morfar

es-verb

morfar (first-person singular present morfo, first-person singular preterite morfé, past participle morfado)

morfo (first-person present singular)
morfé (first-person preterite singular)
morfado (participle past)
morfar (infinitive)
morfando (gerund)
morfado (masculine participle past singular)
morfada (feminine participle past singular)
morfados (masculine participle past plural)
morfadas (feminine participle past plural)
morfo (first-person indicative present singular)
morfas (indicative informal present second-person singular)
morfás (indicative informal present second-person singular vos-form)
morfa (indicative present singular third-person)
morfamos (first-person indicative plural present)
morfáis (indicative plural present second-person)
morfan (indicative plural present third-person)
morfaba (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
morfabas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
morfaba (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
morfábamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
morfabais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
morfaban (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
morfé (first-person indicative preterite singular)
morfaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
morfó (indicative preterite singular third-person)
morfamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
morfasteis (indicative plural preterite second-person)
morfaron (indicative plural preterite third-person)
morfaré (first-person future indicative singular)
morfarás (future indicative second-person singular)
morfará (future indicative singular third-person)
morfaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
morfaréis (future indicative plural second-person)
morfarán (future indicative plural third-person)
morfaría (conditional first-person indicative singular)
morfarías (conditional indicative second-person singular)
morfaría (conditional indicative singular third-person)
morfaríamos (conditional first-person indicative plural)
morfaríais (conditional indicative plural second-person)
morfarían (conditional indicative plural third-person)
morfe (first-person present singular subjunctive)
morfes (informal present second-person singular subjunctive)
morfés (informal present second-person singular subjunctive vos-form)
morfe (present singular subjunctive third-person)
morfemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
morféis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
morfen (plural present subjunctive third-person)
morfara (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
morfaras (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
morfara (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
morfáramos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
morfarais (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
morfaran (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
morfase (first-person imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive)
morfases (imperfect imperfect-se second-person singular subjunctive)
morfase (imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive third-person)
morfásemos (first-person imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive)
morfaseis (imperfect imperfect-se plural second-person subjunctive)
morfasen (imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive third-person)
morfare (first-person future singular subjunctive)
morfares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
morfare (future singular subjunctive third-person)
morfáremos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
morfareis (future plural second-person subjunctive)
morfaren (future plural subjunctive third-person)
morfa (imperative informal second-person singular)
morfá (imperative informal second-person singular vos-form)
morfe (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
morfe (imperative singular third-person)
morfemos (first-person imperative plural)
morfad (imperative plural second-person)
morfen (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
morfen (imperative plural third-person)
morfes (imperative negative second-person singular)
morfe (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
morfe (imperative negative singular third-person)
morfemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
morféis (imperative negative plural second-person)
morfen (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
morfen (imperative negative plural third-person)

→ Portuguese: morfar

(Argentina and Uruguay, soccer, slang) to hog the ball


rundown

→ Spanish: rondón

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Smith is caught in a rundown, but Jones will come around to score.

(baseball) A defensive play in which the runner is caught between two fielders, who steadily converge to tag the runner out.


receiver

From Anglo-Norman receverre, receivour et al., later also reformed as receive + -er. Compare recevor, rescaivour.

curator

person appointed to settle financial affairs

прыёмнік

electronic device that receives and converts signal

(American football) An offensive player who catches the ball after it has been passed.


throw someone a curve

en-verb

throw someone a curve (third-person singular simple present throws someone a curve, present participle throwing someone a curve, simple past threw someone a curve, past participle thrown someone a curve)

throws someone a curve (present singular third-person)
throwing someone a curve (participle present)
threw someone a curve (past)
thrown someone a curve (participle past)

From the curve ball in baseball, where a spin is employed to adjust the path of the ball unexpectedly.

(baseball) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: To pitch a curve ball.


bowl a googly

bowl a googly (third-person singular simple present bowls a googly, present participle bowling a googly, simple past and past participle bowled a googly)

bowls a googly (present singular third-person)
bowling a googly (participle present)
bowled a googly (participle past)
bowled a googly (past)

(transitive, intransitive, cricket) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bowl, googly.


overplay

overplay (third-person singular simple present overplays, present participle overplaying, simple past and past participle overplayed)

overplays (present singular third-person)
overplaying (participle present)
overplayed (participle past)
overplayed (past)

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The first few shots went wonderfully, but Robin overplayed the last and lost.

(transitive, golf) To accidentally hit (one's golf ball) beyond "the green".

uitslaan

To accidentally hit (one's golf ball) beyond the green


glance

glance (third-person singular simple present glances, present participle glancing, simple past and past participle glanced)

glances (present singular third-person)
glancing (participle present)
glanced (participle past)
glanced (past)
glance (infinitive)

The verb is derived from Late Middle English glenchen (“of a blow: to strike obliquely, glance; of a person: to turn quickly aside, dodge”) [and other forms], a blend of:
* Old French glacier, glachier, glaichier (“to slide; to slip”) (whence also Middle English glacen (“of a blow: to strike obliquely, glance; to glide”)), from glace (“frozen water, ice”) (from Vulgar Latin *glacia, from Latin glaciēs (“ice”), of uncertain origin, + -ier (suffix forming infinitives of first-conjugation verbs); and
* Old French guenchir, ganchir (“to avoid; to change direction; to elude, evade”) [and other forms], from Proto-West Germanic *wankijan (“to move aside; to stagger, sway; to wave”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weng- (“to bend”).
The noun is derived from the verb.

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glansen, glence, glench, glens, glanche, glauncen, glaunche

рикоширам

to strike and fly off in an oblique direction to dart aside

lyödä maila vinossa

(cricket) to hit a ball with a bat held in a slanted manner

Doncaster paid the price two minutes later when [Kevin] Doyle sent [Stephen] Hunt away down the left and his pinpoint cross was glanced in by Fletcher for his sixth goal of the season.

2011 January 18, “Wolverhampton 5 – 0 Doncaster”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 2023-04-09:

(also figuratively) To cause (something) to move obliquely.

(ball games) To hit (a ball) lightly, causing it to move in another direction.

hipaista

(ball games) to hit (a ball) lightly, causing it to move in another direction

(cricket) To hit (a ball) with a bat held in a slanted manner; also, to play such a stroke against (the bowler).

lyödä maila vinossa

(cricket) to hit (a ball) with a bat held in a slanted manner; to play such a stroke against (the bowler)

(also figuratively) To strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside.

(cricket) To hit a ball with a bat held in a slanted manner.


glance

en-noun

glance (countable and uncountable, plural glances)

(cricket) A stroke in which the ball is hit with a bat held in a slanted manner.

lyönti maila vinossa

(cricket) stroke in which the ball is hit with a bat held in a slanted manner


loop

From Middle English loupe (“noose, loop”), earlier lowp-knot (“loop-knot”), of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse hlaup (“a run”), used in the sense of a "running knot", from hlaupa (“to leap”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną (“to leap, run”). Compare Swedish löp-knut (“loop-knot”), Danish løb-knude (“a running knot”), Danish løb (“a course”). More at leap. The verb is derived from the noun.

der

(cricket) The curved path of the ball bowled by a spin bowler.


shoestring

The noun is derived from shoe + string. The adjective is derived from the noun, while the verb is derived from terms such as shoestring catch and shoestring tackle.

(US, chiefly American football, baseball) Of a catch or tackle: made near the ground, close to a player's shoes.

jalka-

of a catch or tackle: made near the ground, close to a player’s shoes


shoestring

en-verb

shoestring (third-person singular simple present shoestrings, present participle shoestringing, simple past and past participle shoestringed)

shoestrings (present singular third-person)
shoestringing (participle present)
shoestringed (participle past)
shoestringed (past)

shoestring tackle
shoestring tackle#English

(transitive, American football) To tackle (a player) using a shoestring tackle (“one made near the ground, close to a player's shoes”).

taklata alas

to tackle (a player) using a shoestring tackle

We didn't score in our half of the eighth, but it was only because Ernie's line drive was shoestringed by the Giant left fielder, with Rusty Howarth on second.

1976, Paul R. Rothweiler, The Sensuous Southpaw […], New York, N.Y.: Putnam, →ISBN, page 104:

Most outfielders say that short-hopping a ball so that it looks as if it was caught is more an accident than an art form, but Coach Joe Nossek of the Indians actually tells his charges to hold up the ball after shoestringing it on the off chance that the umpire might be fooled.

1981 April 13, Steve Wulf, “Tricks of the Trade”, in Sports Illustrated Baseball: Four Decades of Sports Illustrated’s Finest Writing on America’s Favorite Pastime (Collector’s Library), Birmingham, Ala.: Oxmoor House, published 1994, →ISBN, page 275:

shoestring catch
shoestring catch#English

(transitive, baseball) To catch (a ball) using a shoestring catch (“one made near the ground, close to a player's shoes”).

ottaa koppi matalalta

to catch (a ball) using a shoestring catch


lax

By replacement of the syllable crosse with the cross-shaped letter x.

“I'm not playing lax this term,” Mimah said.

2010, Kate Kingsley, Pretty on the Outside, page 79:


hummer

Branca, concentrating so intently that he didn't hear the braying crowd, threw a hummer down the middle.

2015, Andrew Goldblatt, The Giants and the Dodgers, page 115:


jardinero

es-noun

jardinero m (plural jardineros, feminine jardinera, feminine plural jardineras)

jardineros (plural)
jardinera (feminine)
jardineras (feminine plural)

→ Tagalog: hardinero


lancer

Inherited from Old French lancier, from Late Latin lanceāre, from Latin lancea. Compare Catalan llançar; Italian lanciare; Occitan and Portuguese lançar; Spanish lanzar.


flick

→ Afrikaans: fliek

From Middle English flykke (“light blow or stroke”). Later uses apparently interpreted as a back-formation from flicker.
The use of flick to mean a film or movie derives from the fact that early films had a low frame rate, thus causing the film to "flick" rapidly when projected onto a screen.

inh

The fourth seed was dominating her 20-year-old opponent with a series of stinging groundstrokes and athletic drive-volleys, striking again in game five when Paszek flicked a forehand pick-up into the tramlines.

