peli

peli (nominative singular)
pelit (nominative plural)
peli (accusative nominative singular)
pelit (accusative nominative plural)
pelin (accusative genitive singular)
pelit (accusative genitive plural)
pelin (genitive singular)
pelien (genitive plural)
peliä (partitive singular)
pelejä (partitive plural)
pelissä (inessive singular)
peleissä (inessive plural)
pelistä (elative singular)
peleistä (elative plural)
peliin (illative singular)
peleihin (illative plural)
pelillä (adessive singular)
peleillä (adessive plural)
peliltä (ablative singular)
peleiltä (ablative plural)
pelille (allative singular)
peleille (allative plural)
pelinä (essive singular)
peleinä (essive plural)
peliksi (singular translative)
peleiksi (plural translative)
pelittä (abessive singular)
peleittä (abessive plural)
pelein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
pelini (nominative singular)
pelini (nominative plural)
pelini (accusative nominative singular)
pelini (accusative nominative plural)
pelini (accusative genitive singular)
pelini (accusative genitive plural)
pelini (genitive singular)
pelieni (genitive plural)
peliäni (partitive singular)
pelejäni (partitive plural)
pelissäni (inessive singular)
peleissäni (inessive plural)
pelistäni (elative singular)
peleistäni (elative plural)
peliini (illative singular)
peleihini (illative plural)
pelilläni (adessive singular)
peleilläni (adessive plural)
peliltäni (ablative singular)
peleiltäni (ablative plural)
pelilleni (allative singular)
peleilleni (allative plural)
pelinäni (essive singular)
peleinäni (essive plural)
pelikseni (singular translative)
peleikseni (plural translative)
pelittäni (abessive singular)
peleittäni (abessive plural)
peleineni (comitative plural)
pelisi (nominative singular)
pelisi (nominative plural)
pelisi (accusative nominative singular)
pelisi (accusative nominative plural)
pelisi (accusative genitive singular)
pelisi (accusative genitive plural)
pelisi (genitive singular)
peliesi (genitive plural)
peliäsi (partitive singular)
pelejäsi (partitive plural)
pelissäsi (inessive singular)
peleissäsi (inessive plural)
pelistäsi (elative singular)
peleistäsi (elative plural)
peliisi (illative singular)
peleihisi (illative plural)
pelilläsi (adessive singular)
peleilläsi (adessive plural)
peliltäsi (ablative singular)
peleiltäsi (ablative plural)
pelillesi (allative singular)
peleillesi (allative plural)
pelinäsi (essive singular)
peleinäsi (essive plural)
peliksesi (singular translative)
peleiksesi (plural translative)
pelittäsi (abessive singular)
peleittäsi (abessive plural)
peleinesi (comitative plural)
pelimme (nominative singular)
pelimme (nominative plural)
pelimme (accusative nominative singular)
pelimme (accusative nominative plural)
pelimme (accusative genitive singular)
pelimme (accusative genitive plural)
pelimme (genitive singular)
peliemme (genitive plural)
peliämme (partitive singular)
pelejämme (partitive plural)
pelissämme (inessive singular)
peleissämme (inessive plural)
pelistämme (elative singular)
peleistämme (elative plural)
peliimme (illative singular)
peleihimme (illative plural)
pelillämme (adessive singular)
peleillämme (adessive plural)
peliltämme (ablative singular)
peleiltämme (ablative plural)
pelillemme (allative singular)
peleillemme (allative plural)
pelinämme (essive singular)
peleinämme (essive plural)
peliksemme (singular translative)
peleiksemme (plural translative)
pelittämme (abessive singular)
peleittämme (abessive plural)
peleinemme (comitative plural)
pelinne (nominative singular)
pelinne (nominative plural)
pelinne (accusative nominative singular)
pelinne (accusative nominative plural)
pelinne (accusative genitive singular)
pelinne (accusative genitive plural)
pelinne (genitive singular)
pelienne (genitive plural)
peliänne (partitive singular)
pelejänne (partitive plural)
pelissänne (inessive singular)
peleissänne (inessive plural)
pelistänne (elative singular)
peleistänne (elative plural)
peliinne (illative singular)
peleihinne (illative plural)
pelillänne (adessive singular)
peleillänne (adessive plural)
peliltänne (ablative singular)
peleiltänne (ablative plural)
pelillenne (allative singular)
peleillenne (allative plural)
pelinänne (essive singular)
peleinänne (essive plural)
peliksenne (singular translative)
peleiksenne (plural translative)
pelittänne (abessive singular)
peleittänne (abessive plural)
peleinenne (comitative plural)
pelinsä (nominative singular)
pelinsä (nominative plural)
pelinsä (accusative nominative singular)
pelinsä (accusative nominative plural)
pelinsä (accusative genitive singular)
pelinsä (accusative genitive plural)
pelinsä (genitive singular)
peliensä (genitive plural)
peliään (partitive singular)
peliänsä (partitive singular)
pelejään (partitive plural)
pelejänsä (partitive plural)
pelissään (inessive singular)
pelissänsä (inessive singular)
peleissään (inessive plural)
peleissänsä (inessive plural)
pelistään (elative singular)
pelistänsä (elative singular)
peleistään (elative plural)
peleistänsä (elative plural)
peliinsä (illative singular)
peleihinsä (illative plural)
pelillään (adessive singular)
pelillänsä (adessive singular)
peleillään (adessive plural)
peleillänsä (adessive plural)
peliltään (ablative singular)
peliltänsä (ablative singular)
peleiltään (ablative plural)
peleiltänsä (ablative plural)
pelilleen (allative singular)
pelillensä (allative singular)
peleilleen (allative plural)
peleillensä (allative plural)
pelinään (essive singular)
pelinänsä (essive singular)
peleinään (essive plural)
peleinänsä (essive plural)
pelikseen (singular translative)
peliksensä (singular translative)
peleikseen (plural translative)
peleiksensä (plural translative)
pelittään (abessive singular)
pelittänsä (abessive singular)
peleittään (abessive plural)
peleittänsä (abessive plural)
peleineen (comitative plural)
peleinensä (comitative plural)

Borrowed from Middle Low German spel, from Proto-West Germanic *spil, Doublet of pila.


bat-pad

en-noun

bat-pad (countable and uncountable, plural bat-pads)

(cricket, countable) One of a pair of soft padded coverings that protect the legs of the person batting; a pad or batting pad.

(cricket, informal, uncountable) A fielding position very close to the batsman, square on the leg side, designed to catch the ball from a misplaced defensive shot.

(cricket, informal, countable) A fielder in this position.


leg break

(cricket) a normal ball bowled by a leg spin bowler, moving from leg to off (for a right-handed batsman)


leg slip

(cricket) a fielding position on the leg side of the wicket-keeper, designed to catch a ball after it hits the bat and deflects by a small amount


leg cutter

(cricket) a ball bowled by a fast bowler who uses finger spin to move the ball from leg to off (for a right-handed batsman)


off cutter

(cricket) a ball bowled by a fast bowler who uses finger spin to move the ball from off to leg (for a right-handed batsman)


penalty box

At times, Swindon's penalty box resembled a pinball machine.

2000 March 12, Stuart Barnes, “Swindon stunner for Curbishley”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:


leg side

leg side (countable and uncountable, plural leg sides)

(cricket) The side of the pitch on the same side as the batsman's legs as he takes his stance at the wicket; the left side for a right-handed batsman.


leg spin

(cricket) A style of bowling in which a (right-handed) bowler spins the ball such that, after bouncing, it moves from leg to off (for a right-handed batsman).


left arm unorthodox

(cricket) A style of bowling used by a left-handed bowler in which wrist spin is used to move the ball from off to leg (for a right-handed batsman).


off spin

(cricket) A style of bowling in which a (right-handed) bowler spins the ball such that, after pitching, it moves from off to leg (for a right-handed batsman).


off side

off side (countable and uncountable, plural off sides)

(cricket) The side of the pitch away from the batsman's legs as he takes his stance at the wicket; the right side for a right-handed batsman.


outfield

He hit a long fly ball to the outfield in the gap to left.

(baseball, softball) The region of the field between the infield and the outer fence.

(cricket) The region of the field roughly outside of the infield or the wicket-keeper, slips, gully, point, cover, mid off, mid on, midwicket and square leg.


outfield

en-verb

outfield (third-person singular simple present outfields, present participle outfielding, simple past and past participle outfielded)

outfields (present singular third-person)
outfielding (participle present)
outfielded (participle past)
outfielded (past)

A special dispatch sent to The Cincinnati Enquirer on the game stated that the Buckeyes outfielded and outplayed the Grays at every point, and that had the Bucks run for first base instead of watching the ball after they hit it, they would have increased the score.

2005, William A. Cook, The Louisville Grays Scandal of 1877: The Taint of Gambling at the Dawn of the National League, McFarland, →ISBN, page 118:

(baseball, cricket) To perform better in defense (fielding).


leg spinner

The leg-spinner had talked about new mystery balls, giving them names like shooters and zooters.

1994 December 25, The Canberra Times, Canberra, page 14, column 4:


infielder

The infielder run in to field the bunt.

(cricket, baseball) A player who plays in the infield, which is the inner portion of the field.


leg glance

(cricket) A shot played by a batsman with a vertical bat, deflecting the ball behind the square leg area of the field.


leg glance

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

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

(cricket) To play, or hit the ball with, a leg glance.


left arm orthodox

Two days before Australia’s first Test match in Pakistan since 1998, the centre-wicket practice at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium that had been teeming with players saw their numbers dissipate through that spring afternoon. For a time [Steve] Smith alternated batting with Usman Khawaja, facing Ashton Agar’s left-arm orthodox.

