one-touch play between two players


backheel

[Bendtner was central to it at all, firstly firing home, via a deflection off Gareth McAuley, after being teed up by Sebastien Larsson's neat backheel, and then a minute later crossing for Elmohamady to head in an equaliser.

2011 October 1, Phil Dawkes, “Sunderland 2 - 2 West Brom”, in BBC Sport:

(soccer) A kick played by the heel which typically travels in the opposite direction from which the player is facing.


backheel

en-verb

backheel (third-person singular simple present backheels, present participle backheeling, simple past and past participle backheeled)

backheels (present singular third-person)
backheeling (participle present)
backheeled (participle past)
backheeled (past)

Mount’s low cross deflected, Olivier Giroud backheeled for Pulisic and Arsenal’s defenders seemed to react in slow motion.

2020 August 1, David Hytner, “Aubameyang at the double as Arsenal turn tables on Chelsea to win FA Cup”, in The Guardian:


send down

send down (third-person singular simple present sends down, present participle sending down, simple past and past participle sent down)

sends down (present singular third-person)
sending down (participle present)
sent down (participle past)
sent down (past)

After performing poorly for the first month of the season, he was sent down to the minor leagues.

(baseball) To demote a player within the levels of professional baseball.


FCK

It came down to the penultimate game of the year, FCK away at Brondby, and Brondby blew it.

2003, David Goldblatt, World Soccer Yearbook 2003-2004, →ISBN:

This did not deter Flemming Østergaard, a charismatic businessman that led the takeover of FC Copenhagen (FCK) in 1997, from embarking on a similar diversification strategy (Storm, 2009). FCK went on to purchase the Danish national stadium, Parken, took up property investments, a bought a chain of fitness centres (fitness.dk) and two large vactations resorts, one of them close to the LEGOLAND Theme Park in Billund.

2011, Hallgeir Gammelsæter, Benoit Senaux, The Organisation and Governance of Top Football Across Europe, →ISBN:

An FCK soccer scarf was draped over a chair.

2012, A.J. Kazinski -, The Last Good Man, →ISBN, page 426:

It's therefore worth spending time at the website of FC København. You can browse FCK TV, OM FCK, which is presumably a Zen-like activity that Sting and Trudie Styler would enjoy, and have a MIT FCK. There are FCK highlights, KlubFCK, and FCK Away. There's something for everyone.

2014, Luke Dempsey, Club Soccer 101, →ISBN:

(soccer) Initialism of FC København (“FC Copenhagen”).

Sportarztebund Rheinland/Pfalz (chmn. since 1964), assn. and team med. doctor for 1st FCK Kaiserslautern (football club).

1983, Karl Strute, Theodor Doelken, Who's Who in Germany 1982-1983 - Part 1, →ISBN, page 1253:

This was my first opportunity to meet FCK supporters, and I was intoxicated by their merch table before I even entered the stadium.

2014, Tanya H. Keith, Passionate Soccer Love: A Memoir of 20 Years Supporting Us Soccer, →ISBN:

FC Kaiserslautern (FCK) was the first football club in the Bundesliga (German Federal Football League) to create a team, initially, and then a section for women's football.

2018, Gertrud Pfister, Stacey Pope, Female Football Players and Fans: Intruding into a Man's World, →ISBN:

1. FC Kaiserslautern
w:1. FC Kaiserslautern

(soccer) Initialism of 1. FC Kaiserslautern.


sencillo

→ Bikol Central: sensilyo

→ Cebuano: sensilyo

Inherited from Old Spanish senziello, from Vulgar Latin *singellus, from Latin singulus. Compare Portuguese singelo, Catalan senzill, Asturian cenciellu.


Ruthian

en-adj

Ruthian (comparative more Ruthian, superlative most Ruthian)

more Ruthian (comparative)
most Ruthian (superlative)

From "Babe" Ruth, holder of the record for number of home runs in a season from 1919 to 1961, and for home runs in a career from 1921 to 1974.

Jones launches a Ruthian blast; it lands high in the upper deck.

(baseball) Prodigiously accomplished with respect to batting, typically describing the flight of a long home run.


pinch runner

(baseball) A substitute runner, usually brought in to replace a slow runner to increase the chance of that runner scoring.


quick pitch

Following some confusion the pitcher immediately attempted a quick pitch but was called for a balk.

(baseball) A pitch thrown without any of the normal setup routine to try and catch a batter off guard.


Mendoza line

After shortstop Mario Mendoza, whose lifetime batting average is taken to define the threshold of minimally competent hitting.

His recent slump has put him perilously close to the Mendoza line; he may be headed to AAA soon.

(baseball) A .200 batting average, which is around the minimum batting average a player with strong defensive skills can have and still stay in the major leagues. Named for Mario Mendoza.


slide tackle

Christian Karembeu almost broke his supermodel wife's leg with a slide tackle during a football game in their back garden.

2002 February 27, “Cruncher Karembeu takes it out on his wife”, in The Guardian:

(soccer) a tackle to get the ball by sliding on the ground feet-first


halftime

en-noun

halftime (countable and uncountable, plural halftimes)

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(American football) The halftime show, the primary light entertainment of a game, after the second quarter, when players can physically recover, coaches can give players a pep talk, bets can be doubled, etc.


carrera

Inherited from Late Latin (via) carrāria, from Latin carrus. Cognate with English career.


blok

blok (nominative singular)
bloky (nominative plural)
bloku (genitive singular)
bloků (genitive plural)
bloku (dative singular)
blokům (dative plural)
blok (accusative singular)
bloky (accusative plural)
bloku (singular vocative)
bloky (plural vocative)
bloku (locative singular)
blocích (locative plural)
blokem (instrumental singular)
bloky (instrumental plural)

Borrowed from German Block (“block”); other senses developed later.


blok

bloczek (diminutive)
blok (nominative singular)
bloki (nominative plural)
bloku (genitive singular)
bloków (genitive plural)
blokowi (dative singular)
blokom (dative plural)
blok (accusative singular)
bloki (accusative plural)
blokiem (instrumental singular)
blokami (instrumental plural)
bloku (locative singular)
blokach (locative plural)
bloku (singular vocative)
bloki (plural vocative)

Borrowed from German Block. Sense 8 is a semantic loan from English code block, sense 9 is a semantic loan from English block, sense 10 is a semantic loan from English heart block, and sense 11 is a semantic loan from English engine block. First attested in 1782.

sl

(volleyball) block (defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter’s court)


time out

en-verb

time out (third-person singular simple present times out, present participle timing out, simple past and past participle timed out)

times out (present singular third-person)
timing out (participle present)
timed out (participle past)
timed out (past)

(transitive, cricket) To declare (the batsman) out for having taken longer than two minutes to appear on the field.