2011 June 28, David Ornstein, “Wimbledon 2011: Victoria Azarenka beats Tamira Paszek in quarters”, in BBC Sport:

(tennis) A powerful underarm volley shot.


rotation

en-noun

rotation (countable and uncountable, plural rotations)

/ɹoʊˈteɪʃən/

Borrowed from Latin rotatiō. By surface analysis, rotate + -ion.

(baseball) The set of starting pitchers of a team.


QPR

Queens Park Rangers
w:Queens Park Rangers F.C.

(soccer) Initialism of Queens Park Rangers: a British football club based in London.


ERA

ERA (countable and uncountable, plural ERAs)

earned run average
earned run average#English

(baseball) Initialism of earned run average, a baseball statistic.


meta

meta (nominative singular)
mety (nominative plural)
mety (genitive singular)
met (genitive plural)
metě (dative singular)
metám (dative plural)
metu (accusative singular)
mety (accusative plural)
meto (singular vocative)
mety (plural vocative)
metě (locative singular)
metách (locative plural)
metou (instrumental singular)
metami (instrumental plural)


meta

Learned borrowing from Latin mēta. Doublet of meda.


header

His header for the goal followed a perfect corner kick.

The Black Cats had a mountain to climb after James Morrison's header and Shane Long's neat side-foot finish gave Albion a 2-0 lead five minutes in.

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

(soccer) The act of hitting the ball with the head.

رَأْسِيَّة

soccer: act of hitting the ball with the head


downtown

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That shot came from way downtown!

(basketball) Outside the three-point line, or generally far from the basket.


tête

[tɛɪ̯tʰ]

Inherited from Middle French teste, from Old French teste, from Latin testa (“pot, jug, brick”). Replaced French chef (from Latin caput), which is still used in some expressions.


duffer

Cognate with duff, which see (origin is uncertain).

(sports) A player having little skill, especially a golfer who duffs.


SSL

Società Sportiva Lazio
w:Società Sportiva Lazio

(soccer) Abbreviation of Società Sportiva Lazio.


leg bye

(cricket) A run scored by a batting side arising from the ball striking any part of the batsman's body (other than the hand) without touching the bat.


not out

(cricket, of a batsman at the end of an innings) not dismissed and having not retired.


loaded

en-adj

loaded (comparative more loaded, superlative most loaded)

more loaded (comparative)
most loaded (superlative)

It's bottom of the ninth, the bases are loaded and there are two outs.

(baseball) Pertaining to a situation where there is a runner at each of the three bases.

täynnä

baseball: when there is a runner at each of the three bases


sidearm

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A personal weapon, such as a handgun or sword, carried on the hip in a belt, sheath, holster, etc., for rapid access.


charity

en-noun

charity (countable and uncountable, plural charities)

From Middle English charite, from Old French charité, cherte, chariteit, cariteit, from Latin cāritās.

(US, Philippines, basketball, informal) A free throw.


camel toe

When contacting the ball with one hand, it must be cleanly hit with the heel or palm of the hand (a roll shot), with straight, locked fingertips (a cobra), knurled fingers (a camel toe), or the back of the hand from the wrist to the knuckles.

1997, Steven Boga, Volleyball, Stackpole Books, →ISBN, page 83:


palo

palo (nominative singular)
palot (nominative plural)
palo (accusative nominative singular)
palot (accusative nominative plural)
palon (accusative genitive singular)
palot (accusative genitive plural)
palon (genitive singular)
palojen (genitive plural)
paloa (partitive singular)
paloja (partitive plural)
palossa (inessive singular)
paloissa (inessive plural)
palosta (elative singular)
paloista (elative plural)
paloon (illative singular)
paloihin (illative plural)
palolla (adessive singular)
paloilla (adessive plural)
palolta (ablative singular)
paloilta (ablative plural)
palolle (allative singular)
paloille (allative plural)
palona (essive singular)
paloina (essive plural)
paloksi (singular translative)
paloiksi (plural translative)
palotta (abessive singular)
paloitta (abessive plural)
paloin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
paloni (nominative singular)
paloni (nominative plural)
paloni (accusative nominative singular)
paloni (accusative nominative plural)
paloni (accusative genitive singular)
paloni (accusative genitive plural)
paloni (genitive singular)
palojeni (genitive plural)
paloani (partitive singular)
palojani (partitive plural)
palossani (inessive singular)
paloissani (inessive plural)
palostani (elative singular)
paloistani (elative plural)
palooni (illative singular)
paloihini (illative plural)
palollani (adessive singular)
paloillani (adessive plural)
paloltani (ablative singular)
paloiltani (ablative plural)
palolleni (allative singular)
paloilleni (allative plural)
palonani (essive singular)
paloinani (essive plural)
palokseni (singular translative)
paloikseni (plural translative)
palottani (abessive singular)
paloittani (abessive plural)
paloineni (comitative plural)
palosi (nominative singular)
palosi (nominative plural)
palosi (accusative nominative singular)
palosi (accusative nominative plural)
palosi (accusative genitive singular)
palosi (accusative genitive plural)
palosi (genitive singular)
palojesi (genitive plural)
paloasi (partitive singular)
palojasi (partitive plural)
palossasi (inessive singular)
paloissasi (inessive plural)
palostasi (elative singular)
paloistasi (elative plural)
paloosi (illative singular)
paloihisi (illative plural)
palollasi (adessive singular)
paloillasi (adessive plural)
paloltasi (ablative singular)
paloiltasi (ablative plural)
palollesi (allative singular)
paloillesi (allative plural)
palonasi (essive singular)
paloinasi (essive plural)
paloksesi (singular translative)
paloiksesi (plural translative)
palottasi (abessive singular)
paloittasi (abessive plural)
paloinesi (comitative plural)
palomme (nominative singular)
palomme (nominative plural)
palomme (accusative nominative singular)
palomme (accusative nominative plural)
palomme (accusative genitive singular)
palomme (accusative genitive plural)
palomme (genitive singular)
palojemme (genitive plural)
paloamme (partitive singular)
palojamme (partitive plural)
palossamme (inessive singular)
paloissamme (inessive plural)
palostamme (elative singular)
paloistamme (elative plural)
paloomme (illative singular)
paloihimme (illative plural)
palollamme (adessive singular)
paloillamme (adessive plural)
paloltamme (ablative singular)
paloiltamme (ablative plural)
palollemme (allative singular)
paloillemme (allative plural)
palonamme (essive singular)
paloinamme (essive plural)
paloksemme (singular translative)
paloiksemme (plural translative)
palottamme (abessive singular)
paloittamme (abessive plural)
paloinemme (comitative plural)
palonne (nominative singular)
palonne (nominative plural)
palonne (accusative nominative singular)
palonne (accusative nominative plural)
palonne (accusative genitive singular)
palonne (accusative genitive plural)
palonne (genitive singular)
palojenne (genitive plural)
paloanne (partitive singular)
palojanne (partitive plural)
palossanne (inessive singular)
paloissanne (inessive plural)
palostanne (elative singular)
paloistanne (elative plural)
paloonne (illative singular)
paloihinne (illative plural)
palollanne (adessive singular)
paloillanne (adessive plural)
paloltanne (ablative singular)
paloiltanne (ablative plural)
palollenne (allative singular)
paloillenne (allative plural)
palonanne (essive singular)
paloinanne (essive plural)
paloksenne (singular translative)
paloiksenne (plural translative)
palottanne (abessive singular)
paloittanne (abessive plural)
paloinenne (comitative plural)
palonsa (nominative singular)
palonsa (nominative plural)
palonsa (accusative nominative singular)
palonsa (accusative nominative plural)
palonsa (accusative genitive singular)
palonsa (accusative genitive plural)
palonsa (genitive singular)
palojensa (genitive plural)
paloaan (partitive singular)
paloansa (partitive singular)
palojaan (partitive plural)
palojansa (partitive plural)
palossaan (inessive singular)
palossansa (inessive singular)
paloissaan (inessive plural)
paloissansa (inessive plural)
palostaan (elative singular)
palostansa (elative singular)
paloistaan (elative plural)
paloistansa (elative plural)
paloonsa (illative singular)
paloihinsa (illative plural)
palollaan (adessive singular)
palollansa (adessive singular)
paloillaan (adessive plural)
paloillansa (adessive plural)
paloltaan (ablative singular)
paloltansa (ablative singular)
paloiltaan (ablative plural)
paloiltansa (ablative plural)
palolleen (allative singular)
palollensa (allative singular)
paloilleen (allative plural)
paloillensa (allative plural)
palonaan (essive singular)
palonansa (essive singular)
paloinaan (essive plural)
paloinansa (essive plural)
palokseen (singular translative)
paloksensa (singular translative)
paloikseen (plural translative)
paloiksensa (plural translative)
palottaan (abessive singular)
palottansa (abessive singular)
paloittaan (abessive plural)
paloittansa (abessive plural)
paloineen (comitative plural)
paloinensa (comitative plural)

From Proto-Finnic *palo, equivalent to palaa (“to burn”) + -o


palo

From Latin pālus, from Proto-Italic *pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-slos, from *peh₂ǵ-.


gyroball

(sports) A spinning pitch thrown most commonly by Japanese baseball players.


false start

(American football) The act of an offensive player moving across the line of scrimmage prior to the snap.


lineman

(American football) A player who specializes in play at the line of scrimmage.


singel

singel (nominative singular)
single (nominative plural)
singla (genitive singular)
singli (genitive plural)
singlów (genitive plural)
singlowi (dative singular)
singlom (dative plural)
singla (accusative singular)
single (accusative plural)
singlem (instrumental singular)
singlami (instrumental plural)
singlu (locative singular)
singlach (locative plural)
singlu (singular vocative)
single (plural vocative)

Borrowed from English single, from Middle English single, sengle, from Old French sengle, saingle, sangle, from Latin singulus, a diminutive derived from Proto-Indo-European *sem-.

(badminton, music, tennis) Alternative spelling of singiel


assistant referee

assistant referee (plural assistant referees)

Maccabi's Yoan Ziv also saw red in the second half for kicking a boot at the assistant referee.

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

association football
association football

(soccer, British): One of the two officials at an association football match, previously known as linesmen, who assist the referee.


linesman

A linesman replaced injured referee Rebecca Welch after 50 minutes and with no other official present, qualified referee Pattison, 60, ran the line.

2015 November 18, “Steven Pattison: Carlisle United director runs line in FA Youth Cup”, in BBC Sport:

As the linesman raised his flag, Neville played on, crossing for Piovaccari to net.