2022 March 3, Geoff Lemon, “Australia plunge into unknown as cricket’s resurrection in Pakistan continues”, in The Guardian:

(cricket) A style of bowling used by a left-handed bowler in which finger spin is used to move the ball from leg to off (for a right-handed batsman).


on side

en-noun

on side (countable and uncountable, plural on sides)


fastball

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

The pitcher had a blazing fastball.

(specifically) A four-seam fastball, which is a backspin pitch thrown with a ball gripped in the direction to cause four of the seams of the ball to cross the flight path and released with roughly equal pressure by the index and middle fingers


line drive

The line drive went straight into the shortstop's glove.

(baseball, softball) A batted ball hit hard enough and low enough that it appears to travel in a relatively straight line.


four-seam fastball

four-seam fastball (plural four-seam fastballs)

(baseball) A backspin pitch thrown with a ball gripped in the direction to cause four of the seams of the ball to cross the flight path and released with roughly equal pressure by the index and middle fingers


two-seam fastball

two-seam fastball (plural two-seam fastballs)

His two-seamer has a heavy sink and keeps the infielders busy.

(baseball) A pitch thrown with a grip in the "horseshoe" orientation of the ball, with the rotation at a slight angle resulting in less Magnus effect as compared to a four-seam fastball since only two of the ball's seams cross the flight path; the pitch is delivered with a similar velocity as a four-seam fastball, but has a degree of sink.


outfielder

The outfielder tracked down the long fly.

. I like to think that if I wasn't pitcher I could be an outfielder or a first baseman or something and play major league baseball anyway.

1973 January 4, Wells Twombly, “Now the 10th man”, in The New York Times:

The Twins are known for their fascination with toolsy and athletic outfielders, but Hicks has the most talent of any Twins draft pick since Joe Mauer in 2002.

2008 November 6, “Breaking down the draft, Part 1”, in The Hardball Times:

(cricket, baseball) A player that plays in the outfield, which is the outer portion of the field.


split-finger fastball

split-finger fastball (plural split-finger fastballs)

His strikeout pitch was his split-finger fastball.

(baseball) A moderate rotation speed backspin pitch thrown with a ball gripped between the index finger and middle finger; it has good velocity, may have a precessing spin, and sinks as it approaches the plate.


knuckler

Fowler flung a stiff-wrist knuckler that hung in the air without spin before it took a sudden dip, but Roy scooped it up with the stick and lifted it twenty rows up into the center field stands.

1952, Bernard Malamud, chapter 2, in The Natural:


home run

Spanish: jonrón

Japanese: ホームラン (hōmuran)

Korean: 홈런 (homneon)

Russian: хоум-ра́н (xoum-rán)

The first baseman hit a home run to lead off the ninth.

(baseball) A four-base hit, allowing the batter to circle the bases and reach home safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team.


strikeout

strikeout (countable and uncountable, plural strikeouts)

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

The pitcher recorded seven strikeouts in the game.

(countable, baseball) An instance or the act of striking out.


knuckleball

Even the pitcher doesn't know where his knuckleball is going.

Boston Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield is best known for his use of the knuckleball.

(baseball) A pitch thrown with the ball gripped on the fingertips and released with no rotation, which travels over an unpredictable path to the plate due to micro-turbulence in the air.

llançament de nus

(cricket) A type of delivery where a fast bowler holds the ball on the knuckles of the index and middle fingers.


knuckleball

en-verb

knuckleball (third-person singular simple present knuckleballs, present participle knuckleballing, simple past and past participle knuckleballed)

knuckleballs (present singular third-person)
knuckleballing (participle present)
knuckleballed (participle past)
knuckleballed (past)

Varitek did not start so Kevin Cash could catch the knuckleballing starter Tim Wakefield.

2008 April 16, The Associated Press, “Tigers Rally Again to Defeat the Twins”, in New York Times:

(intransitive, baseball) To pitch knuckleballs.


curveball

He bit on a curveball in the dirt.

(baseball) A forespin pitch thrown by rotating the index and middle fingers down and resulting in motion down "curve"


curveball

curveball (third-person singular simple present curveballs, present participle curveballing, simple past and past participle curveballed)

curveballs (present singular third-person)
curveballing (participle present)
curveballed (participle past)
curveballed (past)

Even though the haughty physics professors at the elite school ridiculed his declaration that he could make a baseball curve, Cummings just laughed it off and said, “I curveballed them to death,” according to Frederick Ivor-Campbell.

2006, William F. McNeil, The Evolution of Pitching in Major League Baseball, McFarland, →ISBN, page 21:

The news curveballed him. He'd been hamstrung and schizzed all the preceding weeks. He brooded in his den.

2009, James Ellroy, Blood's a Rover, Random House, →ISBN, page 566:


skittle

skittle (third-person singular simple present skittles, present participle skittling, simple past and past participle skittled)

skittles (present singular third-person)
skittling (participle present)
skittled (participle past)
skittled (past)

Origin unknown. Perhaps of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse skutill (“bolt, harpoon”), related to skjóta (“to shoot”), but the OED dismisses this connection as conjecture. The Old Norse word is related to Swedish and Danish skyttel (“shuttle, child's toy”). Compare also Old English sċytel (“a dart, bolt”). More at shuttle.

unk

unknown

(transitive, cricket) (sometimes with out) To rapidly bowl out a succession of batsmen.

(transitive, figuratively) To defeat easily.


slider

From slide + -er.
The meaning "small hamburger" was originally used to describe onion-steamed small burgers at White Castle restaurants, formerly spelt "Slyder".
Regarding the senses about control devices or widgets: physical sliders (potentiometers serving as rheostats) predate virtual ones (elements in graphical user interfaces), and the virtual ones are so named because their concept is the abstraction of the physical ones; if more explanation on that topic is needed, it is available in the Wikipedia articles on skeuomorphs, icons, and the desktop metaphor.

The closer had a wicked slider that was almost unhittable.

(baseball) A pitch thrown with added pressure by middle and ring fingers yielding a combination of backspin and sidespin, resulting in a motion to the left when thrown by a right handed pitcher.

スライダー

(baseball) a pitch thrown with added pressure by middle and ring fingers yielding a combination of backspin and sidespin

(cricket) A similar delivery in which the wrist and ring finger work to impart backspin to the ball.


homer

The first baseman hit a homer to lead off the ninth.

The Mets got that four-run cushion in the seventh when George Foster stepped in as a pinch-hitter and hit a two-run homer for the 5-1 final.

1983 June 27, Kevin Dupont, “METS GAIN SPLIT; STAUB TIES MARK”, in The New York Times:


homer

en-verb

homer (third-person singular simple present homers, present participle homering, simple past and past participle homered)

homers (present singular third-person)
homering (participle present)
homered (participle past)
homered (past)

The Sultan of Swat homered 714 times.

(US, baseball) To hit a homer; to hit a home run.


change-up

The pitcher had a devastating change-up.

(baseball) A pitch thrown with the arm motion of a fastball, but which travels at a much slower velocity because it is released without the fingers adding power to the delivery.


sinker

His sinkers drew one ground ball after another.

split-finger fastball
split-finger fastball

(baseball) Any of several high speed pitches that have a downward motion near the plate; a two-seam fastball, a split-finger fastball, or a forkball.


strike out

strike out (third-person singular simple present strikes out, present participle striking out, simple past struck out, past participle struck out or (somewhat archaic) stricken out)

strikes out (present singular third-person)
striking out (participle present)
struck out (past)
struck out (participle past)
stricken out (archaic participle past)

Jones struck out on a nasty slider.

The pitcher struck out Jones with a nasty slider.

(ergative, baseball, softball) Of a batter, to be retired after three strikes (missed swings, as opposed to any other way of becoming "out"); of a pitcher, to cause this to happen to the batter.

palaa

baseball: to be retired after three missed swings

polttaa

baseball: to cause a batter to be retired after three missed swings


liner

From line (noun) + -er (relational suffix) or -er (measurement suffix) (sense 5).

The liner glanced off the pitcher's foot.


bote

(Brazil, soccer) a goalkeeper's jump to catch the ball


floater

From float + -er (suffix forming agent nouns).

kelluja

person who physically floats in a gas or liquid

paikanvaihtaja

person without a fixed or lasting affiliation, position, or role

leijuri

The floater is a high arcing shot that is commonly used to get the ball over taller defenders in the paint.

2014, Tarrence Garrison, Basketball Essentials: Learn, Improve, Dominate, [Scotts Valley, Calif.]: [CreateSpace], →ISBN:

A thing which physically floats in a gas or liquid.

(sports) A ball that moves lightly through the air, as if floating; specifically (basketball), an early layup taken by a player moving towards the rim where, upon release, the ball floats in the air over the top of a defender before dropping softly into the hoop.

floater

(basketball) early layup taken by a player moving towards the rim

(figurative) A thing which moves from place to place, as if floating.