on the back foot

(cricket, of a batsman) Having the weight on the back foot in order to play a defensive stroke


cazar

es-verb

cazar (first-person singular present cazo, first-person singular preterite cacé, past participle cazado)

cazo (first-person present singular)
cacé (first-person preterite singular)
cazado (participle past)
cazar (infinitive)
cazando (gerund)
cazado (masculine participle past singular)
cazada (feminine participle past singular)
cazados (masculine participle past plural)
cazadas (feminine participle past plural)
cazo (first-person indicative present singular)
cazas (indicative informal present second-person singular)
cazás (indicative informal present second-person singular vos-form)
caza (indicative present singular third-person)
cazamos (first-person indicative plural present)
cazáis (indicative plural present second-person)
cazan (indicative plural present third-person)
cazaba (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
cazabas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
cazaba (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
cazábamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
cazabais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
cazaban (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
cacé (first-person indicative preterite singular)
cazaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
cazó (indicative preterite singular third-person)
cazamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
cazasteis (indicative plural preterite second-person)
cazaron (indicative plural preterite third-person)
cazaré (first-person future indicative singular)
cazarás (future indicative second-person singular)
cazará (future indicative singular third-person)
cazaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
cazaréis (future indicative plural second-person)
cazarán (future indicative plural third-person)
cazaría (conditional first-person indicative singular)
cazarías (conditional indicative second-person singular)
cazaría (conditional indicative singular third-person)
cazaríamos (conditional first-person indicative plural)
cazaríais (conditional indicative plural second-person)
cazarían (conditional indicative plural third-person)
cace (first-person present singular subjunctive)
caces (informal present second-person singular subjunctive)
cacés (informal present second-person singular subjunctive vos-form)
cace (present singular subjunctive third-person)
cacemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
cacéis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
cacen (plural present subjunctive third-person)
cazara (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
cazaras (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
cazara (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
cazáramos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
cazarais (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
cazaran (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
cazase (first-person imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive)
cazases (imperfect imperfect-se second-person singular subjunctive)
cazase (imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive third-person)
cazásemos (first-person imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive)
cazaseis (imperfect imperfect-se plural second-person subjunctive)
cazasen (imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive third-person)
cazare (first-person future singular subjunctive)
cazares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
cazare (future singular subjunctive third-person)
cazáremos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
cazareis (future plural second-person subjunctive)
cazaren (future plural subjunctive third-person)
caza (imperative informal second-person singular)
cazá (imperative informal second-person singular vos-form)
cace (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
cace (imperative singular third-person)
cacemos (first-person imperative plural)
cazad (imperative plural second-person)
cacen (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
cacen (imperative plural third-person)
caces (imperative negative second-person singular)
cace (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
cace (imperative negative singular third-person)
cacemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
cacéis (imperative negative plural second-person)
cacen (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
cacen (imperative negative plural third-person)
cazarme (combined-form dative infinitive object-first-person object-singular)
cazarte (combined-form dative infinitive object-second-person object-singular)
cazarle (combined-form dative infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
cazarse (combined-form dative infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
cazarnos (combined-form dative infinitive object-first-person object-plural)
cazaros (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-second-person)
cazarles (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
cazarse (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
cazarme (accusative combined-form infinitive object-first-person object-singular)
cazarte (accusative combined-form infinitive object-second-person object-singular)
cazarlo (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
cazarla (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
cazarse (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
cazarnos (accusative combined-form infinitive object-first-person object-plural)
cazaros (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-second-person)
cazarlos (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
cazarlas (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
cazarse (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
cazándome (combined-form dative gerund object-first-person object-singular)
cazándote (combined-form dative gerund object-second-person object-singular)
cazándole (combined-form dative gerund object-singular object-third-person)
cazándose (combined-form dative gerund object-singular object-third-person)
cazándonos (combined-form dative gerund object-first-person object-plural)
cazándoos (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-second-person)
cazándoles (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-third-person)
cazándose (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-third-person)
cazándome (accusative combined-form gerund object-first-person object-singular)
cazándote (accusative combined-form gerund object-second-person object-singular)
cazándolo (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
cazándola (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
cazándose (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
cazándonos (accusative combined-form gerund object-first-person object-plural)
cazándoos (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-second-person)
cazándolos (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
cazándolas (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
cazándose (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
cázame (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
cázate (combined-form dative imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
cázale (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
cázanos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-tú)
cázales (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
cázame (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
cázate (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
cázalo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
cázala (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
cázanos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-tú)
cázalos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
cázalas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
cazame (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
cazate (combined-form dative imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
cazale (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
cazanos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-vos)
cazales (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
cazame (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
cazate (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
cazalo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
cazala (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
cazanos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-vos)
cazalos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
cazalas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
cáceme (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-singular second-person singular)
cácele (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
cácese (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
cácenos (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-plural second-person singular)
cáceles (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
cáceme (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-singular second-person singular)
cácelo (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
cácela (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
cácese (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
cácenos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-plural second-person singular)
cácelos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
cácelas (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
cacémoste (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-second-person object-singular plural)
cacémosle (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
cacémonos (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-first-person object-plural plural)
cacémoos (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-plural object-second-person plural)
cacémosles (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
cacémoste (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-second-person object-singular plural)
cacémoslo (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
cacémosla (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
cacémonos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-first-person object-plural plural)
cacémoos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-second-person plural)
cacémoslos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
cacémoslas (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
cazadme (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
cazadle (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
cazadnos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
cazaos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-second-person plural second-person)
cazadles (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
cazadme (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
cazadlo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
cazadla (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
cazadnos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
cazaos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-second-person plural second-person)
cazadlos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
cazadlas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
cácenme (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
cácenle (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
cácennos (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
cácenles (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
cácense (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
cácenme (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
cácenlo (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
cácenla (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
cácennos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
cácenlos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
cácenlas (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
cácense (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)

→ Italian: cazzare

Inherited from Old Spanish caçar, from Vulgar Latin *captiāre, from Latin captus. Compare Portuguese caçar and English chase and catch (whence Spanish cachar).

no vendas la piel del oso antes de cazarlo

(soccer) to catch (a ball, said especially of the goalkeeper)


pay-off

The bases are loaded, so he'd better make the pay-off count.


go up

en-verb

go up (third-person singular simple present goes up, present participle going up, simple past went up, past participle gone up)

goes up (present singular third-person)
going up (participle present)
went up (past)
gone up (participle past)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-go up.wav


fotbal

fotbal (nominative singular)
fotbaly (nominative plural)
fotbalu (genitive singular)
fotbalů (genitive plural)
fotbalu (dative singular)
fotbalům (dative plural)
fotbal (accusative singular)
fotbaly (accusative plural)
fotbale (singular vocative)
fotbaly (plural vocative)
fotbale (locative singular)
fotbalu (locative singular)
fotbalech (locative plural)
fotbalem (instrumental singular)
fotbaly (instrumental plural)

association football
association football

football (UK), soccer (US, Australia), association football


coordinator

→ Japanese: コーディネーター (kōdinētā)

en:assistant coach or similar role in sports

(sports, chiefly American football) An assistant coach responsible for a particular facet of the game, such as defense.


short stop

(baseball) Alternative spelling of shortstop


on deck circle

Jones warms up in the on deck circle.