2015 November 13, “Western Sydney Wanderers romp to victory at hapless Melbourne City”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):

(American football) An official whose primary task is to determine whether there has been a line of scrimmage violation.

linjatuomari

American football: official who determines if there has been a line of scrimmage violation


flare

→ Italian: flare

Origin unknown, first recorded in the mid 16th century, probably related to Latin flagrō (“I burn”). Norwegian flara (“to blaze; to flaunt in gaudy attire”) has a similar meaning, but the English word predates it. Possibly related to Middle High German vlederen (“to flutter”), represented by modern German flattern.
The noun is derived from the verb.

unknown

Origin unknown

ярка светлина

source of brightly burning light or intense heat

Stulp

widening of an object with otherwise roughly constant width

разкрояване

widening of the lower legs of trousers and jeans

Jones hits a little flare to left that falls for a single.

An observant base runner checks the outfield defense and easily goes from first to third when the batter hits a flare to right field. A base runner who does not observe the depth of the outfield must turn to watch the ball, see it drop, and then run. He probably doesn't make it to third base.

2008, Mark Gola, “Character”, in Baseball’s Sixth Tool: Playing the Mental Game to Get the Competitive Edge, New York, N.Y.: McGraw-Hill, →ISBN, page 7:

(baseball) A low fly ball that is hit in the region between the infielders and the outfielders.

(American football) A route run by the running back, releasing toward the sideline and then slightly arcing upfield looking for a short pass.


association football

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soccer

Mostly North American and Australian English

A ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent.


fruit salad

en-noun

fruit salad (countable and uncountable, plural fruit salads)

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(cricket) A bowler's strategy of using a different delivery each time.


overhead

en-adj

overhead (comparative more overhead, superlative most overhead)

more overhead (comparative)
most overhead (superlative)

From Middle English owerheved, over-hed, over hede (adverb), from Old English oferhēafod (adverb), equivalent to over- + head. Compare German Low German overhoopt, överhoopt, German überhaupt.

It was Rooney, however, who produced a moment of inspiration to score a stunning overhead kick that will live forever in the memory of United's fans and extended City's dismal sequence of only one league win in their last 27 visits to Old Trafford.

2011 February 12, Phil McNulty, “Man Utd 2 - 1 Man City”, in BBC:

despeses generals

of, or relating to the operating expenses of a business


overhead

en-noun

overhead (countable and uncountable, plural overheads)

computational overhead| digital overhead


run and gun

en-verb

run and gun (third-person singular simple present runs and guns, present participle running and gunning, simple past ran and gunned, past participle run and gunned)

runs and guns (present singular third-person)
running and gunning (participle present)
ran and gunned (past)
run and gunned (participle past)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-run and gun.wav

This team likes to run and gun.

They're really running and gunning now.

This coach likes to play a run-and-gun offense.

(basketball, often attributive) To move the ball quickly and shoot often.


banjo hitter

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-banjo hitter.wav

From the twanging sound of the batter's swing, like that of a banjo.

Aluminum bats, which had replaced wood in the college game in 1974, were so potent they made Babe Ruths out of banjo hitters.

(baseball) a batter who lacks power, usually hits bloop singles, and would have a low slugging percentage.


completion

en-noun

completion (countable and uncountable, plural completions)

termination

antonym(s) of “making complete, accomplishment”

Borrowed from Latin completio, completionem, from complere (“to fill up, complete”); comparable to English complete + -ion.

(American football) A forward pass that is successfully caught by the intended receiver.


Ajax

(soccer) The Amsterdam football club AFC Ajax


Aluminium

de-noun

Aluminium n (strong, genitive Aluminiums, no plural)

Aluminiums (genitive)
Aluminium (nominative singular)
Aluminiums (genitive singular)
Aluminium (dative singular)
Aluminium (accusative singular)

(ball games slang, journalism) the post or crossbar of a goal


Athletic

Smith became an Athletic as a result of a pre-season trade.

(baseball) A player on the team Oakland Athletics.

(soccer, uncountable) Short for Athletic Club, a Spanish professional club more often known in English as Athletic Bilbao.


Athletics

(baseball) The team The Oakland Athletics, previously Kansas City Athletics and Philadelphia Athletics.


Ass

Ass n (strong, genitive Asses, plural Asse or Ässer)

Asses (genitive)
Asse (plural)
Ässer (plural)
Ass (nominative singular)
Asse (definite nominative plural)
Ässer (definite nominative plural)
Asses (genitive singular)
Asse (definite genitive plural)
Ässer (definite genitive plural)
Ass (dative singular)
Asse (dative singular)
Assen (dative definite plural)
Ässern (dative definite plural)
Ass (accusative singular)
Asse (accusative definite plural)
Ässer (accusative definite plural)


Argonaut

/ˈɑːrɡənɔːt/

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀργοναύτης (Argonaútēs).

(Canadian football) A team member for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League.


Brewer

(soccer) A player, supporter or other person connected with Burton Albion Football Club.

(baseball) A player for the Milwaukee Brewers.


Blues

In reference to the ancient Roman and medieval Byzantine racing faction, a calque of Latin venetī (“Sea-Blues”) or factio veneta (“the sea-blue faction”) and Byzantine Greek Βένετοι (Bénetoi, “Blues”).

bor

Australian rules football
Australian rules football

(informal) Any of several sports teams whose uniform is predominantly blue, such as:

(Australian rules football) Carlton Football Club.


Cardinal

Smith became a Cardinal as the result of a pre-season trade.

(baseball) A player on the St. Louis Cardinals team.

(American football) A player on the Arizona Cardinals team.


Barca

2000 April 19, BBC Online, "Football News":

There's only one Barca

Chelsea and Barca clash once again

Giovani committed to Barca

(informal, soccer) FC Barcelona, a prominent Spanish association football club.


Cub

Jones became a Cub as the result of a pre-season trade.

(baseball) A player on the team the "Chicago Cubs".


Aztec

From Spanish azteca, from Classical Nahuatl aztēcah, plural of aztēcatl (“inhabitant of Aztlán”).

(American football) A hybrid defensive back position combining aspects of the safety, nickelback and linebacker positions.


Cherry

(soccer) someone connected with AFC Bournemouth, as a fan, player, coach etc.


Angel

Smith became an Angel as a result of a pre-season trade.

(baseball) A player on the team the "Los Angeles Angels" or one of its predecessor "Angels" teams.


Ball

de-noun

Ball m (strong, genitive Balles or Balls, plural Bälle, diminutive Bällchen n)

Balles (genitive)
Balls (genitive)
Bälle (plural)
Bällchen (diminutive neuter)
Ball (nominative singular)
Bälle (definite nominative plural)
Balles (genitive singular)
Balls (genitive singular)
Bälle (definite genitive plural)
Ball (dative singular)
Balle (dative singular)
Bällen (dative definite plural)
Ball (accusative singular)
Bälle (accusative definite plural)

→ Slovincian: bal

From Middle High German and Old High German bal, from Proto-West Germanic *ballu, from Proto-Germanic *balluz.
Cognates include English ball, Dutch bal, Danish bold, Swedish boll, Icelandic böllur, and Norwegian ball.

ein guter Ball in den Strafraum

Die Bälle müssten öfter über links kommen.


scramble

Origin uncertain. Perhaps from earlier dialectal scramble, scrammel (“to collect or rake together with the hands”), from scramb (“to pull or scrape together with the hands”) + -le (frequentative suffix) (compare Dutch schrammen (“to graze, brush, scratch”)); or alternatively from a nasalised form of scrabble (“to scrape or scratch quickly”).

cog

(golf) A statistic used in assessing a player's short game, consisting of a chip or putt from under 50 yards away that results in requiring one putt or less on the green.

(golf) A variant of golf in which each player in a team tees off on each hole, and the players decide which shot was best. Every player then plays their second shot from within a club length of where the best ball has come to rest, and the procedure is repeated until the hole is finished.


Drive

de-noun

Drive m (strong, genitive Drives, plural Drives)

Drives (genitive)
Drives (plural)
Drive (nominative singular)
Drives (definite nominative plural)
Drives (genitive singular)
Drives (definite genitive plural)
Drive (dative singular)
Drives (dative definite plural)
Drive (accusative singular)
Drives (accusative definite plural)

(golf, countable) drive (stroke made with a driver)

(badminton, tennis, countable) drive (ball struck in a flat trajectory)


City

City will reportedly look to have a fee for Aguero.

(soccer, informal) Manchester City Football Club, an English football club.


whiff

The noun is possibly:
* partly a variant of Middle English wef, weffe (“bad smell, stench, stink; exhalation; vapour; tendency of something to go bad (?)”) [and other forms], possibly a variant of either:
** waf, waif, waife (“odour, scent”), possibly from waven (“to move to and fro, sway, wave; to stray, wander; to move in a weaving manner; (figuratively) to hesitate, vacillate”), from Old English wafian (“to wave”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to braid, weave”); or
** wef (“a blow, stroke”), from weven (“to travel, wander; to move to and fro, flutter, waver; to blow something away, waft; to cause something to move; to fall; to cut deeply; to sever; to give up, yield; to give deference to; to avoid; to afflict, trouble; to beckon, signal”); further etymology uncertain, perhaps from Old English wefan (“to weave”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to braid, weave”)), or from wǣfan (see bewǣfan, ymbwǣfan); and
* partly onomatopoeic.
Noun sense 6 (“name of a number of flatfish”) is possibly derived from sense 1 (“brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air”), sense 4 (“small quantity of cloud, smoke, vapour, etc.”), and other such senses.
The verb and adjective are derived from the noun. Verb sense 2.6 (“to catch fish by dragging a handline near the surface of the water from a moving boat”) is possibly derived from sense 1.1 (“to carry or convey (something) by, or as by, a whiff or puff of air”), sense 2.2 (“to be carried, or move as if carried, by a puff of air”), and other such senses.
The interjection is derived from noun sense 7.4 (“a sound like that of air passing through a small opening; a short or soft whistle”).

дъх

short inhalation or exhalation of breath

(sports, chiefly US, slang) A failure to hit a ball in various sports (for example, golf); a miss.