(cricket) A spinning delivery of the ball that travels in a high arched path.


futbol

az-noun

futbol (definite accusative futbolu, plural futbollar)

futbolu (accusative definite)
futbollar (plural)
futbol (nominative singular)
futbollar (nominative plural)
futbolu (accusative definite singular)
futbolları (accusative definite plural)
futbola (dative singular)
futbollara (dative plural)
futbolda (locative singular)
futbollarda (locative plural)
futboldan (ablative singular)
futbollardan (ablative plural)
futbolun (definite genitive singular)
futbolların (definite genitive plural)
futbolum (first-person nominative possessed-single possessive singular)
futbollarım (first-person nominative possessed-many possessive singular)
futbolun (nominative possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
futbolların (nominative possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
futbolu (nominative possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
futbolları (nominative possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
futbolumuz (first-person nominative plural possessed-single possessive)
futbollarımız (first-person nominative plural possessed-many possessive)
futbolunuz (nominative plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
futbollarınız (nominative plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
futbolu (nominative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
futbolları (nominative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
futbolları (nominative plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
futbolumu (accusative first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
futbollarımı (accusative first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
futbolunu (accusative possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
futbollarını (accusative possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
futbolunu (accusative possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
futbollarını (accusative possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
futbolumuzu (accusative first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
futbollarımızı (accusative first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
futbolunuzu (accusative plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
futbollarınızı (accusative plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
futbolunu (accusative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
futbollarını (accusative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
futbollarını (accusative plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
futboluma (dative first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
futbollarıma (dative first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
futboluna (dative possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
futbollarına (dative possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
futboluna (dative possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
futbollarına (dative possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
futbolumuza (dative first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
futbollarımıza (dative first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
futbolunuza (dative plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
futbollarınıza (dative plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
futboluna (dative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
futbollarına (dative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
futbollarına (dative plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
futbolumda (first-person locative possessed-single possessive singular)
futbollarımda (first-person locative possessed-many possessive singular)
futbolunda (locative possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
futbollarında (locative possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
futbolunda (locative possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
futbollarında (locative possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
futbolumuzda (first-person locative plural possessed-single possessive)
futbollarımızda (first-person locative plural possessed-many possessive)
futbolunuzda (locative plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
futbollarınızda (locative plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
futbolunda (locative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
futbollarında (locative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
futbollarında (locative plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
futbolumdan (ablative first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
futbollarımdan (ablative first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
futbolundan (ablative possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
futbollarından (ablative possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
futbolundan (ablative possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
futbollarından (ablative possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
futbolumuzdan (ablative first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
futbollarımızdan (ablative first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
futbolunuzdan (ablative plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
futbollarınızdan (ablative plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
futbolundan (ablative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
futbollarından (ablative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
futbollarından (ablative plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
futbolumun (first-person genitive possessed-single possessive singular)
futbollarımın (first-person genitive possessed-many possessive singular)
futbolunun (genitive possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
futbollarının (genitive possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
futbolunun (genitive possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
futbollarının (genitive possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
futbolumuzun (first-person genitive plural possessed-single possessive)
futbollarımızın (first-person genitive plural possessed-many possessive)
futbolunuzun (genitive plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
futbollarınızın (genitive plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
futbolunun (genitive plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
futbollarının (genitive plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
futbollarının (genitive plural possessed-many possessive third-person)


futbol

futbol (nominative singular)
futbollar (nominative plural)
futbolnıñ (genitive singular)
futbollarnıñ (genitive plural)
futbolğa (dative singular)
futbollarğa (dative plural)
futbolnı (accusative singular)
futbollarnı (accusative plural)
futbolda (locative singular)
futbollarda (locative plural)
futboldan (ablative singular)
futbollardan (ablative plural)

Borrowed from Russian футбол (futbol), from English football.


futbol

futbol (nominative singular)
futbolu (genitive singular)
futbolowi (dative singular)
futbol (accusative singular)
futbolem (instrumental singular)
futbolu (locative singular)
futbolu (singular vocative)

Borrowed from English football, from Middle English fotbal, footbal.

(sports) football (sport played on foot in which teams attempt to get a ball into a goal or zone defended by the other team; mainly referring to association football)


futbol

futbolu (accusative definite)
futbollar (plural)

From Ottoman Turkish فوتبول (futbol), from English football, from Middle English fotbal.


DL

en-noun

DL (countable and uncountable, plural DLs)


DL

en-verb

DL (third-person singular simple present DLs, present participle DLing, simple past and past participle DLed or DL'd)

DLs (present singular third-person)
DLing (participle present)
DLed (participle past)
DLed (past)
DL'd (participle past)
DL'd (past)

After 7 years of being in a rot league, I have learned that "day to day" in baseballese means "at least a week, maybe more, and maybe after the week, then we may DL him."

1996 June 3, Joe in MA [username], “Re: Jim Edmonds' return date?”, in rec.sport.baseball.fantasy (Usenet):

(baseball, transitive, informal) To place on the disabled list.


procession

From Middle English processioun, borrowed from Old French pourciession, from Latin prōcessiō (“a marching forward, an advance, in Late Latin a religious procession”), from prōcēdere, past participle prōcessus (“to move forward, advance, proceed”); see proceed.

der

Before he closed and opened his eyes, the bails on the wicket behind Johnny Masih were shattered. That was the beginning of a procession. The second ball clean bowled the batsman. The third ball was a catch for the wicketkeeper.

2012, K. L. Mohana Varma, Cricket-Indo: The Story of an Indo-Pak One-Day Cricket Turf War, page 205:

Scotland moved nicely to 45 without loss before I took the first wicket and then it became a procession.

2015, Steve Dolman, Edwin Smith: A Life in Derbyshire Cricket, page 36:

(cricket) The rapid dismissal of a series of batsmen.


Gaelic football

Armagh (and it is one of the most memorable chapters in the history of Gaelic football) were fated to fall at the last hurdle when they were beaten by Kerry in the All-Ireland decider.

2001, Brian Cosgrove, “Sport, Politics and the ‘Other Side’”, in The Yew Tree at the Head of the Strand, Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, →ISBN, pages 143–144:

An Irish form of football played by two teams of 15 players each, who score by kicking or punching a ball into the opposing team's goal or over a crossbar and between two upright posts above the goal.

2008 Ulster Senior Football Championship


catcher

Finding Dempsey in my mind's eye in January was not quite startling, ...but some other catchers turned up in my hot-stove reveries as well. Bob Boone, for instance.

1989 February 13, Roger Angell, Season Ticket: A Baseball Companion, Ballantine Books, page 22:

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:

At the plate the catcher is responsible for catching pitches, keeping mispitched balls in front of the plate, calling pitches that are normally done through hand signals, picking off runners, and they are considered the leaders of the field.

2021, University of the District of Columbia, “The plate umpire may suspend play because of darkness”, in Course Hero:

(baseball) The player that squats behind home plate and receives the pitches from the pitcher.


tae

From Middle English to, from Old English tā, from Proto-West Germanic *taihā. Cognates include English toe and Faroese tá.


tae

head

tae (third-person singular simple present taes, present participle taein, simple past taet, past participle taet)

taes (present singular third-person)
taein (participle present)
taet (past)
taet (participle past)


wind up

en-verb

wind up (third-person singular simple present winds up, present participle winding up, simple past and past participle wound up)

winds up (present singular third-person)
winding up (participle present)
wound up (participle past)
wound up (past)

snitches get stitches and wind up in ditches

Paige seemed to be winding up for a fastball but then switched it up.

(baseball, intransitive) To make the preparatory movements for a certain kind of pitch.


cricket ball

A feat sometimes achieved by outstanding local athletes is to throw a cricket ball clean over the top [of the viaduct].

1951 October, William B. Stocks, “A Few Miles from Huddersfield”, in Railway Magazine, page 701:

A hard, solid ball with an interior of cork and a leather case with a slightly raised sewn seam. Traditionally red, but other colors are available.


light roller

The batting side may decide which of the two rollers to use - the heavy or the light roller.

2001, M.A. Pervez, A Dictionary of Cricket, page 67:

(cricket) The lighter of the rollers used for flattening the pitch between innings.


lofted drive

(cricket) A drive that sends the ball flying through the air, instead of along the ground, thus increasing the possibility of a catch.


long on

en-noun

long on (countable and uncountable, plural long ons)

(cricket) a fielding position on the leg side, about 70° forward of square, designed to prevent runs from drives or to catch lofted drives


long hop

It was a long hop, which bounced high and was flat-batted straight to cover to leave the score at 246 for seven.

2010 July 23, “Pakistan strike early but Australia respond as Headingley loses power”, in The Guardian:

(cricket) a relatively slow ball that bounces short of the batsman and is thus relatively easy to hit


line and length

(cricket) The direction (line) and point at which a delivery hits the pitch (length) of a delivery considered as a whole, especially that of a group of a particular bowler's deliveries.


long off

long off (countable and uncountable, plural long offs)

(cricket) a fielding position on the off side, about 70° forward of square, designed to prevent runs from drives or to catch lofted drives


marksman

In what was a characteristic Bent display, he made only an occasional impact - but proved once again in front of England coach Fabio Capello that he is one of the most reliable marksmen in the domestic game.

2011 January 22, Phil McNulty, “Aston Villa 1 - 0 Man City”, in BBC:


twin killing

By grounding to the shortstop, the twin killing ended the inning.


triple play

There has only been one unassisted triple play recorded in the World Series.

(baseball) A defensive play in which three outs are recorded.

triple eliminació

(baseball) a play where three outs are recorded


double play

It was a 6-4-3 double play.

(baseball, softball) A defensive play in which two outs are recorded.


torp

Australian rules football
Australian rules football

(Australian rules football, informal) A torpedo punt.


hot corner

hot corner (countable and uncountable, plural hot corners)

Because many hard-hit balls are hit there

Jones plays the hot corner.

Jones plays hot corner.

(baseball, countable, uncountable, usually with "the") Third base.


bullpen

After that hit, there is activity in the bullpen.

Now the bullpens are hidden away underneath the bleachers, out of sight and sound.

2017 July 5, Billy Witz, “Camaraderie of Wrigley Field Bullpens Is Tangled Amid the Ivy”, in The New York Times:

Even though the Phillies bullpen has been a strength, it may be shopping for a veteran capable of handling the ninth inning.