(baseball) The circle drawn or painted on the field where the next batter to hit waits.


bat speed

Good hip speed leads to good bat speed.

(baseball) The speed of the bat during a swing.


backside throw

Good backside throw leads to good hip speed which leads to good bat speed.

(baseball) The rotation of the knee and lower body of the side of the batter away from the pitcher during a swing.


hip speed

en-noun

hip speed (countable and uncountable, plural hip speeds)

Good hip speed leads to good bat speed.

(baseball) The speed of rotation of the hips of a batter during a swing.


on deck

Jones is the on-deck batter.

(baseball) Being the batter who will be up next, typically when that player is waiting on the field.


Wimbledon

From an Old English name (probably Wynnmann, or alternatively Wynebeald) + dūn (“hill”).

Norman Brookes was the first Australian to win the men's singles at Wimbledon in 1907 - making him the first male outside Britain to win the Championships and the first of 12 Australian men to take the title.

2005, Jane Egginton, Working and Living Australia, page 81:

In the 1991 Wimbledon semifinal between Michael Stich and Stefan Edberg, there was just one service break in the entire match, and the guy whose serve was broken, Stich, ended up winning the match!

2008, Pete Sampras, Peter Bodo, Pete Sampras: A Champion's Mind, published 2010, unnumbered page:

An incredible 28 thousand kilograms of strawberries are eaten at Wimbledon every year...

2013, Jack Goldstein, Frankie Taylor, 101 Amazing Facts about Wimbledon, unnumbered page:

(tennis) The Wimbledon Championships, a prestigious tennis tournament.


hit parade

That’s going to do it for Smith as Jones joins the hit parade off him.

(baseball) Many hits in a row scored by one team.


golden sombrero

golden sombrero (plural golden sombreros)

Jones got a golden sombrero last night; he had a hat trick (three strikeouts) going into the ninth inning, then struck out for the fourth time.

(baseball) A humorous verbal "award" given to a batter who has struck out four times in a single game.


platinum sombrero

platinum sombrero (plural platinum sombreros)

Mike had to witness his dad achieve a platinum sombrero last night.

(baseball) A humorous verbal "award" given to a batter who has struck out five times in a single game.


WTA

Women's Tennis Association
w:Women's Tennis Association

(tennis) Initialism of Women's Tennis Association.

Men's Association of Tennis Professionals


four fingers

Four fingers are up for Jones because the weak-hitting Smith will follow.

(baseball) The sign made by the manager directing the pitcher to issue an intentional walk.


keystone corner

keystone corner (plural keystone corners)

Jones takes the toss at the keystone corner, on to first... double play.

(baseball) Second base, because it is often the key to scoring and defense.


worm burner

From the humorous notion that any worms on the ground might be burned by the rapid passage of the ball.

Jones smashes a worm burner to mid on.

Jones smashes a worm burner between third and short.

(baseball, cricket) A hard-hit ground ball.


tools of ignorance

Jones straps on the tools of ignorance.


set point

(tennis, volleyball) A situation where if one of the two players wins the next point, (s)he will win the set (but not the match).


double play depth

The infield is at double play depth with one out and a man at first.

(baseball) A shift in the defensive alignment of the infielders towards home plate when there is a baserunner on first base, to increase the possibility of getting a double play.


double fault

While reaching last year's US Open final showed he possesses an all-round game, Anderson's biggest weapon remains his serve - which he lost in the opening game against Djokovic with a double fault on break point.

2018 July 15, Jonathan Jurejko, “Novak Djokovic wins fourth Wimbledon by beating Kevin Anderson”, in BBC Sport:

(tennis) The missing of both the first serve and second serve, resulting in a point for the receiver.


match point

He made it to match point three times and still lost, but you can't come much closer than that.

(sports, tennis) A state in a game where a player can win the entire match by winning the next point. Often used in tennis.


match point

[ˌmat͡ʃ ˈpõĩn̪t̪]

Unadapted borrowing from English match point.


break point

(tennis) A situation in which if the receiver wins the next point, (s)he will win the game (but not the set or match).


Azzurri

(soccer) the Italy national football team

(rugby union) the Italy national rugby union team


Azzurri

From the blue colour/color of the national strip.


bare hand

en-verb

bare hand (third-person singular simple present bare hands, present participle bare handing, simple past and past participle bare handed)

bare hands (present singular third-person)
bare handing (participle present)
bare handed (participle past)
bare handed (past)

Jones bare hands the bunt and throws to first... out!

(transitive, baseball) To field the ball without one's glove in one's hand.


the sticks

Possibly derived from 1800s Chinook Jargon stick (“tree, forest”), from English stick.

They gained just enough on that play to move the sticks and continue the drive.

(American football) The set of yardage markers used by a chain crew to indicate the ten yards between the line of scrimmage from the previous first down and the line to gain, which the offense must reach in their series of four downs in order to retain possession of the ball.


catenaccio

Borrowed from Italian catenaccio, literally "bolt (for a door)".

(soccer) A system of defensive play focused on nullifying opponents' attacks and preventing goal-scoring opportunities, typically using a libero.


catenaccio

From catena (“chain, bond”) + -accio, or from Late Latin catēnāceum, from Latin catēna.

(soccer) a system of play in which defence/defense is strengthened so much that little attacking play is possible


Pilgrim

(soccer) Someone connected with Plymouth Argyle Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.


Chelsea

From Old English Celchyth, from cealc (“chalk”) + hȳþ (“landing place”).

(soccer) Chelsea FC, an English association football club.


duster

desc

→ Cebuano: daster (“type of loose dress worn at home”)

→ Indonesian: daster (“type of loose dress worn at home”)

→ Tagalog: daster (“type of loose dress worn at home”)

(baseball) A high pitch toward the batter.


Soca Warriors

(soccer) The Trinidad and Tobago national football team.


hoik

en-noun

hoik (countable and uncountable, plural hoiks)

Possibly originally a form of hike (itself of unclear etymology).

(cricket, countable) A wild hook shot played without style.


hoik

en-verb

hoik (third-person singular simple present hoiks, present participle hoiking, simple past and past participle hoiked)

hoiks (present singular third-person)
hoiking (participle present)
hoiked (participle past)
hoiked (past)


Socceroo

While still playing for Marconi, just prior to joining Lierse, I had debuted as a Socceroo.

2010, Archie Thompson, What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger, page 68:

A sensation as fullback on the tour, Williams remained in the Socceroo squad for the historic 1974 World Cup campaign in West Germany.