(baseball) From the batter's perspective: a strike.


whiff

en-verb

whiff (third-person singular simple present whiffs, present participle whiffing, simple past and past participle whiffed)

whiffs (present singular third-person)
whiffing (participle present)
whiffed (participle past)
whiffed (past)

(US, baseball) Of a pitcher: to strike out (a batter); to fan.

"Casey Bat". You can't help but swing this bat with all your might. There's a good chance that you may just whiff.

1995, HAL Laboratory, EarthBound, Nintendo, Super Nintendo Entertainment System:

(US, chiefly sports) Especially in baseball or golf: to completely miss hitting a ball; hence (baseball), of a batter: to strike out; to fan.

lyödä ohi

especially in baseball or golf: to completely miss hitting a ball


Elk

(Canadian football) A team member of the Canadian Football League's Edmonton Elks (formerly known as the Eskimos).


Bank

Bank (genitive)
Bänke (plural)
Bank (nominative singular)
Bänke (definite nominative plural)
Bank (genitive singular)
Bänke (definite genitive plural)
Bank (dative singular)
Bänken (dative definite plural)
Bank (accusative singular)
Bänke (accusative definite plural)

→ Danish: bank

→ Norwegian Bokmål: bank

From Middle High German and Old High German banc, bank (“height”), from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz. Related to Old Saxon bank.


Giant

(baseball) A player for the San Francisco Giants.

(American football) A player for the New York Giants.


Englisch

de-noun

Englisch n (strong, genitive Englischs, no plural)

(soccer, dialectal, parts of western Germany) A children’s game for three or more participants played with one goal. Players try to reduce the goalkeeper’s points by scoring volley goals. Missing the goal makes the respective player the goalkeeper. The first player to forfeit all their points is the loser.


Euro

England could have met world and European champions Spain but that eventuality was avoided by Sweden's 2-0 win against France, and Rooney's first goal in a major tournament since scoring twice in the 4-2 victory over Croatia in Lisbon at Euro 2004.

2012 June 19, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport:

(soccer, usually followed by the year) The UEFA European Football Championship, a European football competition held between the international teams of Europe every four years.


Gill

* As an English surname, converged from variants of Giles (sometimes through Dutch), Julian, and William.
* As a northern English surname, from Middle English gil (“ravine, glen”), from Old Norse gil. The Old Norse is also a source of the Norwegian surname.
* As an Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, variant of McGill.
* Also as an Irish surname, variant of Gall.
* As a Jewish/Israeli surname, from Hebrew גיל (“joy”).
* As a German surname, variant of Gilger.
* As an Indian/Sikh/Punjabi surname, from ਗਿੱਲ (gill, “moisture”).

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


Hammer

Shortened West Ham + -er, with a pun on hammer.

(soccer) someone connected with West Ham Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.


Green

Green n (strong, genitive Greens, plural Greens)

Greens (genitive)
Greens (plural)
Green (nominative singular)
Greens (definite nominative plural)
Greens (genitive singular)
Greens (definite genitive plural)
Green (dative singular)
Greens (dative definite plural)
Green (accusative singular)
Greens (accusative definite plural)


Libero

Libero m (strong, genitive Liberos or Libero, plural Liberos, feminine Libera)

Liberos (genitive)
Libero (genitive)
Liberos (plural)
Libera (feminine)
Libero (nominative singular)
Liberos (definite nominative plural)
Liberos (genitive singular)
Libero (genitive singular)
Liberos (definite genitive plural)
Libero (dative singular)
Liberos (dative definite plural)
Libero (accusative singular)
Liberos (accusative definite plural)


Hand

Hand n or f (strong, genitive Hands or Hand, no plural)

From Middle High German hant, from Old High German hant, from Proto-West Germanic *handu, from Proto-Germanic *handuz.
Compare Dutch hand, English hand, West Frisian hân, Danish hånd, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃 (handus).

Das war Hand!

Das erste Hand war vor dem Strafraum, aber das zweite hätte Elfmeter geben müssen.

The first handball was outside the box, but the second one should have been a penalty.


Lion

(American football) A player for National Football League's Detroit Lions.

(Canadian football) A player for Canadian Football League's B.C. Lions.

(soccer) A player for the England football team.

(Australian rules football) A player or supporter of the Brisbane Lions.


Mariner

Jones became a Mariner as the result of a pre-season trade.

(baseball) A player on the team the Seattle Mariners.


Lob

Lob m (strong, genitive Lobs, plural Lobs)

Lobs (genitive)
Lobs (plural)
Lob (nominative singular)
Lobs (definite nominative plural)
Lobs (genitive singular)
Lobs (definite genitive plural)
Lob (dative singular)
Lobs (dative definite plural)
Lob (accusative singular)
Lobs (accusative definite plural)


Mal

Mal n (strong, genitive Males or Mals, plural Male or Mäler)

Males (genitive)
Mals (genitive)
Male (plural)
Mäler (plural)

From Middle High German māl, from Old High German māl. Related with malen (“to paint”) and cognate with Dutch maal. Early on influenced by etymologically unrelated Middle High German meil, from Old High German meil, from Proto-Germanic *mailą, from which last English mole.


Met

(baseball) A player for the New York Mets.


Oval

Alternative form: The Oval

(cricket) A cricket ground in South London.


Kaiser

de-proper noun

der Kaiser m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Kaisers)

der Kaiser (canonical masculine)
des Kaisers (definite genitive)

From Middle High German keiser, from Old High German keisar, keisur, from Proto-West Germanic *kaisar (“emperor”), borrowed from Latin Caesar. Doublet of Cäsar and Zar.

In Mexiko kam der virtuelle Beckenbauer aber noch nicht zum Einsatz, wegen der dünnen Luft („Montezumas Rache“). Und aus Datenschutzgründen nicht bei der Heim-EM 1988 in Deutschland. Einen ersten unbemerkten Kurzzeiteinsatz des Kaisers als Hologramm gab es bei der WM 1990, im Spiel der Deutschen gegen die Tschechoslowakei (1:0).

2024 February 27, Gerald Fricke, “Der Beckenbavatar”, in taz:

(soccer, colloquial) nickname of Franz Beckenbauer


Padre

Jones became a Padre as the result of a pre-season trade.

(baseball) A player for the San Diego Padres.


Patriot

(American football, NFL) A member of the New England Patriots professional football team.


Premier

Ellipsis and borrowed from English Premier League.


Pike

Pike (genitive)
Piken (plural)
Pike (nominative singular)
Piken (definite nominative plural)
Pike (genitive singular)
Piken (definite genitive plural)
Pike (dative singular)
Piken (dative definite plural)
Pike (accusative singular)
Piken (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German pieke, from Middle Dutch pike, from Old Dutch *pīk, from Proto-West Germanic *pīk. Already in Dutch the word was influenced by French pic (“tip”). Another influence is German Picke (“pick, pickaxe”), from picken. The precise relation between all of these words is uncertain.

(especially soccer) the tip of the foot or shoe


Ram

From ram the animal of the mascot for the sports team.

(UK, soccer) Someone connected with Derby County Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.


Post

de-noun

Post m (strong, genitive Posts, plural Posts)

Posts (genitive)
Posts (plural)
Post (nominative singular)
Posts (definite nominative plural)
Posts (genitive singular)
Posts (definite genitive plural)
Post (dative singular)
Posts (dative definite plural)
Post (accusative singular)
Posts (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from English post, from Old English post and Old French post, from Latin postis.

(basketball) post (location on the court)


PK

en-noun

PK (countable and uncountable, plural PKs)

(American football) Initialism of placekicker.

(US, soccer) Initialism of penalty kick.


Sweet Sixteen

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Sweet Sixteen.wav

(basketball, US, informal) The sixteen teams participating in the regional semifinals of the NCAA Division I tournament, one of whom will become the national champion.

(basketball, US, informal) The round of the NCAA Division I basketball tournament where all but 16 teams have been eliminated.

The new coach has just led the Nimrods to their first Sweet Sixteen.

(basketball, US, informal) An appearance in the Sweet Sixteen.


Single

de-noun

Single n (strong, genitive Singles or Single, plural Singles)

Singles (genitive)
Single (genitive)
Singles (plural)
Single (nominative singular)
Singles (definite nominative plural)
Singles (genitive singular)
Single (genitive singular)
Singles (definite genitive plural)
Single (dative singular)
Singles (dative definite plural)
Single (accusative singular)
Singles (accusative definite plural)

In all senses from English single. The pronunciation is without /ɡ/ because German allows the cluster /ŋɡ/ only before full vowels, not before /ə/. The feminine gender of the musical sense is probably after Schallplatte f.

(tennis) single (game with one player on each side)


Service

Service m (strong, genitive Service, plural Services)

Service (genitive)
Services (plural)
Service (nominative singular)
Services (definite nominative plural)
Service (genitive singular)
Services (definite genitive plural)
Service (dative singular)
Services (dative definite plural)
Service (accusative singular)
Services (accusative definite plural)

Unadapted borrowing from English service.


Swan

From swan, the bird.
* (surname): An English nickname from the swan bird.

(Australian rules football) someone connected with the Sydney Swans, as a fan, player, coach, etc.


Swan

The Swans will doubtless recover, but they will head home this evening knowing that they didn't do themselves justice in a game that means so much to supporters.

2013 November 3, Delme Parfitt, “Cardiff City 1 - 0 Swansea City: Steven Caulker heads Bluebirds to South Wales derby win”, in Wales Online:

(soccer) someone connected with Swansea City Football Club, as a fan, player, coach, etc.


Spur

English surname, variant of Spurr. Compare the noun spur.

(soccer) someone connected with Tottenham Hotspur FC, as a fan, player, coach etc.


Tyke

Perhaps a derogatory nickname from Old Norse tík, 'bitch, female dog' (compare English tyke, Icelandic tík). Less likely to be from Old Norse þýzkr, 'of one's nation' or an Old English cognate (compare German deutsch, Swedish tysk).

(slang, soccer) someone connected with Barnsley Football Club, as a fan, player, coach, etc.


Tiger

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


Robin

* (masculine given name): From Middle English Robin, from Old French, diminutive of Robert
* (feminine given name): From the bird, robin
* (given name): From Germanic

(soccer) Someone connected with any number of sports teams known as the Robins, as a fan, player, coach, etc.