2024 May 7, Greg Jewett, “Bullpen report: Porter Hodge enters Cubs’ circle of trust, Mason Miller cools down and more”, in The New York Times:

(baseball) An enclosed area for pitchers to warm up in during a game.

ブルペン

baseball: enclosed area for pitchers to warm up in during a game

Their bullpen is worn out after yesterday's doubleheader where both games went 12 innings.

(baseball) The relief pitchers of a team collectively.

vaihtosyöttäjät

baseball: relief pitchers of a team collectively


maiden over

(cricket) An over in which no runs are scored.


maker's name

from the placement of the manufacturer's logo

(cricket) the front blade of a cricket bat


cricket bat

(cricket) a bat, traditionally made from willow, used to play cricket


mêlée

→ Catalan: melé

→ English: melee

→ Italian: mêlée

→ Portuguese: melê

→ Spanish: melé

Inherited from Old French meslee, older meslede, from the feminine past participle of early Medieval Latin misculō, derived from Latin misceō. By surface analysis, mêl- + -ée.


medium pace

(cricket) describing a style of bowling, intermediate in speed between spin and pace, in which the bowler uses swing or seam to take wickets


midwicket

midwicket (countable and uncountable, plural midwickets)

(cricket) A fielding position, about 40° forward of square on the leg side, between square leg and mid on.


Mankad

Named after the Indian cricketer Vinoo Mankad.

(cricket) A run out of the non-striker by the bowler before bowling the ball if the non-striker leaves their crease too early; thought by some to be unsporting behaviour, but is within the rules of the game.


Mankad

en-verb

Mankad (third-person singular simple present Mankads, present participle Mankading, simple past and past participle Mankaded)

Mankads (present singular third-person)
Mankading (participle present)
Mankaded (participle past)
Mankaded (past)

(cricket) To run a player out by this means.


mid on

en-noun

mid on (countable and uncountable, plural mid ons)

(cricket) a fielding position, about 70° forward of square on the leg side, between midwicket and the bowler's wicket; a fielder at this position


middle order

(cricket) the batsmen who bat in positions 5 to 7; often the poorer batsmen, the wicket-keeper and the bowlers who can bat best


middle stump

(cricket) the stump in the middle of the batsman's wicket


mid off

mid off (countable and uncountable, plural mid offs)

(cricket) a fielding position, about 70° forward of square on the off side, between cover and the bowler's wicket


match referee

(cricket) an administrative official who decides on any penalties for bad conduct etc


double switch

They did a double switch after the eighth so that Jones could bat second in the ninth.

(baseball) A replacement of two players simultaneously, typically so that a fielder can hit in the pitcher's spot in the batting order.


blown save

Our bullpen has too many blown saves.

(baseball) A failure to convert a save opportunity to a save.


baseball mitt

A glove used when playing baseball to protect the hand and enhance catching ability.


intentional pass

intentional pass (plural intentional passes)

Jones was issued an intentional pass in order to face Smith.


full count

Since the maximum number of balls before a walk is three, and the maximum number of strikes before a strikeout is two, neither number can increase without ending the at-bat.

Full count, two outs, bottom of the ninth, the bags are jammed, 2-2 tie…

(baseball) An at-bat with a count of three balls and two strikes.


webbing

webbing (countable and uncountable, plural webbings)

He caught the ball in the webbing.

(baseball) The part of a baseball mitt between the forefinger and thumb; the web.


empty base

They have to pitch to the slugger because there are no empty bases.

(baseball) A base without a runner on it.


testimonial

From French testimonial, from Late Latin testimonialis (“of or pertaining to testimony”), from Latin testimonium (“testimony”). See testimony.

der

(soccer) A match played in tribute to a particular player (who sometimes receives a proportion of the gate money).

проща́лен мач

football: match played in tribute to a player


double up

en-verb

double up (third-person singular simple present doubles up, present participle doubling up, simple past and past participle doubled up)

doubles up (present singular third-person)
doubling up (participle present)
doubled up (participle past)
doubled up (past)

Jones snared the liner and then stepped on the bag to double up the runner.

(baseball, transitive) To get the second out in a double play, typically referring to getting an out by beating a runner back to a base (often by throwing) after a fly ball has been caught


free pass

Smith was issued a free pass after Jones' double.


intentional walk

en-noun

intentional walk (plural intentional walks)

Jones was given an intentional walk in order to face Smith.

(baseball) The intentional pitching of four balls (bad pitches), or of a fourth ball, in order to give the batter a walk (for example, so as to avoid the risk of a home run).


intentional walk

en-verb

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

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

(baseball, nonstandard) To intentionally walk; to give a batter an intentional walk.


third base

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The runner reached third base with a stand-up triple.

(baseball) The base after second base in a counter-clockwise path around a baseball infield.


four-seamer

The pitcher had a blazing four-seamer.


big fly

The first baseman hit a big fly to left.


foul ball

It's a foul ball, up four rows of seats.

(baseball) A batted ball that lands in foul territory.


heavy sink

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His two-seamer has some heavy sink.

(baseball) The motion of a sharply diving sinker pitch.


first base

en-noun

first base (countable and uncountable, plural first bases)

The runner took his lead off first base.

(singular only, baseball) The base after home plate in a counter-clockwise path around a baseball infield.


minefield

(cricket) A pitch that has dried out and crumbled and on which the ball is bouncing and spinning unpredictably.


second base

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The runner slid into second base with a double.

(baseball) The base opposite home plate in a baseball infield.


fair ball

It's a... fair ball; it rolls into the corner; Jones is stretching for two; the throw — safe!

(baseball, softball) A ball which has been hit between the first base and third base lines


no result

(cricket) The result of a one-day match in which a side fails to complete their innings, or to bat the minimum number of overs, because of bad weather.


new ball

(cricket) A cricket ball never previously used in a match; a replacement new cricket ball taken by the captain of the bowling side at certain specified times during an innings.

(tennis) Any of a set of replacement tennis balls issued at specified times in the professional game.


non-striker

(cricket) The batsman standing at the bowler's end of the pitch.


nightwatchman

(cricket) A batsman who is sent in to bat higher than his usual position near the end of a day's play (when light is poor), in order to protect better batsmen.


number eleven

(cricket) The batsman who bats last; usually the worst batsman in the side.


off break

(cricket) A normal ball bowled by a off spin bowler, moving from off to leg (for a right-handed batsman).


off stump

(cricket) The stump on the off side of the batsman's wicket.


leg stump

(cricket) The stump on the leg side of the batsman's wicket.


old ball

(cricket) A cricket ball that has been used in a previous match, or used in the current match for more than 30 overs.


one-day international

one-day International (plural one-day internationals)

one-day International (canonical)
one-day internationals (plural)

(cricket) A one-day match played between teams representing the Test nations.


one short

(cricket) The act of a batsman, running between the wickets, failing to ground himself or his bat behind the popping crease before turning for another run; the umpire's signal indicating this (the run does not count).


one-day match

(cricket) a game of cricket played on one day; each side batting once


obstruct the field

en-verb

obstruct the field (third-person singular simple present obstructs the field, present participle obstructing the field, simple past and past participle obstructed the field)

obstructs the field (present singular third-person)
obstructing the field (participle present)
obstructed the field (participle past)
obstructed the field (past)

(cricket) To get out by deliberately obstructing a fielder in order to prevent him from making a catch or run out, or from gathering the ball (very rare).


one-day cricket

(cricket) A form of cricket, played on one day, in which each side bats only once. Each side's innings finishes when either their allotted number of overs has been completed, or all ten wickets have been lost.


overpitch

overpitch (third-person singular simple present overpitches, present participle overpitching, simple past and past participle overpitched)

overpitches (present singular third-person)
overpitching (participle present)
overpitched (participle past)
overpitched (past)

/ˌəʊ.və(ɹ)ˈpɪt͡ʃ/

(transitive, cricket) To bowl (the ball) so that it bounces closer to the batsman than a good length, allowing the batsman to hit it easily.


pitch count

His pitch count is up to 110; he will probably be pinch-hit for next inning.

(baseball) The number of throws that a pitcher has delivered in a game.


over rate

(cricket) The average number of overs completed per hour.


open the face

open the face (third-person singular simple present opens the face, present participle opening the face, simple past and past participle opened the face)

opens the face (present singular third-person)
opening the face (participle present)
opened the face (participle past)
opened the face (past)

(intransitive, cricket) To turn the face of the bat outwards in order to hit the ball on the off side.


open the attack

open the attack (third-person singular simple present opens the attack, present participle opening the attack, simple past and past participle opened the attack)

opens the attack (present singular third-person)
opening the attack (participle present)
opened the attack (participle past)
opened the attack (past)

(cricket) Of a bowler: to bowl one of the first two overs.


defensive indifference

The play was scored as defensive indifference.

(baseball) An official scoring judgement in which a runner is not credited with a stolen base because the team playing the field did not try to stop the steal. This typically occurs late in a game when the fielding team is winning by at least two runs.


off drive

(cricket) A type of batsman's shot played by swinging the bat vertically and hitting the ball along the ground in the direction of mid off.


off drive

off drive (third-person singular simple present off drives, present participle off driving, simple past off drove, past participle off driven)

off drives (present singular third-person)
off driving (participle present)
off drove (past)
off driven (participle past)


cup of coffee

Based on the idea that the player was only there long enough to have a cup of coffee.

I was up for a cup of coffee once; those were the best six days of my career.