1990, Bret Harris, The Proud Champions: Australia′s Aboriginal sporting heroes, page 106:

Kosmina equalled Atti Abonyi′s record of 25 Socceroo goals at full international level and is the National Soccer League′s highest goal-scorer, with 133 goals.

1994, Wray Vamplew, The Oxford Companion to Australian sport, 2nd edition, page 235:

(Australia, sometimes attributive) A member of the Australian national soccer team, the Socceroos.


dropper

(cricket, historical) A delivery by lob bowling (no longer legal).

(cricket, historical) A bowler who makes such deliveries.


dropper

dropper (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
droppant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
droppé (participle past)
droppe (first-person indicative present singular)
droppes (indicative present second-person singular)
droppe (indicative present singular third-person)
droppons (first-person indicative plural present)
droppez (indicative plural present second-person)
droppent (indicative plural present third-person)
droppais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
droppais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
droppait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
droppions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
droppiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
droppaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
droppai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
droppas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
droppa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
droppâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
droppâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
droppèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
dropperai (first-person future indicative singular)
dropperas (future indicative second-person singular)
droppera (future indicative singular third-person)
dropperons (first-person future indicative plural)
dropperez (future indicative plural second-person)
dropperont (future indicative plural third-person)
dropperais (conditional first-person singular)
dropperais (conditional second-person singular)
dropperait (conditional singular third-person)
dropperions (conditional first-person plural)
dropperiez (conditional plural second-person)
dropperaient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
droppe (first-person present singular subjunctive)
droppes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
droppe (present singular subjunctive third-person)
droppions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
droppiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
droppent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
droppasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
droppasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
droppât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
droppassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
droppassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
droppassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
droppe (imperative second-person singular)
droppons (first-person imperative plural)
droppez (imperative plural second-person)

Borrowed from English drop + -er (verbal infinitive suffix).

(transitive, golf) to drop (a golf ball in a position other than it has landed)


ball girl

(sports) A female responsible for getting the balls from off the area of play to the players.


ball boy

(sports) A person, usually male, responsible for retrieving balls from the area of play, and returning them to the players.

aplegapilotes

A male person responsible for retrieving balls


taca

head

taca m (genitive singular taca, nominative plural tacaí)

taca (genitive singular)
tacaí (nominative plural)
nominative (indefinite)
taca (indefinite singular)
tacaí (indefinite plural)
vocative (indefinite)
a thaca (indefinite singular)
a thacaí (indefinite plural)
genitive (indefinite)
dative (indefinite)
nominative (definite)
an taca (definite singular)
na tacaí (definite plural)
genitive (definite)
na dtacaí (definite plural)
dative (definite)
leis an taca (definite singular)
don taca (definite singular)
leis na tacaí (definite plural)

From Old Irish taca (“prop, support”), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- (“to touch; to establish, support”). Cognate with Ancient Greek τάσσω (tássō, “I establish, arrange, post”).

cog

hurling; Gaelic football; hurling; Gaelic football


calciatore

it-noun

calciatore m (plural calciatori, feminine calciatrice)

calciatori (plural)
calciatrice (feminine)

(soccer) football player / soccer player


calcistico

it-adj

calcistico (feminine calcistica, masculine plural calcistici, feminine plural calcistiche)

calcistica (feminine)
calcistici (masculine plural)
calcistiche (feminine plural)


slá

head

slá (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative sló, third-person plural past indicative slógu, supine slegið)

sló (indicative past singular third-person)
slógu (indicative past plural third-person)
slegið (supine)
að slá (infinitive)
slegið (supine)
slándi (participle present)
ég slæ (indicative participle present)
við sláum (indicative present)
ég slái (present subjunctive)
við sláum (present subjunctive)
þú slærð (indicative participle present)
þið sláið (indicative present)
þú sláir (present subjunctive)
þið sláið (present subjunctive)
hann (indicative participle present)
hún (indicative participle present)
það slær (indicative participle present)
þeir (indicative present)
þær (indicative present)
þau slá (indicative present)
hann (present subjunctive)
hún (present subjunctive)
það slái (present subjunctive)
þeir (present subjunctive)
þær (present subjunctive)
þau slái (present subjunctive)
ég sló (indicative participle past present)
við slógum (indicative past)
ég slægi (past subjunctive)
við slægjum (past subjunctive)
þú slóst (indicative participle past present)
þið slóguð (indicative past)
þú slægir (past subjunctive)
þið slægjuð (past subjunctive)
hann (indicative participle past present)
hún (indicative participle past present)
það sló (indicative participle past present)
þeir (indicative past)
þær (indicative past)
þau slógu (indicative past)
hann (past subjunctive)
hún (past subjunctive)
það slægi (past subjunctive)
þeir (past subjunctive)
þær (past subjunctive)
þau slægju (past subjunctive)
slá (þú) (indicative participle past present)
sláið (þið) (indicative past)
sláðu (indicative participle past present pronoun-included)
sláiði (indicative past pronoun-included)
að slást (infinitive)
slegist (supine)
slándist (participle present)
it is never used attributively (participle present)
predicatively (participle present)
only for explicatory subclauses (participle present)
ég slæst (indicative participle present)
við sláumst (indicative present)
ég sláist (present subjunctive)
við sláumst (present subjunctive)
þú slæst (indicative participle present)
þið sláist (indicative present)
þú sláist (present subjunctive)
þið sláist (present subjunctive)
hann (indicative participle present)
hún (indicative participle present)
það slæst (indicative participle present)
þeir (indicative present)
þær (indicative present)
þau slást (indicative present)
hann (present subjunctive)
hún (present subjunctive)
það sláist (present subjunctive)
þeir (present subjunctive)
þær (present subjunctive)
þau sláist (present subjunctive)
ég slóst (indicative participle past present)
við slógumst (indicative past)
ég slægist (past subjunctive)
við slægjumst (past subjunctive)
þú slóst (indicative participle past present)
þið slógust (indicative past)
þú slægist (past subjunctive)
þið slægjust (past subjunctive)
hann (indicative participle past present)
hún (indicative participle past present)
það slóst (indicative participle past present)
þeir (indicative past)
þær (indicative past)
þau slógust (indicative past)
hann (past subjunctive)
hún (past subjunctive)
það slægist (past subjunctive)
þeir (past subjunctive)
þær (past subjunctive)
þau slægjust (past subjunctive)
slást (þú) (indicative participle past present)
sláist (þið) (indicative past)
slástu (indicative participle past present pronoun-included)
sláisti (indicative past pronoun-included)
sleginn (masculine nominative singular)
slegin (feminine nominative singular)
slegið (neuter nominative singular)
slegnir (masculine nominative plural)
slegnar (feminine nominative plural)
slegin (neuter nominative plural)
sleginn (accusative masculine singular)
slegna (accusative feminine singular)
slegið (accusative neuter singular)
slegna (accusative masculine plural)
slegnar (accusative feminine plural)
slegin (accusative neuter plural)
slegnum (dative masculine singular)
sleginni (dative feminine singular)
slegnu (dative neuter singular)
slegnum (dative masculine plural)
slegnum (dative feminine plural)
slegnum (dative neuter plural)
slegins (genitive masculine singular)
sleginnar (feminine genitive singular)
slegins (genitive neuter singular)
sleginna (genitive masculine plural)
sleginna (feminine genitive plural)
sleginna (genitive neuter plural)
slegni (masculine nominative singular)
slegna (feminine nominative singular)
slegna (neuter nominative singular)
slegnu (masculine nominative plural)
slegnu (feminine nominative plural)
slegnu (neuter nominative plural)
slegna (accusative masculine singular)
slegnu (accusative feminine singular)
slegna (accusative neuter singular)
slegnu (accusative masculine plural)
slegnu (accusative feminine plural)
slegnu (accusative neuter plural)
slegna (dative masculine singular)
slegnu (dative feminine singular)
slegna (dative neuter singular)
slegnu (dative masculine plural)
slegnu (dative feminine plural)
slegnu (dative neuter plural)
slegna (genitive masculine singular)
slegnu (feminine genitive singular)
slegna (genitive neuter singular)
slegnu (genitive masculine plural)
slegnu (feminine genitive plural)
slegnu (genitive neuter plural)