Tunnel

de-noun

m:n􂀿alternatively in the south􂁀,s,-:s􂀿Swiss or dated􂁀

Tunnel m or (alternatively in the south) n (strong, genitive Tunnels, plural Tunnel or (Swiss or dated) Tunnels)

the south (regional)
Tunnels (genitive)
Tunnel (plural)
Tunnels (Swiss dated plural)
Tunnel (definite nominative singular)
Tunnel (definite nominative plural)
Tunnels (definite nominative plural)
Tunnels (genitive singular)
Tunnel (definite genitive plural)
Tunnels (definite genitive plural)
Tunnel (dative singular)
Tunneln (dative definite plural)
Tunnels (dative definite plural)
Tunnel (accusative definite singular)
Tunnel (accusative definite plural)
Tunnels (accusative definite plural)

de-ndecl

m:n􂀿alternatively in southern Germany, Austria and Switzerland􂁀,s,-:s􂀿Switzerland, otherwise dated􂁀

(ball games) nutmeg (act of playing the ball through an opponent's legs)


Volleyball

de-noun

Volleyball m (strong, genitive Volleyballes or Volleyballs, plural Volleybälle)

Volleyballes (genitive)
Volleyballs (genitive)
Volleybälle (plural)
Volleyball (nominative singular)
Volleybälle (definite nominative plural)
Volleyballes (genitive singular)
Volleyballs (genitive singular)
Volleybälle (definite genitive plural)
Volleyball (dative singular)
Volleyballe (dative singular)
Volleybällen (dative definite plural)
Volleyball (accusative singular)
Volleybälle (accusative definite plural)


Wanderer

(soccer) someone connected with any number of soccer clubs known as the Wanderers.


Tee

Tee n (strong, genitive Tees, plural Tees)

Tees (genitive)
Tees (plural)
Tee (nominative singular)
Tees (definite nominative plural)
Tees (genitive singular)
Tees (definite genitive plural)
Tee (dative singular)
Tees (dative definite plural)
Tee (accusative singular)
Tees (accusative definite plural)


Villa

Olsson and Herd tussled off the ball at a free-kick before Olsson fell to the ground. Assistant referee Darren Cann signalled for a penalty and Dowd sent Herd off to the amazement of the Villa faithful.

2011 October 22, Sam Sheringham, “Aston Villa 1 - 2 West Brom”, in BBC Sport:

(soccer) Aston Villa Football Club, a football club based in Birmingham


Will

Shortened from William or, less often, from other given names beginning with Wil-, such as Wilfred or Willard.

Will linebacker drops to turn-in, QB dropping dumps the ball off to HB.

1997, F Henderson, M Olson, Football's West Coast Offense, page 7:

Our Will linebacker, because he is away from the formation or to the split end, should be a great pursuit man and pass defender.
Will covers the back side hook zone on the weak side.

2000, American Football Coaches Association, Defensive Football Strategies, page 25:

(American football) A weak-side linebacker.


rb

(basketball) Abbreviation of rebond (“rebound”).


Yard

Yard n or m (strong, genitive Yard or Yards, plural Yard or Yards)

Yard (archaic) f (genitive Yard, plural Yard or Yards)

Yard (genitive)
Yards (genitive)
Yard (plural)
Yards (plural)
Yard (genitive)
Yard (genitive plural)
Yards (genitive plural)
Yard (definite nominative singular)
Yard (definite nominative plural)
Yards (definite nominative plural)
Yard (genitive singular)
Yards (genitive singular)
Yard (definite genitive plural)
Yards (definite genitive plural)
Yard (dative singular)
Yard (dative definite plural)
Yards (dative definite plural)
Yard (accusative definite singular)
Yard (accusative definite plural)
Yards (accusative definite plural)
Yard (nominative singular)
Yard (definite nominative plural)
Yards (definite nominative plural)
Yard (genitive singular)
Yard (definite genitive plural)
Yards (definite genitive plural)
Yard (dative singular)
Yard (dative definite plural)
Yards (dative definite plural)
Yard (accusative singular)
Yard (accusative definite plural)
Yards (accusative definite plural)

18th century, borrowed from English yard. Doublet of Gerte (“riding crop, whip”). Masculine gender after Meter. Feminine gender after Elle (“ell”).

(Anglophone contexts, also American football) yard (measure of length equal to ca. 91 cm)


DB

(American football, Canadian football) Initialism of defensive back.


peru

From Peru (“Peru, also frequently used as a pars pro toto to refer to all the Spanish settlements in America”).

from

(Portugal, soccer) a goal resulting from a shameful mistake by the goalkeeper


racquets

a game for two or four players, played in an enclosed court with a small hard fast-moving ball


CB

en-noun

CB (countable and uncountable, plural CBs)

(soccer) Initialism of centre-back, a defensive position

(American football, Gaelic football, hurling) Initialism of cornerback.

Gaelic football; hurling; Gaelic football; hurling


CG

(baseball) Initialism of complete games; the statistic reporting the number of games thrown by a pitcher.


hit up

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

(rugby) The act of taking a pass from the dummy half and running straight into the opposition's defensive line without looking to pass.


colorado

pt-adj

colorado (feminine colorada, masculine plural colorados, feminine plural coloradas)

colorada (feminine)
colorados (masculine plural)
coloradas (feminine plural)

(Brazil, soccer) pertaining to, or related to Sport Club Internacional


colorado

pt-noun

colorado m (plural colorados, feminine colorada, feminine plural coloradas)

colorados (plural)
colorada (feminine)
coloradas (feminine plural)

(Brazil, soccer) a player or supporter of Sport Club Internacional sports team


all-rounder

From earlier all-round (“versatile”) + -er, sense “versatile person” from 1875.

An all-rounder is a player who can bat and bowl. A genuine all-rounder should be able to make the team on either skill alone. A genuine one is as rare as a punctual Sri Lankan.

2011, Shehan Karunatilaka, Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew, Jonathan Cape, page 26:

(cricket) A player who is skilled in both batting and bowling.

yleispelaaja

(cricket) player skilled in both batting and bowling


jaffa

From Jaffa, an ancient port city in what is now Israel from which the oranges were exported. The sense "impotent male" is a reference to being "seedless"; see seed.
The cricketing sense, of a 'sweet ball' (from the bowler's perspective), is a metaphor further reinforced in Australian English where Jaffa is also a trademark for a popular lolly that is red and round.

(cricket) A ball that is very difficult for the batsman to hit because it moves erratically either through the air or off the pitch


hole in one

en-noun

hole in one (plural holes in one or hole in ones)

holes in one (plural)
hole in ones (plural)

(golf) A hole that is completed by sinking the ball in a single shot or attempt, with one hit.


hole in one

hole in one (nominative singular)
hole in onet (nominative plural)
hole in one (accusative nominative singular)
hole in onet (accusative nominative plural)
hole in onen (accusative genitive singular)
hole in onet (accusative genitive plural)
hole in onen (genitive singular)
hole in onejen (genitive plural)
hole in onein (genitive plural rare)
hole in onea (partitive singular)
hole in oneja (partitive plural)
hole in onessa (inessive singular)
hole in oneissa (inessive plural)
hole in onesta (elative singular)
hole in oneista (elative plural)
hole in oneen (illative singular)
hole in oneihin (illative plural)
hole in onella (adessive singular)
hole in oneilla (adessive plural)
hole in onelta (ablative singular)
hole in oneilta (ablative plural)
hole in onelle (allative singular)
hole in oneille (allative plural)
hole in onena (essive singular)
hole in oneina (essive plural)
hole in oneksi (singular translative)
hole in oneiksi (plural translative)
hole in onetta (abessive singular)
hole in oneitta (abessive plural)
hole in onein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
hole in oneni (nominative singular)
hole in oneni (nominative plural)
hole in oneni (accusative nominative singular)
hole in oneni (accusative nominative plural)
hole in oneni (accusative genitive singular)
hole in oneni (accusative genitive plural)
hole in oneni (genitive singular)
hole in onejeni (genitive plural)
hole in oneini (genitive plural rare)
hole in oneani (partitive singular)
hole in onejani (partitive plural)
hole in onessani (inessive singular)
hole in oneissani (inessive plural)
hole in onestani (elative singular)
hole in oneistani (elative plural)
hole in oneeni (illative singular)
hole in oneihini (illative plural)
hole in onellani (adessive singular)
hole in oneillani (adessive plural)
hole in oneltani (ablative singular)
hole in oneiltani (ablative plural)
hole in onelleni (allative singular)
hole in oneilleni (allative plural)
hole in onenani (essive singular)
hole in oneinani (essive plural)
hole in onekseni (singular translative)
hole in oneikseni (plural translative)
hole in onettani (abessive singular)
hole in oneittani (abessive plural)
hole in oneineni (comitative plural)
hole in onesi (nominative singular)
hole in onesi (nominative plural)
hole in onesi (accusative nominative singular)
hole in onesi (accusative nominative plural)
hole in onesi (accusative genitive singular)
hole in onesi (accusative genitive plural)
hole in onesi (genitive singular)
hole in onejesi (genitive plural)
hole in oneisi (genitive plural rare)
hole in oneasi (partitive singular)
hole in onejasi (partitive plural)
hole in onessasi (inessive singular)
hole in oneissasi (inessive plural)
hole in onestasi (elative singular)
hole in oneistasi (elative plural)
hole in oneesi (illative singular)
hole in oneihisi (illative plural)
hole in onellasi (adessive singular)
hole in oneillasi (adessive plural)
hole in oneltasi (ablative singular)
hole in oneiltasi (ablative plural)
hole in onellesi (allative singular)
hole in oneillesi (allative plural)
hole in onenasi (essive singular)
hole in oneinasi (essive plural)
hole in oneksesi (singular translative)
hole in oneiksesi (plural translative)
hole in onettasi (abessive singular)
hole in oneittasi (abessive plural)
hole in oneinesi (comitative plural)
hole in onemme (nominative singular)
hole in onemme (nominative plural)
hole in onemme (accusative nominative singular)
hole in onemme (accusative nominative plural)
hole in onemme (accusative genitive singular)
hole in onemme (accusative genitive plural)
hole in onemme (genitive singular)
hole in onejemme (genitive plural)
hole in oneimme (genitive plural rare)
hole in oneamme (partitive singular)
hole in onejamme (partitive plural)
hole in onessamme (inessive singular)
hole in oneissamme (inessive plural)
hole in onestamme (elative singular)
hole in oneistamme (elative plural)
hole in oneemme (illative singular)
hole in oneihimme (illative plural)
hole in onellamme (adessive singular)
hole in oneillamme (adessive plural)
hole in oneltamme (ablative singular)
hole in oneiltamme (ablative plural)
hole in onellemme (allative singular)
hole in oneillemme (allative plural)
hole in onenamme (essive singular)
hole in oneinamme (essive plural)
hole in oneksemme (singular translative)
hole in oneiksemme (plural translative)
hole in onettamme (abessive singular)
hole in oneittamme (abessive plural)
hole in oneinemme (comitative plural)
hole in onenne (nominative singular)
hole in onenne (nominative plural)
hole in onenne (accusative nominative singular)
hole in onenne (accusative nominative plural)
hole in onenne (accusative genitive singular)
hole in onenne (accusative genitive plural)
hole in onenne (genitive singular)
hole in onejenne (genitive plural)
hole in oneinne (genitive plural rare)
hole in oneanne (partitive singular)
hole in onejanne (partitive plural)
hole in onessanne (inessive singular)
hole in oneissanne (inessive plural)
hole in onestanne (elative singular)
hole in oneistanne (elative plural)
hole in oneenne (illative singular)
hole in oneihinne (illative plural)
hole in onellanne (adessive singular)
hole in oneillanne (adessive plural)
hole in oneltanne (ablative singular)
hole in oneiltanne (ablative plural)
hole in onellenne (allative singular)
hole in oneillenne (allative plural)
hole in onenanne (essive singular)
hole in oneinanne (essive plural)
hole in oneksenne (singular translative)
hole in oneiksenne (plural translative)
hole in onettanne (abessive singular)
hole in oneittanne (abessive plural)
hole in oneinenne (comitative plural)
hole in onensa (nominative singular)
hole in onensa (nominative plural)
hole in onensa (accusative nominative singular)
hole in onensa (accusative nominative plural)
hole in onensa (accusative genitive singular)
hole in onensa (accusative genitive plural)
hole in onensa (genitive singular)
hole in onejensa (genitive plural)
hole in oneinsa (genitive plural rare)
hole in oneaan (partitive singular)
hole in oneansa (partitive singular)
hole in onejaan (partitive plural)
hole in onejansa (partitive plural)
hole in onessaan (inessive singular)
hole in onessansa (inessive singular)
hole in oneissaan (inessive plural)
hole in oneissansa (inessive plural)
hole in onestaan (elative singular)
hole in onestansa (elative singular)
hole in oneistaan (elative plural)
hole in oneistansa (elative plural)
hole in oneensa (illative singular)
hole in oneihinsa (illative plural)
hole in onellaan (adessive singular)
hole in onellansa (adessive singular)
hole in oneillaan (adessive plural)
hole in oneillansa (adessive plural)
hole in oneltaan (ablative singular)
hole in oneltansa (ablative singular)
hole in oneiltaan (ablative plural)
hole in oneiltansa (ablative plural)
hole in onelleen (allative singular)
hole in onellensa (allative singular)
hole in oneilleen (allative plural)
hole in oneillensa (allative plural)
hole in onenaan (essive singular)
hole in onenansa (essive singular)
hole in oneinaan (essive plural)
hole in oneinansa (essive plural)
hole in onekseen (singular translative)
hole in oneksensa (singular translative)
hole in oneikseen (plural translative)
hole in oneiksensa (plural translative)
hole in onettaan (abessive singular)
hole in onettansa (abessive singular)
hole in oneittaan (abessive plural)
hole in oneittansa (abessive plural)
hole in oneineen (comitative plural)
hole in oneinensa (comitative plural)