(ice hockey, baseball, slang) The situation where a minor league player comes up to the major league team for a short period of time.


no ball

(cricket) A ball delivered by a bowler in violation of any of the various laws; the extra run then credited to the batting side; the signal, with an arm outstretched, then made by the umpire.

tuku hē

a ball not delivered in accordance with regulations for the game.


no ball

no ball (third-person singular simple present no balls, present participle no balling, simple past and past participle no balled)

no balls (present singular third-person)
no balling (participle present)
no balled (participle past)
no balled (past)

tukunga hē

a ball not delivered according to the rules of the game.

(cricket, of a bowler) To bowl a no ball.

(cricket, of an umpire) To call and signal a no ball.


on strike

(cricket, of a batsman) Due to face the next delivery from the bowler.


can of corn

The phrase, first attested in 1896, refers to the practice of a grocer using a long stick to push a can of goods off a high shelf. (See Seattle Post Intelligencer - Sports Answer Guy article)

He hits a can of corn to left.

(baseball, idiomatic) An easily caught fly ball.


extra innings

And we go to extra innings.

(baseball) Additional innings needed to break a tie.


early innings

We have an early innings deficit to make up.

(baseball) The first, second, and third innings.


perfect game

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(baseball) A game in which every batter on one team is retired without reaching base.


no-hitter

Not many pitchers can say they threw two no-hitters in their career.

A record three of the no-hitters have come against Cleveland, with Zach Plesac having started all three games for the Indians.

2021 August 10, Benjamin Hoffman, “Brewers’ Combined No-Hitter Breaks Record for the Most in a Season”, in The New York Times:

It was the 18th no-hitter in franchise history, the 10th since the team moved to San Francisco and first since Chris Heston no-hit the New York Mets in 2015.

2024 March 8, C. Trent Rosecrans and Andrew Baggarly, “Giants’ Blake Snell throws first no-hitter of career in win over Reds”, in The New York Times:

(baseball) A game in which no batter on one of the teams got a hit.


on drive

(cricket) a type of batsman's shot played by swinging the bat vertically and hitting the ball along the ground in the direction of mid on.


dinger

The starting pitcher gave up three dingers.

He should know, he fanned 2597 times — far more than any other man — but made millions hitting 563 dingers.

1989 June, John Holway, “Strikeouts: The High Cost of Hitting Home Runs”, in Baseball Digest:

Then as you're taking his picture, say something about the thirty dingers he's going to hit this season. You get that little extra smile on his face.

1997, Hank Davis, Small-Town Heroes: Images of Minor League Baseball, University of Nebraska Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 264:

For you youngsters out there, hitting 50 dingers in the pre-steroid craze days of the early 90s was an actual accomplishment; the only questionable substance Fielder was putting in his body were McRib sandwiches.

2008, Mike Stone, Art Regner, The Great Book of Detroit Sports Lists, Running Press, published 2008, →ISBN, page 209:


back to back jack

en-noun

back to back jack (plural back to back jacks)

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Smith, Jones... back to back jacks in the sixth chasing the starter.

(baseball) Two home runs hit by consecutive batters


passed ball

Jones let a passed ball get behind him.

(baseball) A play where the catcher fails to stop a normally playable pitch and a runner advances.


four-bagger

Jones popped a four-bagger into the upper-deck in the fifth.


pitch around

en-verb

pitch around (third-person singular simple present pitches around, present participle pitching around, simple past and past participle pitched around)

pitches around (present singular third-person)
pitching around (participle present)
pitched around (participle past)
pitched around (past)

Jones pitched around the slugger.

(transitive, baseball) To intentionally throw pitches which are slightly out of the strike zone, hoping that the batter will swing wildly at a pitch, but assuming that you will walk him


in-between hop

Errors are more frequent when the play happens on an in-between hop.

(baseball) A bounce larger than a short hop and smaller than a long hop, often difficult to field.


Red Sox

From red and sox (slang form of socks) - the footwear worn by the members of the team.

(US, baseball) The Boston Red Sox, an American baseball team.


two-bagger

Jones got a two-bagger in the first.

(baseball, slang) A double (a two-base hit).


strike zone

That umpire often compresses the strike zone late in the game.

(baseball) The area through which if a pitched ball passes, it will be called a strike, typically from the batter's knees to the belt and the width of home plate.


pitch out

The pitch out enabled the catcher to throw out the runner.

(baseball) A pitch which was intentionally thrown outside to the catcher who stands up with the pitch for the purpose of enabling the catcher to throw out a runner.


pitch out

pitch out (third-person singular simple present pitches out, present participle pitching out, simple past and past participle pitched out)

pitches out (present singular third-person)
pitching out (participle present)
pitched out (participle past)
pitched out (past)

Jones pitched out twice to no avail.

(baseball, intransitive) To intentionally throw the ball outside to the catcher who stands up with the pitch for the purpose of enabling the catcher to throw out a runner


nelson

Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson
Nelson (cricket)
Nelson hold

Cricket sense: origin disputed; supposedly from the belief that Lord Nelson had one eye, one arm and one leg.
Wrestling sense: Back-formation from full nelson.

(cricket) A score of 111, sometimes considered to be unlucky.


wild pitch

Jones uncorked a wild pitch, which went to the screen.

(baseball) A play where the pitcher throws a non-catchable pitch and a runner advances.


part-time bowler

en-noun

part-time bowler (plural part-time bowlers)

(cricket) a batsman who has limited bowling ability; asked to bowl under special circumstances


popping crease

(cricket) Either of two white lines, each drawn on the pitch in front of a wicket, between which the batsmen run, and from where the bowler may legally bowl.


protected area

(cricket) the central, rectangular area of the pitch onto which the bowlers may not run during their follow through


play on

en-verb

play on (third-person singular simple present plays on, present participle playing on, simple past and past participle played on)

plays on (present singular third-person)
playing on (participle present)
played on (participle past)
played on (past)

(cricket, of a batsman) to hit the ball into his own wicket, thus being out bowled


put up the shutters

put up the shutters (third-person singular simple present puts up the shutters, present participle putting up the shutters, simple past and past participle put up the shutters)

puts up the shutters (present singular third-person)
putting up the shutters (participle present)
put up the shutters (participle past)
put up the shutters (past)

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


pinch hitter

This year the Tigers are using pinch hitters 72 percent more often than the league average. They entered Thursday leading the league with 59 pinch-hit plate appearances. Tigers pinch hitters were batting .231, above the league average for pinch hitters of .217.

2023 May 26, Cody Stavenhagen, “A.J. Hinch is managing with confidence as the Tigers hang tight in the AL Central”, in The New York Times:

(baseball) A substitute batter; one who pinch-hits.

(cricket) An aggressive batsman brought on to score runs quickly, even at the risk of losing his wicket.


play in

play in (third-person singular simple present plays in, present participle playing in, simple past and past participle played in)

plays in (present singular third-person)
playing in (participle present)
played in (participle past)
played in (past)

(cricket, reflexive, play oneself in) Of a batsman, to settle and become comfortable with the conditions at the beginning of his innings.

Zubar played in Doyle down the Wolves left and his ball into the box evaded several players before falling for Mujangi Bia to finally drive in a second past Neil Sullivan.

2011 January 18, “Wolverhampton 5 - 0 Doncaster”, in BBC:

Salah bamboozled Lisandro Martinez to play in Gakpo for another classy finish three minutes later before the Egyptian resumed his long-time role of United tormentor by getting on the scoresheet himself.

2023 March 5, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 7-0 Manchester United”, in BBC Sport:

(soccer, transitive) To pass (someone) the ball into an attacking position.


grounder

From Middle English grounder, grownder, equivalent to ground + -er.


infield hit

Jones got an infield hit when the ball tipped off of the outstretched glove of the diving shortstop.

(baseball) When a batter reaches base with a ground ball that does not leave the infield or shallow outfield.


ground ball

(baseball) A batted ball that bounces one or more times on the infield; a grounder.

(lacrosse) A loose ball that is on the ground during play.


at-bat

This is his third at-bat of the night.

He only had 220 at-bats this season because of injury.

(baseball) official at-bats. Batting opportunities minus walks, hit by pitches, and sacrifices


fly ball

(baseball, softball) A batted ball that has been hit into the air above the outfield; a fly.


first baseman

First basemen are usually left-handed.

(baseball) The infield defensive player that stands near first base.


third baseman

The third baseman charged in to field the bunt.

(baseball) The infield defensive player that stands near third base.

kolmosvahti

baseball: defensive player near third base


second baseman

The second baseman started the 4-6-3 double play.

(baseball) The infield defensive player that stands between the first baseman and the shortstop, normally on the right field side of second base.


wheelhouse

From wheel + house. Sense 3 (“(baseball) a pitch location which is favourable to the hitter”) references the fact that a vessel is controlled from its wheelhouse (sense 1.2), and sense 4 (“a person’s area of authority or expertise”) is a figurative use of sense 3.

The pitch was right in his wheelhouse, and he hit a grand slam.

The ball was up in my wheelhouse, and I got round on it, got the meat of that Ritchie Ashburn bottle bat solidly on the ball. I'll never in my life hit a ball any better.

1997, Bryan L. Jones, “Baseball”, in Mark Twain Made Me Do It & Other Plains Adventures, Lincoln, Neb., London: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 74:

The next pitch was close to my wheelhouse so I just let 'er rip. I got ahold of it and shot it to left field on the line.

2007, Alan Schwarz, “Ken Griffey Jr.: On Going Deep with His Father”, in Once upon a Game: Baseball’s Greatest Memories, Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 60, column 1:

Here is the ball, in my wheelhouse. I slide my hips out of the way, put myself in place to hit the coldie of a lifetime.