From Old Norse slá (“to smite, strike”), from Proto-Germanic *slahaną, from Proto-Indo-European *slak- (“to hit, strike, throw”). See also Icelandic slátur, Icelandic slátra.


double eagle

(golf) Three under par, one stroke short of an ace (a hole in one) on a par-five hole.

iolar dúbailte

golf: three under par, one stroke short of an ace


footballer

/ˈfʊtbɔːləɹ/

It is footballers though, rather than commentators, presenters or pundits, who when interviewed have provided some of the best Colemanballs.

2004, George Best, Scoring At Half-Time: Adventures On and Off the Pitch, →ISBN, page 259:

(soccer, UK) One who plays association football.


gorra

Borrowed from French gorre or Spanish gorra.


gorra

→ Cebuano: gora

→ Hiligaynon: gora

→ Tagalog: gora (dated)

Unknown, probably from Middle French gorre, itself possibly from Old Occitan [Term?].

Y cuando llega Mariel deja la gorra y sirve té con limón / O a lo mejor café

1972, “Mariel y el Capitán”, in Vida, performed by Sui Generis:

And when Mariel arrives, he puts down his cap and serves tea with lemon / Or maybe coffee instead.


avanti

(soccer, rugby, water polo) player whose main objective is scoring points; forward


screening

en-noun

screening (countable and uncountable, plural screenings)

→ German: Screening

→ Spanish: screening

due diligence

performing the work needed to uncover latent problems

(volleyball) Action done by the serving team to prevent the opposing team from seeing the server and the flight path of the ball.


nub

en-verb

nub (third-person singular simple present nubs, present participle nubbing, simple past and past participle nubbed)

nubs (present singular third-person)
nubbing (participle present)
nubbed (participle past)
nubbed (past)

Either directly from Middle Low German, or from knub, from a Middle Low German word (compare Low German Knubbel, Knobbel (“knot; lump”)). Compare knob.


snapper

(American football) The player who snaps the ball to start the play.


plunk

en-verb

plunk (third-person singular simple present plunks, present participle plunking, simple past and past participle plunked)

plunks (present singular third-person)
plunking (participle present)
plunked (participle past)
plunked (past)

The Braves retaliated by plunking Harper in the next inning.

(transitive, baseball) To intentionally hit the batter with a pitch.


putti

putti (nominative singular)
putit (nominative plural)
putti (accusative nominative singular)
putit (accusative nominative plural)
putin (accusative genitive singular)
putit (accusative genitive plural)
putin (genitive singular)
puttien (genitive plural)
puttia (partitive singular)
putteja (partitive plural)
putissa (inessive singular)
puteissa (inessive plural)
putista (elative singular)
puteista (elative plural)
puttiin (illative singular)
putteihin (illative plural)
putilla (adessive singular)
puteilla (adessive plural)
putilta (ablative singular)
puteilta (ablative plural)
putille (allative singular)
puteille (allative plural)
puttina (essive singular)
putteina (essive plural)
putiksi (singular translative)
puteiksi (plural translative)
putitta (abessive singular)
puteitta (abessive plural)
putein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
puttini (nominative singular)
puttini (nominative plural)
puttini (accusative nominative singular)
puttini (accusative nominative plural)
puttini (accusative genitive singular)
puttini (accusative genitive plural)
puttini (genitive singular)
puttieni (genitive plural)
puttiani (partitive singular)
puttejani (partitive plural)
putissani (inessive singular)
puteissani (inessive plural)
putistani (elative singular)
puteistani (elative plural)
puttiini (illative singular)
putteihini (illative plural)
putillani (adessive singular)
puteillani (adessive plural)
putiltani (ablative singular)
puteiltani (ablative plural)
putilleni (allative singular)
puteilleni (allative plural)
puttinani (essive singular)
putteinani (essive plural)
putikseni (singular translative)
puteikseni (plural translative)
putittani (abessive singular)
puteittani (abessive plural)
putteineni (comitative plural)
puttisi (nominative singular)
puttisi (nominative plural)
puttisi (accusative nominative singular)
puttisi (accusative nominative plural)
puttisi (accusative genitive singular)
puttisi (accusative genitive plural)
puttisi (genitive singular)
puttiesi (genitive plural)
puttiasi (partitive singular)
puttejasi (partitive plural)
putissasi (inessive singular)
puteissasi (inessive plural)
putistasi (elative singular)
puteistasi (elative plural)
puttiisi (illative singular)
putteihisi (illative plural)
putillasi (adessive singular)
puteillasi (adessive plural)
putiltasi (ablative singular)
puteiltasi (ablative plural)
putillesi (allative singular)
puteillesi (allative plural)
puttinasi (essive singular)
putteinasi (essive plural)
putiksesi (singular translative)
puteiksesi (plural translative)
putittasi (abessive singular)
puteittasi (abessive plural)
putteinesi (comitative plural)
puttimme (nominative singular)
puttimme (nominative plural)
puttimme (accusative nominative singular)
puttimme (accusative nominative plural)
puttimme (accusative genitive singular)
puttimme (accusative genitive plural)
puttimme (genitive singular)
puttiemme (genitive plural)
puttiamme (partitive singular)
puttejamme (partitive plural)
putissamme (inessive singular)
puteissamme (inessive plural)
putistamme (elative singular)
puteistamme (elative plural)
puttiimme (illative singular)
putteihimme (illative plural)
putillamme (adessive singular)
puteillamme (adessive plural)
putiltamme (ablative singular)
puteiltamme (ablative plural)
putillemme (allative singular)
puteillemme (allative plural)
puttinamme (essive singular)
putteinamme (essive plural)
putiksemme (singular translative)
puteiksemme (plural translative)
putittamme (abessive singular)
puteittamme (abessive plural)
putteinemme (comitative plural)
puttinne (nominative singular)
puttinne (nominative plural)
puttinne (accusative nominative singular)
puttinne (accusative nominative plural)
puttinne (accusative genitive singular)
puttinne (accusative genitive plural)
puttinne (genitive singular)
puttienne (genitive plural)
puttianne (partitive singular)
puttejanne (partitive plural)
putissanne (inessive singular)
puteissanne (inessive plural)
putistanne (elative singular)
puteistanne (elative plural)
puttiinne (illative singular)
putteihinne (illative plural)
putillanne (adessive singular)
puteillanne (adessive plural)
putiltanne (ablative singular)
puteiltanne (ablative plural)
putillenne (allative singular)
puteillenne (allative plural)
puttinanne (essive singular)
putteinanne (essive plural)
putiksenne (singular translative)
puteiksenne (plural translative)
putittanne (abessive singular)
puteittanne (abessive plural)
putteinenne (comitative plural)
puttinsa (nominative singular)
puttinsa (nominative plural)
puttinsa (accusative nominative singular)
puttinsa (accusative nominative plural)
puttinsa (accusative genitive singular)
puttinsa (accusative genitive plural)
puttinsa (genitive singular)
puttiensa (genitive plural)
puttiaan (partitive singular)
puttiansa (partitive singular)
puttejaan (partitive plural)
puttejansa (partitive plural)
putissaan (inessive singular)
putissansa (inessive singular)
puteissaan (inessive plural)
puteissansa (inessive plural)
putistaan (elative singular)
putistansa (elative singular)
puteistaan (elative plural)
puteistansa (elative plural)
puttiinsa (illative singular)
putteihinsa (illative plural)
putillaan (adessive singular)
putillansa (adessive singular)
puteillaan (adessive plural)
puteillansa (adessive plural)
putiltaan (ablative singular)
putiltansa (ablative singular)
puteiltaan (ablative plural)
puteiltansa (ablative plural)
putilleen (allative singular)
putillensa (allative singular)
puteilleen (allative plural)
puteillensa (allative plural)
puttinaan (essive singular)
puttinansa (essive singular)
putteinaan (essive plural)
putteinansa (essive plural)
putikseen (singular translative)
putiksensa (singular translative)
puteikseen (plural translative)
puteiksensa (plural translative)
putittaan (abessive singular)
putittansa (abessive singular)
puteittaan (abessive plural)
puteittansa (abessive plural)
putteineen (comitative plural)
putteinensa (comitative plural)