mop up

en-verb

mop up (third-person singular simple present mops up, present participle mopping up, simple past and past participle mopped up)

mops up (present singular third-person)
mopping up (participle present)
mopped up (participle past)
mopped up (past)

(baseball) To pitch the final innings especially of a game that is no longer close.


DD

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «DD».ogg

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «dobbel-dobbel».ogg

Short form of Norwegian dobbel-dobbel (“double-double”).

(basketball) Abbreviation of dobbel-dobbel (“double-double”).


Bengal

Borrowed from Portuguese Bengala, from Classical Persian بَنْگَالَه (bangāla), from Middle Bengali বাঙ্গালা (baṅgala), said to be from the Vanga Kingdom, of uncertain ultimate origin. Vangalam has been attested in medieval South India. Doublet of Bangla.

Jones became a Bengal in a trade for Smith.

(American football) A player on the team The Cincinnati Bengals.


take on

take on (third-person singular simple present takes on, present participle taking on, simple past took on, past participle taken on)

takes on (present singular third-person)
taking on (participle present)
took on (past)
taken on (participle past)

He drifted past four Palace players and took on two more before crossing to the far post, where Fellaini touched on for Mata to score. It was a momentum-shifting moment.

2016 May 22, Phil McNulty, “Crystal Palace 1-2 Manchester United”, in BBC:

(soccer) To (attempt to) dribble round (an opposition player).


L

head

L (upper case, lower case l, plural Ls or L's)

The twelfth letter of the English alphabet, called el and written in the Latin script.


L

The ordinal number twelfth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called el and written in the Latin script.


L

en-noun

L (countable and uncountable, plural Ls)

(slang) Two cigarette papers laid perpendicularly on each other when making a joint.


potty

en-adj

potty (comparative pottier, superlative pottiest)

pottier (comparative)
pottiest (superlative)

The Eastbourne Green is by no means a " potty " one, and happily belies its appearance.

1890, Golf...: A Weekly Record of "ye Royal and Auncient" Game:

"A potty little nine-hole affair at a hydro in the Midlands. My cousins stay there. Always will. Not but what the fourth and the seventh holes take some doing. You could manage it, though," he said encouragingly.

1909, Rudyard Kipling, The House Surgeon:


meg

en-verb

meg (third-person singular simple present megs, present participle megging, simple past and past participle megged)

megs (present singular third-person)
megging (participle present)
megged (participle past)
megged (past)

(colloquial, soccer, transitive) To nutmeg an opponent.


touch base

touch base (third-person singular simple present touches base, present participle touching base, simple past and past participle touched base)

touches base (present singular third-person)
touching base (participle present)
touched base (participle past)
touched base (past)

(baseball, literally) To touch a base, usually with a foot but sometimes with a hand.


R

(baseball, cricket) runs, the statistic reporting the number of runs scored by a player


D

From the shape of the upper case letter "D".

Johnson, a late substitute, applied the finishing touch but it was move kickstarted by the again-impressive Neco Williams, who skedaddled forward from halfway with the ball in tow before feeding Aaron Ramsey on the edge of the D.

2022 June 11, Ben Fisher, “Brennan Johnson’s late goal denies Belgium and extends the Wales party”, in The Guardian:

(soccer) The penalty arc on a football pitch.


ER

en-noun

ER (countable and uncountable, plural ERs)


W

Abbreviations of various words beginning with W.


B

From abbreviations of various terms beginning with or containing the letter ‘B’.
* (billion): abbreviation of billion
* (cricket): abbreviation of balls
* (bitch): abbreviation of bitch

(cricket) The number of balls faced by a batsman.


snapshot

Yet Revell misjudged his promising position in the area to put his point-blank snapshot wide from only six yards out.

2011 March 2, Chris Whyatt, “Arsenal 5 - 0 Leyton Orient”, in BBC:

(soccer) A quick, unplanned or unexpected shot.


tip off

en-verb

tip off (third-person singular simple present tips off, present participle tipping off, simple past and past participle tipped off)

tips off (present singular third-person)
tipping off (participle present)
tipped off (participle past)
tipped off (past)

(basketball) To put the ball in play by throwing it up between two opponents.

The game tips off in an hour, so hurry back!


hand off

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

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

(American football) To pass (the ball) to a teammate.


no-no

must

antonym(s) of “something forbidden, ...”

He threw two no-nos in his career.

(baseball, colloquial) A no-hitter; a game in which no batter on one of the teams got a hit.


silver goal

(soccer) The first goal scored during the first half of extra time, giving victory to the scoring side if this rule is in effect.


J

And Durant had a front seat for just how much work DeRozan was putting in during their time together in Rio. "I watched him man," Durant said. "His footwork in the post is flawless. His jump shot in the mid-range is incredible. That is the type of stuff I look at as a basketball guy, his footwork, his mechanics on his J, his handle. At first he was a dunker and he barely dunks now. He’s a finesse player but he can play power forward. I’m a big fan."

2017 February 18, Mike Gantner, “Durant a big admirer of DeRozan and his work ethic”, in Toronto Sun:


M

en-noun

M (countable and uncountable, plural Ms)

(cricket, in batting figures) the number of minutes a player spent at the crease

(cricket, in bowling figures) the number of maiden overs bowled


bicycle kick

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Yaya Toure sent over a hopeful cross-field pass that Warnock attempted to clear with a bicycle kick, only to calamitously set Johnson up for a low finish past Given.

2011 October 15, David Ornstein, “Man City 4 - 1 Aston Villa”, in BBC Sport:

(soccer) A kick in which the kicker leans backwards and kicks the ball back over his head.

bicicleta

not in dictionaries, but a more common spelling in practice


K

Abbreviations.
# (stenoscript) Abbreviation of counter, prefix counter-, sequence contr.

ng

prefix <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">counter-</i>, sequence contr.

(baseball) Abbreviation of strikeout. On a baseball scorecard, a frontwards K signifies striking out while swinging the bat, while a backwards K signifies striking out while looking.


hittable

en-adj

hittable (comparative more hittable, superlative most hittable)

more hittable (comparative)
most hittable (superlative)

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Actually, we are both forgetting the most important step in why children are legally hittable and by whom.

1998 January 22, Chris <cddu...@ouray.cudenver.edu>, “3rd try - Gene Answers Lavonne re Criminalizing Home Spanking”, in (Usenet):

he almost stops being a threat altogether because the pitcher knows there's nearly a 2-in-3 chance that Dunn won't even make contact. There's no incentive to throw him an even remotely hittable pitch.

2004 October 1, “Dunn and Morgan”, in alt.sports.baseball.cinci-reds (Usenet):

Just because the Sox were able to hit the Angels pen doesn't make all pitchers hittable. Overconfidence is a bad thing right now. The Sox do have the best offense out there. BUt that doesn't make the good pitching hittable automatically.