2009, Andre Agassi, Open: An Autobiography (A Borzoi Book), New York, N.Y.: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, →ISBN, page 215:

(Canada, US, baseball, by extension from sense 1.2) A pitch location which is favourable to the hitter.


front door

His front door slider is hard to handle.

(baseball) The path of a pitch which starts inside and then slides over the plate.


striker

lyöjä

someone or something that hits someone or something else

Olympiakos had barely been in the Arsenal half but should have levelled in the 14th minute. A low corner was not dealt with and the ball fell to the feet of striker Rafik Djebbour, who saw his close-range effort brilliantly cleared from the goalline by Arteta.

2011 September 28, Tom Rostance, “Arsenal 2 - 1 Olympiakos”, in BBC Sport:

(soccer) One of the players on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.

(cricket) The batsman who is currently facing the bowler and defending his wicket.

lyöjä

cricket: batsman currently facing the bowler


shortstop

The shortstop ranged deep into the hole to make the stop.

“Your father was the best baseball player anyone had ever seen.” Excited but halting, her voice ran on past all obstacles. “We watched him play shortstop, and my father said he was the best, and my brothers too. The Cardinals sent a man down to talk to him about one of their teams.” Like an ancient marineress, she would not let go. She meant the St. Louis Cardinals’ farm teams.

2016, Mike Westphal, Cloud of Expectation; Book One: The In America Series, Xlibris, →ISBN:

(baseball) The infield defensive player that stands between the second baseman and the third baseman.

interbase

baseball: defensive player between second and third baseman


shortstop

Unadapted borrowing from English shortstop.


pop-up

(baseball) A pop-up ball: a ball that has been hit to a considerable height above the infield or the shallow outfield; a pop fly.

A folded paper element which pops up from a book, greeting card, etc.


back door

Sometimes the ball will curve around and enter from the back-door.

2010, Bob Glanville, Golf: The Game of Lessening Failures, page 14:

(golf, informal) The rear side of the hole, furthest from the golfer.


back door

He has a nasty back door slider.

(US, baseball) The path of a pitch which starts outside and then slides over the plate.


two-minute warning

en-noun

two-minute warning (plural two-minute warnings)

(American football) In the NFL, a timeout and warning given to the coaches with two minutes to go before the end of each half.


defensive tackle

defensive tackle (plural defensive tackles)

(American football) Any of a few defensive positions in the middle of the defensive line.


field goal

He kicked a 33 yard field goal just before the half.

Sure, Homer and Marge being caught naked in front of the town is funny, but why not make it total humiliation? Why not have Homer dragged ass-first over a church’s glass ceiling and force the pastor to give praise to God’s floors? Why not have Homer’s rear end block a game-winning field goal?

2016 January 24, Les Chappell, “TV: Review: The Simpsons (Classic), “Natural Born Kissers” (season nine, episode 25, originally aired 05/17/1998)”, in The Onion AV Club:

(American football, Canadian football) A kick of the ball through the uprights and over the crossbar (not after a touchdown). It scores 3 points.

He got six field goals in the first half, two from three-point land.

(basketball) A shot that is scored while the ball is in play (i.e. not a free throw).

(rugby) A goal scored where a ball that is in play but on the ground is kicked through the uprights and over the crossbar.

field-goal

Basketball and North American rules football


run chase

(cricket) the situation in which the side batting last need to score a certain number of runs to win; the effort made by such a side to win


offensive tackle

offensive tackle (plural offensive tackles)

One of the few surprises saw the New York Giants take offensive tackle Andrew Thomas at number four while the Buccaneers traded up to 13 for offensive tackle Tristian Wirfs to give some protection to their new quarterback Brady.

2020 April 24, “NFL draft 2020: Joe Burrow first pick for Cincinnati Bengals”, in BBC Sport:

(American football) A lineman for the team in possession of the ball located outside one of the guard positions.

bloquejador

lineman outside guard position in the offensive team


ring field

(cricket) An attacking ring of infielders, square and in front of the wicket: point, cover, mid off, mid on, midwicket, square leg.


return crease

(cricket) One of the white lines, perpendicular to the popping crease, within which the bowler's back foot must land.


fly out

en-verb

fly out (third-person singular simple present flies out, present participle flying out, simple past flew out or (baseball) flied out, past participle flown out or (baseball) flied out)

flies out (present singular third-person)
flying out (participle present)
flew out (past)
flied out (past)
flown out (participle past)
flied out (participle past)

Jones flied out to right field.

(intransitive, baseball) To become out by hitting a fly ball which is caught.


fly out

A fly out was recorded on the scorecard.


retire hurt

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

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

(intransitive, cricket) To stop batting because of having sustained an injury.


reverse swing

(cricket) Sideways movement of the old ball through the air in the opposite direction to normal swing.


reverse sweep

(cricket) A batsman's shot made by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc from leg to off, normally whilst kneeling.


reverse sweep

reverse sweep (third-person singular simple present reverse sweeps, present participle reverse sweeping, simple past and past participle reverse swept)

reverse sweeps (present singular third-person)
reverse sweeping (participle present)
reverse swept (participle past)
reverse swept (past)


run rate

(cricket) The number of runs scored by a side divided by the number of overs taken to score them.


split end

Jones played split end.

offensive line of scrimmage
offensive line of scrimmage

(American football) The position which lines up wide and on the offensive line of scrimmage, whose primary job is to serve as a wide receiver.

The split end ran deep.

(American football) A player playing the position of split end.


halfback

From half + back, in reference to position on the field of play; compare fullback.
In the sense of someone who moves to Florida and then to a more temperate climate, from moving "half way back"

(field sports) A player who occupies one of these positions.

(American football) An offensive back whose primary jobs are to carry the ball on running plays and to serve as a receiver or blocker on passing plays.

(Canadian football) A defensive back whose primary jobs are to cover the slotback on passing plays and prevent running plays from going to the outside.

(Australian rules football) One of three players (the centre halfback and two halfback flankers) on the line between the centre line and the fullback line.

field sports; Australian rules football; Australian rules football

(rugby) The player who feeds the ball into the scrum, and receives the ball as it emerges from the back of the scrum.


partnership

en-noun

partnership (countable and uncountable, plural partnerships)

/ˈpɑːtnəʃɪp/

/ˈpɑɹtnɚʃɪp/

(cricket) The period when two specific batsmen are batting, from the fall of one wicket until the fall of the next; the number of runs scored during this period,


late innings

He is at his best in the late innings.

(baseball) The seventh, eighth, and ninth innings of a game.


pinch hit

Jones drove in a run with a pinch hit for Smith in the sixth.

(baseball) A hit made by a pinch hitter.


oh for

Yesterday's oh for made him overly aggressive today at the plate.

(baseball) An instance in which a player did not get a hit in a game.


pine tar

pine tar (usually uncountable, plural pine tars)

(baseball) This or a similar material used by batters to improve their grip.


tight end

National Football League
New England Patriots
Rob Gronkowski
Tampa Bay Buccaneers

From tight (“of a space, arrangement, etc.: narrow, such that it is difficult for something or someone to pass through it”) + end (“position at the end of either the offensive or defensive line; player playing this position”), from the fact that the player takes up a position close to the tackle.

近端鋒 /近端锋

(American football, Canadian football) position at the end of the offensive line

Jones played tight end.

The position at the end of the offensive line whose primary jobs are to block and serve as a short receiver.

The tight end caught the pass.

He has also written about some on the Right’s aversion to the N.F.L., particularly as some concoct convoluted conspiracy theories involving singer Taylor Swift and her boyfriend, the Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, while others denounce professional sports as a whole.

2024 February 11, Jane Coaston, “What MAGA Influencers Are Missing About Football”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

A player (called an end) playing the position of tight end (sense 1.1).

ala tancat

(American football, Canadian football) player playing the position of tight end

The position at the end of the offensive line whose primary jobs were to block and serve as a short receiver; this position is no longer used.

A player (called an end) playing the position of tight end (sense 2.1).


ride the pine

en-verb

ride the pine (third-person singular simple present rides the pine, present participle riding the pine, simple past rode the pine, past participle ridden the pine)

rides the pine (present singular third-person)
riding the pine (participle present)
rode the pine (past)
ridden the pine (participle past)

Jones rode the pine much of the season.

(idiomatic, sports) To sit on the bench, to not be used in a game.


ground out

ground out (third-person singular simple present grounds out, present participle grounding out, simple past and past participle grounded out)

grounds out (present singular third-person)
grounding out (participle present)
grounded out (participle past)
grounded out (past)

Jones grounded out to lead off the third.

(baseball) To become out by hitting a ground ball which is fielded and leads to a force or tag of a runner.


ground out

A ground out was recorded on the scorecard.

(baseball) An instance of grounding out.


punch out

punch out (third-person singular simple present punches out, present participle punching out, simple past and past participle punched out)

punches out (present singular third-person)
punching out (participle present)
punched out (participle past)
punched out (past)

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The ump punched out the batter with relish to close out the game.

(transitive, baseball) To rule (by an umpire) that a pitch is a called third strike, often done emphatically.

Jones punched out the batter to start in the sixth.

(transitive, baseball, of a pitcher) To throw a called third strike; to strike (someone) out.


punch out

(baseball) Nonstandard spelling of punchout.


run up

run up (third-person singular simple present runs up, present participle running up, simple past ran up, past participle run up)

runs up (present singular third-person)
running up (participle present)
ran up (past)
run up (participle past)

He runs up... and bowls. Smashed away for four runs!