caid

head

caid f (genitive singular caide, nominative plural caideanna)

caide (genitive singular)
caideanna (nominative plural)
nominative (indefinite)
caid (indefinite singular)
caideanna (indefinite plural)
vocative (indefinite)
a chaid (indefinite singular)
a chaideanna (indefinite plural)
genitive (indefinite)
caide (indefinite singular)
dative (indefinite)
nominative (definite)
an chaid (definite singular)
na caideanna (definite plural)
genitive (definite)
na caide (definite singular)
na gcaideanna (definite plural)
dative (definite)
leis an gcaid (definite singular)
don chaid (definite singular)
leis na caideanna (definite plural)
caid
chaid
gcaid


marbre

Inherited from Old French marbre, from Latin marmor, from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros).


vuvuzela

vuvuzelák (plural)
vuvuzela (nominative singular)
vuvuzelák (nominative plural)
vuvuzelát (accusative singular)
vuvuzelákat (accusative plural)
vuvuzelának (dative singular)
vuvuzeláknak (dative plural)
vuvuzelával (instrumental singular)
vuvuzelákkal (instrumental plural)
vuvuzeláért (causal-final singular)
vuvuzelákért (causal-final plural)
vuvuzelává (singular translative)
vuvuzelákká (plural translative)
vuvuzeláig (singular terminative)
vuvuzelákig (plural terminative)
vuvuzelaként (essive-formal singular)
vuvuzelákként (essive-formal plural)
vuvuzelában (inessive singular)
vuvuzelákban (inessive plural)
vuvuzelán (singular superessive)
vuvuzelákon (plural superessive)
vuvuzelánál (adessive singular)
vuvuzeláknál (adessive plural)
vuvuzelába (illative singular)
vuvuzelákba (illative plural)
vuvuzelára (singular sublative)
vuvuzelákra (plural sublative)
vuvuzelához (allative singular)
vuvuzelákhoz (allative plural)
vuvuzelából (elative singular)
vuvuzelákból (elative plural)
vuvuzeláról (delative singular)
vuvuzelákról (delative plural)
vuvuzelától (ablative singular)
vuvuzeláktól (ablative plural)
vuvuzeláé (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
vuvuzeláké (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
vuvuzeláéi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
vuvuzelákéi (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
vuvuzelám (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
vuvuzeláim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
vuvuzelád (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
vuvuzeláid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
vuvuzelája (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
vuvuzelái (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
vuvuzelánk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
vuvuzeláink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
vuvuzelátok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
vuvuzeláitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
vuvuzelájuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
vuvuzeláik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

From English vuvuzela, from Zulu vuvuzela (“to make a vu vu noise”), from the /vuː/ sound the horns make.


jump shot

(basketball) A shot in which the player releases the ball at the highest point of a jump.


bastone

desctree

→ Greek: μπαστούνι (bastoúni)
→ Bulgarian: бастун (bastun)

→ Ottoman Turkish: باستون, باسطون (baston)
Turkish: baston
→ Armenian: պաստօն (pastōn)
→ Laz: ბასთონი (bastoni), ბასტონი (basťoni)

Possibly inherited from Vulgar Latin *bastōnem, itself a modification of Late Latin bastum, or possibly noun use of the verb *bastō, from Ancient Greek βαστάζω (bastázō). Compare French bâton.


bola

First attested in 1502. From Latin bulla, probably through the intermediate of Occitan bola. Doublet of butlla and the archaic or dialectal bolla.

(baseball) ball (pitch which falls outside the strike zone)


air out

en-verb

air out (third-person singular simple present airs out, present participle airing out, simple past and past participle aired out)

airs out (present singular third-person)
airing out (participle present)
aired out (participle past)
aired out (past)

(American football, slang) To throw passes, especially long and high passes.


paquet

→ Catalan: paquet

desctree

→ German: Paket
→ Romanian: pachet
Russian: пакет (paket)
Bulgarian: пакет (paket)
Ukrainian: пакет (paket)

→ Ottoman Turkish: پاكت (paket)
Turkish: paket

→ Persian: پاکت (pâkat)

→ Sicilian: pachettu

→ Spanish: paquete

From Middle French paquet, from Middle Dutch pac (Dutch pak), from Proto-Germanic *pakkô.


green top

en-noun

green top (countable and uncountable, plural green tops)

(cricket, countable) A pitch with abundant visible grass.