2004 October 9, “The Red Sox just swept...”, in alt.sports.baseball.bos-redsox (Usenet):


T

en-noun

T (countable and uncountable, plural Ts)


O

O (countable and uncountable, plural Os)

(soccer) Someone associated with Leyton Orient Football Club, as a player, coach, supporter etc.


kicker

(American football) A placekicker: a player who kicks the football during free kicks, kick offs, field goals, and extra point tries.


G

G (countable and uncountable, plural Gs)

(sports, baseball) Games (the statistic reporting the number of games that a player has participated in).


ulama

Ultimately from Classical Nahuatl ōllamaliztli. See also ullamaliztli.

A (modern) ball game, descended from tlachtli.


roja

* (Spanish national football team): The nickname "La Roja" was created by the then manager Luis Aragonés. He said "I would like the national team to have a name, an identity. Just as Brazil is the canarinha or Argentina the albiceleste, I would like Spain to be La Roja"

(soccer, preceded by "la") the Chile national football team

(soccer, preceded by "la") the Spain national football team


HR

HR (countable and uncountable, plural HRs)

/eɪt͡ʃ ɑː(ɹ)/

(baseball) Initialism of home runs (in statistics).


LFC

(soccer, now obsolete) Initialism of ladies' football club.


LFC

Liverpool Football Club
w:Liverpool F.C.

(soccer) Initialism of Liverpool Football Club.


RFC

(rugby) Initialism of rugby football club.


OT

OT (countable and uncountable, plural OTs)

offensive tackle
offensive tackle#English

(American football, Canadian football) Initialism of offensive tackle.


FC

FC (countable and uncountable, plural FCs)

fielder's choice
fielder's choice#English

(baseball) Initialism of fielder's choice.


FC

(soccer) FC: Initialism of futbol club.; Alternative form of CF (“club de futbol”)


FC

(soccer) Initialism of Fußballclub (“football club”).


walk the dog

en-verb

walk the dog (third-person singular simple present walks the dog, present participle walking the dog, simple past and past participle walked the dog)

walks the dog (present singular third-person)
walking the dog (participle present)
walked the dog (participle past)
walked the dog (past)

(idiomatic, lacrosse) To perform a trick where the ball rolls down the shaft and is caught in the head of the lacrosse stick.


ODI

According to Karuna, had he played a full career of 100 tests and say 300 ODIs, he would have finished with well over 700 and 500 wickets respectively.

2011, Shehan Karunatilaka, Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew, Jonathan Cape, page 348:

one-day international
one-day international#English

(cricket) Initialism of one-day international.


IRS

instant replay system
instant replay system#English

(basketball) Initialism of instant replay system.


HSV

en-noun

HSV (countable and uncountable, plural HSVs)

BHV

bovine herpes virus or bovine herpesvirus

CeHV

cercopithecine herpes virus or cercopithecine herpesvirus

EHV

equine herpes virus or equine herpesvirus

FHV

feline herpes virus or feline herpesvirus

KSHV

Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpes virus or Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus

MaHV

macropodid herpes virus or macropodid herpesvirus

OsHV

oyster herpes virus or oyster herpesvirus


LF

LF (countable and uncountable, plural LFs)

(baseball) Initialism of left field, Initialism of left fielder.


DP

DP (countable and uncountable, plural DPs)

(baseball, softball) Initialism of double play.


pressing

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from press(ure) + -ing.

pseudo-loan

(sports, especially soccer) continuous and pressing action that does not allow the opposing team to catch its breath, aiming to remove the ball from its possession


GSW

Golden State Warriors
w:Golden State Warriors

(US, basketball) Initialism of Golden State Warriors.


PL

(soccer, UK) Initialism of Premier League.


hacking

en-noun

hacking (usually uncountable, plural hackings)

From Middle English hackynge, hakkynge, hacckinge, equivalent to hack + -ing.

(sports, chiefly American football, soccer, rugby) A kick in the shins.


wk

wk (countable and uncountable, plural wks)

(cricket) Abbreviation of wicket keeper.


TD

TD (countable and uncountable, plural TDs)

When he and his Cincinnati Bengal playmates were done with the AFC’s best defense, that of the New York-New Jersey Jets, he had done Supermannish damage — 30 carries, 139 yards and two TDs — as the Bengals won, 36-19.

1988 October 10, Gary Nuhn, “Bengals put Jets, ghosts of ’87 to rest”, in Dayton Daily News, volume 112, number 31, Dayton, Ohio, page 1-B:

(American football, Canadian football) Abbreviation of touchdown.


TD

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «TD».ogg

NB - Pronunciation of Norwegian Bokmål «trippel-dobbel».ogg

Short form of trippel-dobbel (“triple-double”), which is borrowed from English triple double, an international basketball term.

(sports, basketball) Initialism of trippel-dobbel (“tripple-double”).


takeaway

One drill to help you work on the long, low takeaway is to place a tee, a coin, or even another ball just beyond your back foot (whatever you choose should be slightly inside your toe to promote a slightly inside swing path).

2001, David Chmiel, Kevin Morris, Golf Past 50, page 40:

Make sure your hands and shoulders work together during the takeaway.

2005, Paul G. Schempp, Peter Mattsson, Golf: Steps To Success, page 55:

Tiger Woods, like other golfing greats, employs a smooth, evenly paced takeaway action.

2007, John Andrisani, Golfweek′s 101 Winning Golf Tips, unnumbered page:

(golf) The preliminary part of a golfer′s swing when the club is brought back away from the ball.


ATP

Association of Tennis Professionals
w:Association of Tennis Professionals

(tennis) Initialism of Association of Tennis Professionals: the governing body of men's professional tennis, formed in 1972.


NRL

National Rugby League
w:National Rugby League

(rugby) Initialism of National Rugby League, the main rugby league competition in Australia, including one New Zealand team.


medio

Borrowed directly from Latin medius (“half”) rather than inherited through an Old Spanish form, possibly because the likely forms *meo and *meyo would have closely resembled mear (“to piss”), ultimately from Proto-Italic *meðjos, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”). Compare Portuguese meio, which retained its original inherited form. In reference to spiritual mediums, calqued from Latin medium. Doublet of media. Cognate with English medium.

middle (the part of anything located halfway between its ends or extremes in time or along one dimension in space)

(sports) midfielder, halfback (a person forming part of the middle or central defensive or offensive line, especially in soccer)

(philosophy) middle term (the general category that appears in both premises and disappears in the conclusion)


tosh

tosh (countable and uncountable, plural toshes)

From 19th-century British thieves' cant, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from *tarsh, a metathetic alteration of trash; or from toss.
Sense of nonsense possibly influenced by tush (“nonsense! tsk tsk!”) attested from 15th century.

Among the recent neologisms of the cricket field is ‘tosh’, which means bowling of contemptible easiness.

(cricket, slang, derogatory, uncountable) Easy bowling


mulligan

mulligan (countable and uncountable, plural mulligans)

Attested since the 1930s in the sense “chance to re-take a golf stroke”; probably from the name Mulligan, after a golfer who replayed a stroke. See Wikipedia for more information.

uusi käsi

card games: opportunity to draw a new initial hand

If you lose your drive in the water, take a mulligan and try again.

(golf) An unpenalized chance to re-take a stroke that went awry.

mulligan

golf: unpenalized chance to re-take a stroke


amas

head

amas m (genitive singular amais, nominative plural amais)

amais (genitive singular)
amais (nominative plural)
nominative (indefinite)
amas (indefinite singular)
amais (indefinite plural)
vocative (indefinite)
a amais (indefinite singular)
a amasa (indefinite plural)
genitive (indefinite)
amais (indefinite singular)
amas (indefinite plural)
dative (indefinite)
nominative (definite)
an t-amas (definite singular)
na hamais (definite plural)
genitive (definite)
an amais (definite singular)
na n-amas (definite plural)
dative (definite)
leis an amas (definite singular)
don amas (definite singular)
leis na hamais (definite plural)
amas
n-amas
hamas

From Old Irish ammus m (“attempt, effort; act of attacking, attack”).


derrick

en-verb

derrick (third-person singular simple present derricks, present participle derricking, simple past and past participle derricked)

derricks (present singular third-person)
derricking (participle present)
derricked (participle past)
derricked (past)

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Named after British executioner Thomas Derrick, who invented the framework arrangement commonly known by this name to aid in the conduct of executions. First use appears c. 1600 in the publication Ballad Death Earl Essex.

named-after

Stinky, who had batted a bit over .200 with scant power (two home runs in 66 games in 1933), was being derricked by Navin.

As a rule, when the twirler is derricked, it is because the members of the opposition are beginning to take undue familiarity with his offerings. But this is not always the reason.