(cricket) Of a bowler, to run, or walk up to the bowling crease in order to bowl a ball.


aut

auturi (plural)
aut (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
autul (accusative definite nominative singular)
auturi (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
auturile (accusative definite nominative plural)
aut (indefinite singular)
autului (definite singular)
auturi (indefinite singular)
auturilor (definite plural)
autule (singular vocative)
auturilor (vocative)


aut

(basketball) an instance of a player stepping out of bounds or a ball touching a player while out of bounds


run out

run out (third-person singular simple present runs out, present participle running out, simple past ran out, past participle run out)

runs out (present singular third-person)
running out (participle present)
ran out (past)
run out (participle past)

Jackson was run out for a duck in the first over.

With three runs needed from two balls, Adil Rashid was run out coming back for a second. When Wood suffered the same fate from the final ball, the match was tied.

2019 July 14, Stephan Shemilt, “England win Cricket World Cup: Ben Stokes stars in dramatic finale against New Zealand”, in BBC Sport, London:

(cricket) To get a batsman out (dismissed from play) via a runout.


effet

From Old French effect, from Latin effectus.


ruck

rook (most accents without the foot-strut split)

From Middle English ruke, from or related to Old Norse hraukr, which is from Proto-Germanic *hraukaz (“haystack, heap”). Compare Icelandic hrúka, Swedish ruka.

меле

contest for possession of the ball in Rugby

Australian rules football
Australian rules football#English

A contest in games in which the ball is thrown or bounced in the air and two players from opposing teams attempt to give their team an advantage, typically by tapping the ball to a teammate.

A player who competes in said contests; a ruckman or ruckwoman.

(now rare) Either of a ruckman or a ruck rover, but not a rover.

Any one of a ruckman, a ruck rover or a rover; a follower.

(rugby union) The situation formed when a player carrying the ball is brought to the ground and one or more members of each side are engaged above the ball, trying to win possession of it; a loose scrum.


ruck

en-verb

ruck (third-person singular simple present rucks, present participle rucking, simple past and past participle rucked)

rucks (present singular third-person)
rucking (participle present)
rucked (participle past)
rucked (past)

(obsolete, transitive) To act as a ruck in a stoppage in Australian rules football.

(transitive, rugby union) To contest the possession of the ball in a ruck.

rasclar

to contest possession of the ball in a game of Rugby


offensive line

(American football, Canadian football) The five players of the team possessing the ball comprising the center, the left and right offensive guards, and the left and right offensive tackles who are positioned around the ball at the line of scrimmage.

(American football, Canadian football, uncommon) The seven players required to be within one yard of the line of scrimmage in an offensive formation.

(American football, Canadian football, uncommon) All of the offensive players, whether obligatory or not, lined up one yard or less from the line of scrimmage.


backward pass

(American football) A pass thrown backwards instead of forward, equivalent in the rules to a hand-off.


lateral pass

(American football) a pass thrown laterally and that counts as a hand-off

(American football) any hand-off, whether lateral or backward


quadruple double

Norwegian Bokmål: firdobbel-dobbel

(basketball) The achievement of a two-digit number of any four of points scored, assists, rebounds, blocks, or steals in a single game.


quintuple double

en-noun

quintuple double (plural quintuple doubles)

Norwegian Bokmål: femdobbel-dobbel

(basketball) The achievement of a two-digit number of all five of points scored, assists, rebounds, blocks, and steals in a single game.


triple double

→ Norwegian Bokmål: trippel-dobbel

Yes, the Knicks had fallen prey to the habitual wizardry of the Thunder star Russell Westbrook, who had 27 points, 18 rebounds and 14 assists, his third straight triple-double and his eighth in 19 games this season.

2016 November 28, Mike Vorkunov, “Despite Flash of Rose’s Prime, Knicks Are Dazed by Westbrook and Thunder”, in The New York Times:

(basketball) The achievement of a two-digit number of any three of points scored, assists, rebounds, blocks, or steals in a single game.


incision

incision (countable and uncountable, plural incisions)

From Middle English inscicioun, from Middle French incision, from Late Latin incisiō from the verb incidō (“I cut into”) + action noun suffix -iō.

Riyad Mahrez also dragged wide after a De Bruyne incision.

2021 March 7, David Hytner, “Manchester United catch City cold as Fernandes and Shaw end winning run”, in The Guardian:


roller

→ Welsh: rholer

* From Middle English rollere, equivalent to roll + -er.
* (credits in TV or film): These were originally printed on a physical cylinder that was rotated in front of the camera.

(cricket) A large rolling device used to flatten the surface of the pitch.


second new ball

second new ball (plural second new balls)

(cricket) The first replacement new ball in an innings; in Test cricket, usually taken after 80 overs.


the Ashes

From a satirical obituary published in an English newspaper after its loss to Australia in 1882, announcing the death of English cricket and that "the body would be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia".

(cricket) A trophy played for by England and Australia in Test cricket; in the form of a small urn containing the ashes of a cremated cricket stump or set of bails.

(cricket) A series of Test cricket matches played between England and Australia.

(rugby league, sports, by extension) A nominal trophy contested by England and Australia in other sports, especially rugby league.

(rugby league, sports) A series of such test matches.


scorecard

(cricket) A tabular representation of the most important statistics of an innings or match.


seamer

From Middle English semer, semere, from Old English sēamere (“tailor; seamer”), equivalent to seam + -er.

(cricket) A bowler skilled at making the ball seam.


horsehide

horsehide (countable and uncountable, plural horsehides)


side out

(slang, baseball, dated, 19th c.) three outs.


sky ball

(baseball, slang, 1800s) A high fly ball


foul tip

The foul tip hit the umpire in the shoulder.

(baseball) a foul ball which glances off the bat and continues back with only a moderate change in direction


foul tick

The catcher held onto the foul tick for the out.

(baseball, slang, rare) A foul ball which just brushes by the bat, making a ticking sound.


break one off

en-verb

break one off (third-person singular simple present breaks one off, present participle breaking one off, simple past broke one off, past participle broken one off)

breaks one off (present singular third-person)
breaking one off (participle present)
broke one off (past)
broken one off (participle past)

(baseball, dated, slang, 1800s) To throw a curve ball.


thrower

(cricket) A bowler who illegally throws the ball instead of bowling it.


sacrifice fly

Jones' sacrifice fly brought in the tying run.

(baseball) A fly ball that allowed a runner to advance after it was caught


sacrifice bunt

The sacrifice bunt was fielded cleanly, but the only play was to first.

The manager will likely call for a sacrifice bunt here.

(baseball) A play in which the batter intentionally hits the ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance at the cost of an out to advance one or more runners.

sacrifici

play in which the batter intentionally hits the ball softly at the cost of an out


dead-red

The pitch was a dead-red.


fastball count

Batters will often sit dead-red when there is a fastball count.

(baseball) A pitch count such that a fastball is likely to be thrown, usually 3-0 or 3-1.


sit dead-red

sit dead-red (third-person singular simple present sits dead-red, present participle sitting dead-red, simple past and past participle sat dead-red)

sits dead-red (present singular third-person)
sitting dead-red (participle present)
sat dead-red (participle past)
sat dead-red (past)

Popularized by broadcaster and former player Joe Morgan.

If I were him, I would sit dead-red on this 3 and 1 pitch and try to launch one.

(baseball) For a batter to look for a four-seam fastball.


tricolor

(soccer, preceded by "el") the Mexican national football team


tricolor

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


hand out

(baseball, slang, 1800s) a player is out


feeder

From Middle English feedere, federe, fedare, equivalent to feed + -er.

(baseball, slang, archaic, 1800s) The pitcher.


push bunt

The push bunt went between the pitcher and the first baseman who was charging too hard.

(baseball) A ball that has been hit with a bat which moves forward by a batter who is in an arms spread stance, usually in an attempt to bunt the ball past a charging infielder

The push bunt is only used in certain situations.

(baseball) The act of bunting with a bat that moves toward the ball


push bunt

push bunt (third-person singular simple present push bunts, present participle push bunting, simple past and past participle push bunted)

push bunts (present singular third-person)
push bunting (participle present)
push bunted (participle past)
push bunted (past)

Jones push bunted the pitch.

(transitive, baseball) to bunt while moving the bat towards the ball

Smith push bunts if an infielder charges too aggressively.

(intransitive, baseball) to bunt while moving the bat towards the ball


swinging bunt

The catcher fielded Jones' swinging bunt and easily threw him out.

(baseball) A ball that travels a short distance as if it were bunted, but was produced by a full or checked swing.


drag bunt

Jones fielded the drag bunt, but the runner beat out his throw for a single.

(baseball) A ball that has been hit by a batter who started to run towards first base while holding the bat back over the plate, typically in an attempt to get a hit rather than to sacrifice

The drag bunt is a skill that few players perfect.

(baseball) The act of bunting while running towards first base


drag bunt

drag bunt (third-person singular simple present drag bunts, present participle drag bunting, simple past and past participle drag bunted)

drag bunts (present singular third-person)
drag bunting (participle present)
drag bunted (participle past)
drag bunted (past)

Jones drag bunted the pitch.

(baseball, transitive) to bunt while running towards first base

Smith often drag bunts if he sees the third baseman playing back.

(baseball, intransitive) to bunt while running towards first base


force out

force out (third-person singular simple present forces out, present participle forcing out, simple past and past participle forced out)

forces out (present singular third-person)
forcing out (participle present)
forced out (participle past)
forced out (past)

Jones forced out Smith to end the inning.

(baseball) To create an out by touching a base in advance of a runner who has no base to return to while in possession of a ball which has already touched the ground


force out

A force out was recorded on the scorecard.