Kopfball

de-noun

Kopfball m (strong, genitive Kopfballes or Kopfballs, plural Kopfbälle)

Kopfballes (genitive)
Kopfballs (genitive)
Kopfbälle (plural)
Kopfball (nominative singular)
Kopfbälle (definite nominative plural)
Kopfballes (genitive singular)
Kopfballs (genitive singular)
Kopfbälle (definite genitive plural)
Kopfball (dative singular)
Kopfballe (dative singular)
Kopfbällen (dative definite plural)
Kopfball (accusative singular)
Kopfbälle (accusative definite plural)


step up to the plate

en-verb

step up to the plate (third-person singular simple present steps up to the plate, present participle stepping up to the plate, simple past and past participle stepped up to the plate)

steps up to the plate (present singular third-person)
stepping up to the plate (participle present)
stepped up to the plate (participle past)
stepped up to the plate (past)

An allusion to taking one's turn at bat in baseball.

Surround yourself with good people who can reliably step up to the plate and solve problems when they occur.

2008 June 12, Beth Stackpole, “The IT pro's vacation planner”, in Computerworld, retrieved 2020-06-17:

When you introduce a new and very important issue, you are likely to inspire some of those who have been sitting back to step up to the plate and take on the new role of promoting ethical practice.

2013, Janice Gow Pettey, Nonprofit Fundraising Strategy, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 207:

However, every time you fail to do something, you make it harder to step up to the plate for the next challenge. Think of this ability and willingness to step up as a competency or skill that you can develop over time.

2014, Henry Evans, Colm Foster, Step Up, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 78:

"There is something in railway people that has encouraged them to step up to the plate," says Starr.

2021 January 27, Paul Clifton, “What is the future of the RDG?”, in RAIL, issue 923, page 44:

take a responsibility
take responsibility

(chiefly US, idiomatic) To initiate action; to assume or take a responsibility.


back pass

(soccer) An intentional pass to the goalkeeper by a teammate.


goalpost

/ˈɡəʊlpəʊst/

(sports, American football) The tall Y-shaped upright, now usually of fiberglass, at either end of the playing field, through which a football must go in order for a field goal to be scored. (They were originally H-shaped, with one wooden post on either side.)


rover

From Middle English roven (“to wander, to shoot an arrow randomly”) + -er.

inh

I went to Coach Beamer and, because we had a lot of outside linebackers, ask him if I could play rover.

2011, Frank Beamer, Always a Hokie: Players, Coaches, and Fans Share Their Passion for Virginia Tech Football:

(American football) A defensive back position whose coverage responsibilities are a hybrid of those of a cornerback, safety and linebacker.

(croquet) A ball which has passed through all the hoops and would go out if it hit the stake but is continued in play; also, the player of such a ball.

(baseball) The tenth defensive player in slow-pitch softball.


goalbound

Liverpool did have one moment of danger in the first half when Chelsea failed to clear Glen Johnson's cross and Branislav Ivanovic blocked Craig Bellamy's goalbound shot.

2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:

(soccer) Likely to enter the goal, but for the intervention of defenders and the goalkeeper.


box out

en-verb

box out (third-person singular simple present boxes out, present participle boxing out, simple past and past participle boxed out)

boxes out (present singular third-person)
boxing out (participle present)
boxed out (participle past)
boxed out (past)

(basketball) To position oneself between an opposition player and the basket in anticipation of getting a rebound.


circuit slugger

en-noun

circuit slugger (plural circuit sluggers)

Gil Hodges became the greatest circuit slugger ever to wear Dodger flannels.

(baseball, idiomatic) A talented baseball batter who hits home runs.


town ball

(softball) A non-varsity softball team, typically played by youths (usually girls) under the age of 18. Frequently played in small cities and towns, sponsored by a local business and coached by volunteers.


interception

interception (countable and uncountable, plural interceptions)

Borrowed from Latin interceptiō; compare French interception.

(American football) A passing play where the ball is caught by the opposing team.

(rugby) A pass that is intercepted by an opposing player.


avantage

→ Albanian: avantazh

→ Franco-Provençal: avantâjo

→ Greek: αβαντάζ (avantáz)

→ Polish: awantaż

→ Portuguese: vantagem

→ Romanian: avantaj

→ Spanish: ventaja

→ Turkish: avantaj

From Old French avantage. Derivable from avant + -age.


rough up the bullpen

en-verb

rough up the bullpen (third-person singular simple present roughs up the bullpen, present participle roughing up the bullpen, simple past and past participle roughed up the bullpen)

roughs up the bullpen (present singular third-person)
roughing up the bullpen (participle present)
roughed up the bullpen (participle past)
roughed up the bullpen (past)

The strong baseball team really roughed up the bullpen in their 34-0 rout against their foes; the coach used nine relievers and they still couldn't get anybody out.

(baseball, of the offensive team) To manage easily to hit pitching by the starting and relief pitchers of the opposing team, despite the types of pitches thrown or the skill of the pitchers.


корт

uk-noun

корт • (kort) m inan (genitive ко́рту, nominative plural ко́рти, genitive plural ко́ртів)

kort (romanization)
ко́рту (genitive)
ко́рти (nominative plural)
ко́ртів (genitive plural)
корт (nominative singular)
ко́рти (nominative plural)
ко́рту (genitive singular)
ко́ртів (genitive plural)
ко́ртові (dative singular)
ко́рту (dative singular)
ко́ртам (dative plural)
корт (accusative singular)
ко́рти (accusative plural)
ко́ртом (instrumental singular)
ко́ртами (instrumental plural)
ко́рті (locative singular)
ко́ртах (locative plural)
ко́рте (singular vocative)
ко́рти (plural vocative)


Gunners

(informal, soccer) Arsenal football club.


golfeur

fr-noun

golfeur m (plural golfeurs, feminine golfeuse)


crazy golf

(golf) A variation on golf, played on a smaller scale, where players have to putt the golf ball into a hole, past various obstructions.


driving range

Improve your golf swing by taking your mate to the driving range. If you're good, you can show off and give her some tips. If you stink, play it for laughs.