2014, Addie Joss, Gary Mitchem, Addie Joss on Baseball, page 96:

(transitive, baseball, informal) To remove (a pitcher).


lanzar

es-verb

lanzar (first-person singular present lanzo, first-person singular preterite lancé, past participle lanzado)

lanzo (first-person present singular)
lancé (first-person preterite singular)
lanzado (participle past)
lanzar (infinitive)
lanzando (gerund)
lanzado (masculine participle past singular)
lanzada (feminine participle past singular)
lanzados (masculine participle past plural)
lanzadas (feminine participle past plural)
lanzo (first-person indicative present singular)
lanzas (indicative informal present second-person singular)
lanzás (indicative informal present second-person singular vos-form)
lanza (indicative present singular third-person)
lanzamos (first-person indicative plural present)
lanzáis (indicative plural present second-person)
lanzan (indicative plural present third-person)
lanzaba (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
lanzabas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
lanzaba (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
lanzábamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
lanzabais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
lanzaban (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
lancé (first-person indicative preterite singular)
lanzaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
lanzó (indicative preterite singular third-person)
lanzamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
lanzasteis (indicative plural preterite second-person)
lanzaron (indicative plural preterite third-person)
lanzaré (first-person future indicative singular)
lanzarás (future indicative second-person singular)
lanzará (future indicative singular third-person)
lanzaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
lanzaréis (future indicative plural second-person)
lanzarán (future indicative plural third-person)
lanzaría (conditional first-person indicative singular)
lanzarías (conditional indicative second-person singular)
lanzaría (conditional indicative singular third-person)
lanzaríamos (conditional first-person indicative plural)
lanzaríais (conditional indicative plural second-person)
lanzarían (conditional indicative plural third-person)
lance (first-person present singular subjunctive)
lances (informal present second-person singular subjunctive)
lancés (informal present second-person singular subjunctive vos-form)
lance (present singular subjunctive third-person)
lancemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
lancéis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
lancen (plural present subjunctive third-person)
lanzara (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
lanzaras (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
lanzara (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
lanzáramos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
lanzarais (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
lanzaran (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
lanzase (first-person imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive)
lanzases (imperfect imperfect-se second-person singular subjunctive)
lanzase (imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive third-person)
lanzásemos (first-person imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive)
lanzaseis (imperfect imperfect-se plural second-person subjunctive)
lanzasen (imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive third-person)
lanzare (first-person future singular subjunctive)
lanzares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
lanzare (future singular subjunctive third-person)
lanzáremos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
lanzareis (future plural second-person subjunctive)
lanzaren (future plural subjunctive third-person)
lanza (imperative informal second-person singular)
lanzá (imperative informal second-person singular vos-form)
lance (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
lance (imperative singular third-person)
lancemos (first-person imperative plural)
lanzad (imperative plural second-person)
lancen (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
lancen (imperative plural third-person)
lances (imperative negative second-person singular)
lance (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
lance (imperative negative singular third-person)
lancemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
lancéis (imperative negative plural second-person)
lancen (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
lancen (imperative negative plural third-person)
lanzarme (combined-form dative infinitive object-first-person object-singular)
lanzarte (combined-form dative infinitive object-second-person object-singular)
lanzarle (combined-form dative infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
lanzarse (combined-form dative infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
lanzarnos (combined-form dative infinitive object-first-person object-plural)
lanzaros (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-second-person)
lanzarles (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
lanzarse (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
lanzarme (accusative combined-form infinitive object-first-person object-singular)
lanzarte (accusative combined-form infinitive object-second-person object-singular)
lanzarlo (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
lanzarla (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
lanzarse (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
lanzarnos (accusative combined-form infinitive object-first-person object-plural)
lanzaros (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-second-person)
lanzarlos (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
lanzarlas (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
lanzarse (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
lanzándome (combined-form dative gerund object-first-person object-singular)
lanzándote (combined-form dative gerund object-second-person object-singular)
lanzándole (combined-form dative gerund object-singular object-third-person)
lanzándose (combined-form dative gerund object-singular object-third-person)
lanzándonos (combined-form dative gerund object-first-person object-plural)
lanzándoos (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-second-person)
lanzándoles (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-third-person)
lanzándose (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-third-person)
lanzándome (accusative combined-form gerund object-first-person object-singular)
lanzándote (accusative combined-form gerund object-second-person object-singular)
lanzándolo (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
lanzándola (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
lanzándose (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
lanzándonos (accusative combined-form gerund object-first-person object-plural)
lanzándoos (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-second-person)
lanzándolos (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
lanzándolas (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
lanzándose (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
lánzame (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
lánzate (combined-form dative imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
lánzale (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
lánzanos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-tú)
lánzales (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
lánzame (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
lánzate (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
lánzalo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
lánzala (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
lánzanos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-tú)
lánzalos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
lánzalas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
lanzame (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
lanzate (combined-form dative imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
lanzale (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
lanzanos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-vos)
lanzales (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
lanzame (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
lanzate (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
lanzalo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
lanzala (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
lanzanos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-vos)
lanzalos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
lanzalas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
lánceme (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-singular second-person singular)
láncele (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
láncese (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
láncenos (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-plural second-person singular)
lánceles (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
lánceme (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-singular second-person singular)
láncelo (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
láncela (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
láncese (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
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láncelos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
láncelas (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
lancémoste (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-second-person object-singular plural)
lancémosle (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
lancémonos (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-first-person object-plural plural)
lancémoos (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-plural object-second-person plural)
lancémosles (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
lancémoste (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-second-person object-singular plural)
lancémoslo (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
lancémosla (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
lancémonos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-first-person object-plural plural)
lancémoos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-second-person plural)
lancémoslos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
lancémoslas (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
lanzadme (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
lanzadle (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
lanzadnos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
lanzaos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-second-person plural second-person)
lanzadles (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
lanzadme (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
lanzadlo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
lanzadla (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
lanzadnos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
lanzaos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-second-person plural second-person)
lanzadlos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
lanzadlas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
láncenme (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
láncenle (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
láncennos (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
láncenles (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
láncense (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
láncenme (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
láncenlo (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
láncenla (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
láncennos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
láncenlos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
láncenlas (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
láncense (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)

Inherited from Old Spanish lançar, from Late Latin lanceāre, derived from Latin lancea (“spear”), of Celtiberian origin. Compare Catalan llançar, Asturian llanzar, French lancer, Italian lanciare, Occitan and Portuguese lançar, English launch. Doublet of lancear, a later borrowing.

No pude lidiar con el modo en que lanzaba ese tipo.

I couldn't deal with how that guy pitched.


dink

Imitative. Originally US. Attested since the 1930s.

sound-symbolic

Imitative

But what I saw is she still has that sense of, ‘Okay, I need to hit a dink shot, I need to come with power now, I need to change up my serve not for a flat one, but a big kick.’

2018 February 12, Ava Wallace, “New mother Serena Williams returns to tennis, with a little rust and plenty to learn”, in Washington Post:

The forward passed to Fernandes and, as Pau López advanced, the Portuguese fashioned a sand‑wedge dink over the goalkeeper.

2021 April 29, Jamie Jackson, “Edinson Cavani and Bruno Fernandes help Manchester United hit Roma for six”, in The Guardian:

(soccer) A light chip; a chipped pass or shot


dink

en-verb

dink (third-person singular simple present dinks, present participle dinking, simple past and past participle dinked)

dinks (present singular third-person)
dinking (participle present)
dinked (participle past)
dinked (past)

sound-symbolic

Imitative

The forward dinked the ball over the goalkeeper to score his first goal of the season.

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:

A dinked pass intended for De Bruyne from the impressive Oscar Bobb then deflected off Jackson and looped into the net early in the second half before Foden smashed in his second.

2024 January 7, Gary Rose, “Manchester City 5-0 Huddersfield Town”, in BBC Sport:

(soccer) To chip lightly, to play a light chip shot.


talon

→ Portuguese: talão

From Old French talon (“heel, spur”). Cognate with Italian tallone.

heel (of footwear) (especially high heel)

first point in tables games such as ticktack and jacquet


deflect

en-verb

deflect (third-person singular simple present deflects, present participle deflecting, simple past and past participle deflected)

deflects (present singular third-person)
deflecting (participle present)
deflected (participle past)
deflected (past)

From Latin deflecto, from de- (“away”) + flecto (“to bend”).

The defender deflected the cross into his own net.

(transitive, ball games) To touch the ball, often unwittingly, after a shot or a sharp pass, thereby making it unpredictable for the other players.


CHF

centre half-forward
centre half-forward#English

(Australian rules football) Initialism of centre half-forward.


PGA

Professional Golfers Association
w:Professional Golfers Association

(golf) Initialism of Professional Golfers Association.


bean ball

(cricket) A ball that does not bounce and passes the batsman approximately at head height.


curator

From Latin cūrātor (“one who has care of a thing, a manager, guardian, trustee”), from cūrāre (“to take care of”), from cūra (“care, heed, attention, anxiety, grief”).

der

(cricket) A groundsman who looks after a cricket field.


pitcher

A “pitchometer” was installed on the scoreboard to time the pitchers. According the baseball rules a pitcher had to throw a pitch within 20 seconds after he received the ball from the catcher when there was nobody on base.

2003, John E. Peterson, The Kansas City Athletics: A Baseball History: 1954–1967, Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 210:

(baseball, softball) The player who delivers the ball to the batter.

питчър

the player who throws the ball to the batter


IRB

(rugby, historical) Initialism of International Rugby Board, the name used by World Rugby, the worldwide governing body for rugby union, from 1998 to 2014.


AO

(tennis) Abbreviation of Australian Open, a major tennis tournament, part of the Grand Slam


PW

en-noun

PW (countable and uncountable, plural PWs)

(golf, countable) Initialism of pitching wedge.


tennis court

(tennis) A firm, rectangular surface, marked with lines and having a net across the middle, where the game of tennis is played.


tennis racket

(tennis) A type of bat used to strike the ball in tennis; it has an oval frame with a taut interlaced network of strings


sada

sada (nominative singular)
sady (nominative plural)
sady (genitive singular)
sad (genitive plural)
sadě (dative singular)
sadám (dative plural)
sadu (accusative singular)
sady (accusative plural)
sado (singular vocative)
sady (plural vocative)
sadě (locative singular)
sadách (locative plural)
sadou (instrumental singular)
sadami (instrumental plural)


tennis player

By way of analogy, let us consider what it takes to be a good or bad tennis player. An extremely good tennis player must possess a mastery of the many different activities that are part of the game—serving, returning, and running around the court […]

2014, Luke Russell, Evil: A Philosophical Investigation, page 166:

A person who plays tennis, especially professionally. (This entry is a translation hub.)


slugfest

Originally US, from slug (“to hit very hard”) + -fest.

The game turned into a 15-9 slugfest.

In a World Series that has come to be defined by the unpredictable and unexpected, it was only fitting that one night, after a lights-out pitchers’ duel between the heretofore unremarkable Alex Wood and Charlie Morton, a slugfest would unfold that sent the Cy Young Award winners Clayton Kershaw and Dallas Keuchel to early exits.

2017 October 30, Billy Witz, “Astros Down the Dodgers in a Dramatic and Dizzying Slugfest”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(baseball, slang) A baseball game in which many runs are scored, especially by home runs.


cornerback

The cornerback tipped the ball away from the receiver.

(American football, Gaelic football, hurling) Any of the defensive players who are in position on each side farthest laterally from the ball and whose principal responsibility is to defend against passes.


cut fastball

His cut fastball tends to break bats.

(baseball) A pitch thrown with an offset grip and a moderate amount of added pressure by middle finger yielding a combination of backspin and some sidespin, resulting in motion to the left when thrown by a right handed pitcher with velocity only slightly diminished from that of a fastball