2008 January–February, “70 Ways to Improve Every Day of the Week”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 1, →ISSN, page 135:

(golf) An area where golfers practice their swing, and try to hit the ball far, toward no target.


cheaply

en-adv

cheaply (comparative more cheaply, superlative most cheaply)

more cheaply (comparative)
most cheaply (superlative)

(cricket, by extension) For a low score.


golf course

(golf) The land where one plays golf, with tees, fairways, greens and flags in holes.


golfer

(computing) One who takes part in code golf or regex golf.


run-on

(soccer, rugby, etc.) An amount of time spent playing on the field during a game, especially so as to evaluate a player's abilities.


kasta

head

kasta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kastaði, supine kastað)

kastaði (indicative past singular third-person)
kastað (supine)
að kasta (infinitive)
kastað (supine)
kastandi (participle present)
ég kasta (indicative participle present)
við köstum (indicative present)
ég kasti (present subjunctive)
við köstum (present subjunctive)
þú kastar (indicative participle present)
þið kastið (indicative present)
þú kastir (present subjunctive)
þið kastið (present subjunctive)
hann (indicative participle present)
hún (indicative participle present)
það kastar (indicative participle present)
þeir (indicative present)
þær (indicative present)
þau kasta (indicative present)
hann (present subjunctive)
hún (present subjunctive)
það kasti (present subjunctive)
þeir (present subjunctive)
þær (present subjunctive)
þau kasti (present subjunctive)
ég kastaði (indicative participle past present)
við köstuðum (indicative past)
ég kastaði (past subjunctive)
við köstuðum (past subjunctive)
þú kastaðir (indicative participle past present)
þið köstuðuð (indicative past)
þú kastaðir (past subjunctive)
þið köstuðuð (past subjunctive)
hann (indicative participle past present)
hún (indicative participle past present)
það kastaði (indicative participle past present)
þeir (indicative past)
þær (indicative past)
þau köstuðu (indicative past)
hann (past subjunctive)
hún (past subjunctive)
það kastaði (past subjunctive)
þeir (past subjunctive)
þær (past subjunctive)
þau köstuðu (past subjunctive)
kasta (þú) (indicative participle past present)
kastið (þið) (indicative past)
kastaðu (indicative participle past present pronoun-included)
kastiði (indicative past pronoun-included)
að kastast (infinitive)
kastast (supine)
kastandist (participle present)
it is never used attributively (participle present)
predicatively (participle present)
only for explicatory subclauses (participle present)
ég kastast (indicative participle present)
við köstumst (indicative present)
ég kastist (present subjunctive)
við köstumst (present subjunctive)
þú kastast (indicative participle present)
þið kastist (indicative present)
þú kastist (present subjunctive)
þið kastist (present subjunctive)
hann (indicative participle present)
hún (indicative participle present)
það kastast (indicative participle present)
þeir (indicative present)
þær (indicative present)
þau kastast (indicative present)
hann (present subjunctive)
hún (present subjunctive)
það kastist (present subjunctive)
þeir (present subjunctive)
þær (present subjunctive)
þau kastist (present subjunctive)
ég kastaðist (indicative participle past present)
við köstuðumst (indicative past)
ég kastaðist (past subjunctive)
við köstuðumst (past subjunctive)
þú kastaðist (indicative participle past present)
þið köstuðust (indicative past)
þú kastaðist (past subjunctive)
þið köstuðust (past subjunctive)
hann (indicative participle past present)
hún (indicative participle past present)
það kastaðist (indicative participle past present)
þeir (indicative past)
þær (indicative past)
þau köstuðust (indicative past)
hann (past subjunctive)
hún (past subjunctive)
það kastaðist (past subjunctive)
þeir (past subjunctive)
þær (past subjunctive)
þau köstuðust (past subjunctive)
kastast (þú) (indicative participle past present)
kastist (þið) (indicative past)
kastastu (indicative participle past present pronoun-included)
kastisti (indicative past pronoun-included)
kastaður (masculine nominative singular)
köstuð (feminine nominative singular)
kastað (neuter nominative singular)
kastaðir (masculine nominative plural)
kastaðar (feminine nominative plural)
köstuð (neuter nominative plural)
kastaðan (accusative masculine singular)
kastaða (accusative feminine singular)
kastað (accusative neuter singular)
kastaða (accusative masculine plural)
kastaðar (accusative feminine plural)
köstuð (accusative neuter plural)
köstuðum (dative masculine singular)
kastaðri (dative feminine singular)
köstuðu (dative neuter singular)
köstuðum (dative masculine plural)
köstuðum (dative feminine plural)
köstuðum (dative neuter plural)
kastaðs (genitive masculine singular)
kastaðrar (feminine genitive singular)
kastaðs (genitive neuter singular)
kastaðra (genitive masculine plural)
kastaðra (feminine genitive plural)
kastaðra (genitive neuter plural)
kastaði (masculine nominative singular)
kastaða (feminine nominative singular)
kastaða (neuter nominative singular)
köstuðu (masculine nominative plural)
köstuðu (feminine nominative plural)
köstuðu (neuter nominative plural)
kastaða (accusative masculine singular)
köstuðu (accusative feminine singular)
kastaða (accusative neuter singular)
köstuðu (accusative masculine plural)
köstuðu (accusative feminine plural)
köstuðu (accusative neuter plural)
kastaða (dative masculine singular)
köstuðu (dative feminine singular)
kastaða (dative neuter singular)
köstuðu (dative masculine plural)
köstuðu (dative feminine plural)
köstuðu (dative neuter plural)
kastaða (genitive masculine singular)
köstuðu (feminine genitive singular)
kastaða (genitive neuter singular)
köstuðu (genitive masculine plural)
köstuðu (feminine genitive plural)
köstuðu (genitive neuter plural)

From Old Norse kasta, from Proto-Germanic *kastōną. Cognate with Faroese and Swedish kasta, Norwegian and Danish kaste, and English cast.

(baseball) to pitch [with dative ‘something’]

(basketball) to shoot [with dative ‘something’]


balja

balja (indefinite nominative singular)
baljas (genitive indefinite singular)
baljan (definite nominative singular)
baljans (definite genitive singular)
baljor (indefinite nominative plural)
baljors (genitive indefinite plural)
baljorna (definite nominative plural)
baljornas (definite genitive plural)

From Old Swedish balia, from Middle Low German ballie, from French baille.


tailback

(American football) A running back or halfback who lines up furthest to the rear in an I formation.


क्रिकेट

hi-noun

क्रिकेट • (krikeṭ) ? (Urdu spelling کرکٹ)

Borrowed from English cricket. Cognate with Assamese ক্ৰিকেট (kriket), Bengali ক্রিকেট (krikeṭ), Gujarati ક્રિકેટ (krikeṭ), Punjabi ਕ੍ਰਿਕਟ (krikaṭ) / ਕ੍ਰਿਕੇਟ (krikeṭ).


triple bogey

(golf) A score of three over par (for one hole)


LPGA

Ladies Professional Golf Association
w:Ladies Professional Golf Association

(golf) Initialism of Ladies Professional Golf Association.