(baseball) An instance of an out created by touching a base in advance of a runner who has no base to return to while in possession of a ball which has already touched the ground.


selector

(cricket) An administrator responsible for selecting which players will play for a side.


hurler

(hurling) Someone who participates in the sport of hurling.


stringer

(baseball, slang, 1800s) A hard-hit ball.


kort

kort (nominative singular)
korty (nominative plural)
kortu (genitive singular)
kortów (genitive plural)
kortowi (dative singular)
kortom (dative plural)
kort (accusative singular)
korty (accusative plural)
kortem (instrumental singular)
kortami (instrumental plural)
korcie (locative singular)
kortach (locative plural)
korcie (singular vocative)
korty (plural vocative)

Borrowed from English court. Doublet of kohorta.

(tennis) court (place arranged for playing the game of tennis; also, one of the divisions of a tennis court)


kona

kona class IX (canonical)
kona class X (plural)


third session

(cricket) the session of a day's play between tea and close of play


second slip

(cricket) The fielding position between first slip and third slip.


second session

(cricket) the session of a day's play between lunch and tea


short of a length

(idiomatic, cricket) of a ball that pitches short of a good length; a ball that bounces closer to the bowler than the area of the pitch regarded as the best for dismissing or restricting the scoring of the batsman.


sightscreen

The batsman swung and thwacked it behind him over the sight-screens.

1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 24:

(cricket) A large screen, at each end of a cricket field, coloured to provide visual contrast to the cricket ball, to aid the batsman in seeing its movement through the air.


daisy cutter

* From plowing through a field and flattening and mowing down hypothetical daisies.
* (explosive): From flattening vegetation in a round region creating a clearing reminiscent of a daisy flower

(baseball, slang, dated, 1800s) A well-struck ground ball.

(cricket) A low ball that bounces more than once before reaching the batsman.


baseman

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

(baseball, softball) A player positioned at or near a base: first baseman, second baseman or third baseman.


banjo hit

(baseball) A weakly hit fly ball which goes just over the infielders.


soak the runner

soak the runner (third-person singular simple present soaks the runner, present participle soaking the runner, simple past and past participle soaked the runner)

soaks the runner (present singular third-person)
soaking the runner (participle present)
soaked the runner (participle past)
soaked the runner (past)

(baseball, slang, 1800s) To throw the ball at the runner in order to "tag" him out (illegal after 1845).


plug the runner

plug the runner (third-person singular simple present plugs the runner, present participle plugging the runner, simple past and past participle plugged the runner)

plugs the runner (present singular third-person)
plugging the runner (participle present)
plugged the runner (participle past)
plugged the runner (past)

(baseball, slang, 1800s) Synonym of soak the runner


show a little ginger

show a little ginger (third-person singular simple present shows a little ginger, present participle showing a little ginger, simple past showed a little ginger, past participle showed a little ginger or shown a little ginger)

shows a little ginger (present singular third-person)
showing a little ginger (participle present)
showed a little ginger (past)
showed a little ginger (participle past)
shown a little ginger (participle past)

(baseball, slang, 1800s) To play harder or smarter.


short leg

en-noun

short leg (countable and uncountable, plural short legs)

When he dismissed Keith Miller, caught at short leg off a lifter, I turned round to Tony Lock[.]

1990, Ashes: Battles and Bellylaughs, Byron Bay: Swan Publishing, page 148:

(cricket, uncountable) A fielding position on the leg side, square of, and close to the batsman.

(cricket, countable) A fielder in this position.


spec

spectacular mark
spectacular mark#English

(Australia, Australian rules football, informal) Clipping of spectacular mark. (a type of catch in Australian rules football).


boodler

(slang, baseball, dated, 19th century) A person displaying unsportsmanlike behavior.


muffin

→ Chinese: 瑪芬 /玛芬 (mǎfēn)

→ Danish: muffin

→ Esperanto: mafino

→ Finnish: muffini, muffinssi, muffinsi

→ French: muffin

→ German: Muffin

→ Japanese: マフィン (mafin)

→ Korean: 머핀 (meopin)

→ Norwegian Bokmål: muffins

→ Polish: muffin

→ Portuguese: muffin

→ Russian: ма́ффин (máffin)

→ Swedish: muffins

→ Yiddish: מאָפֿין (mofin)

From earlier moofin, probably a diminutive of Low German Muffe ("small cake"; Muffen (plural)), from Middle Low German muffe (“small pastry”). An alternative, and phonologically less plausible theory suggests a connection to Old French (pain) moflet (“roll”, literally “soft (bread)”).

gl

"small cake"; <i class="Latn mention" lang="nds">Muffen</i> (plural)

ncog

(baseball, slang) A less talented player; one who muffs, or drops the ball.


shoulder arms

en-verb

shoulder arms (third-person singular simple present shoulders arms, present participle shouldering arms, simple past and past participle shouldered arms)

shoulders arms (present singular third-person)
shouldering arms (participle present)
shouldered arms (participle past)
shouldered arms (past)

(intransitive, cricket) To deliberately lift the bat out of the path of the ball when it is judged to be missing the wicket.


sheet anchor

(cricket) A batsman who provides dependable defence while a series of other batsmen score rapidly.


five-by-five

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(basketball) A performance in which a player accumulates five points in each of five statistical categories (points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks) in a single game.


Schwalbe

de-noun

Schwalbe f (genitive Schwalbe, plural Schwalben)

Schwalbe (genitive)
Schwalben (plural)
Schwalbe (nominative singular)
Schwalben (definite nominative plural)
Schwalbe (genitive singular)
Schwalben (definite genitive plural)
Schwalbe (dative singular)
Schwalben (dative definite plural)
Schwalbe (accusative singular)
Schwalben (accusative definite plural)

→ Dutch: schwalbe

→ Silesian: šwalbkowate (compounded with native word)

From Middle High German swalwe, from Old High German swalwa, from Proto-West Germanic *swalwā. Cognate with Middle Dutch swaluwe (modern Dutch zwaluw), Old Saxon swala, Old English swealwe (modern English swallow), Old Norse svala (Danish svale, Swedish svala).
The football sense from a saying „Der fliegt wie ’ne Schwalbe!“ (“The man flies like a swallow!”), or the like, punning on fliegen in the sense of “to fall”. Compare hinfliegen (“to fall down”).

(sports, soccer) dive (deliberate fall, simulated foul)


attacker

(soccer) One of the players on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.

مُهَاجِم

(soccer) movement of the team in possession of the ball


blooper

Again the blooper wafted up to the plate. Ted waited and waited and then let loose. The ball rose in a high trajectory and sailed deep into the bullpen for a homer. The fans roared. The slugger had killed the blooper.

1949, Jimmy Powers, Baseball Personalities: The Most Colorful Figures of All Time, New York, N.Y.: R. Field, →OCLC, page 254:

The blooper, delivered with a shot-put motion, floated in an arc that reached twenty-five feet, then suddenly dropped across home plate in the strike zone.

2003, Richard F. Peterson, The Pirates Reader, Pittsburgh, Pa.: University of Pittsburgh Press, →ISBN, page 139:

(baseball, slang) A fly ball that is weakly hit just over the infielders.


submariner

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/sʌbˈmæɹɪnə/

/sʌbˈmæɹɪnɚ/

Jones was a submariner and could often confuse a batter with his unorthodox delivery.

(US, baseball) A pitcher that throws with an underhand motion.


rearguard

/ˈɹɪəɹˌɡɑɹd/

From rear + guard. Attested in The Song of Roland circa 1150 (rereguarde). Doublet of retrogarde.

Mancini's side only showed enough ambition when it was too late and by then battle lines were drawn as James Collins and former City captain Richard Dunne fought a magnificent rearguard action at the heart of Villa's defence.

2011 January 22, Phil McNulty, “Aston Villa 1 - 0 Man City”, in BBC:

(soccer) The defence, collectively the defenders.


VAR

en-noun

VAR (countable and uncountable, plural VARs)

[Harry] Kane was the victim in incidents plucked straight from the world of wrestling in each half, and on neither occasion did any of the officials – on the pitch or in the VAR booth – see fit to intervene in what were obvious penalties.

2018 June 18, Phil McNulty, “Tunisia 1 – 2 England”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 2019-04-21:

video assistant referee
video assistant referee#English

(soccer) Initialism of video assistant referee.


VAR

video assistant referee
video assistant referee


All Blacks

the national rugby union representative team of New Zealand


фудбал

mk-noun

фу́дбал • (fúdbal) m (relational adjective фу́дбалски)

фу́дбал (canonical)
fúdbal (romanization)
фу́дбалски (adjective relational)
фудбал (indefinite singular)
фудбали (indefinite plural)
фудбалот (definite singular unspecified)
фудбалите (definite plural unspecified)
фудбалов (definite proximal singular)
фудбаливе (definite plural proximal)
фудбалон (definite distal singular)
фудбалине (definite distal plural)
фудбалу (singular vocative)
фудбали (plural vocative)
фудбала (count-form plural)

(sports, soccer) а football, soccer ball (ball used in any game called "football")


lineup

More than any other batter in the lineup, he can keep the inning going with a a base hit, and over a season he'll have as many at-bats as teh lead-off man and thus hit hard and often for his team.

1993, Jerry Kindall, Baseball: Play the Winning Way, page 248:

For example, as before, the leadoff hitter for the visiting team in the top of the first inning fails to come to bat and the #2 batter in the lineup subsequently becomes the initial batter in the inning.

2015, Andres Wirkmaa, The Complete Baseball Scorekeeping Handbook, page 70:

That meant Howell moved from a weak-hitting lineup to a great-hitting lineup, and players generally said they hit better if they had better hitters around them.

2022, Paul Aron ·, The Lineup: Ten Books That Changed Baseball, page 96:


Flanke

de-noun

Flanke f (genitive Flanke, plural Flanken)

Flanke (genitive)
Flanken (plural)
Flanke (nominative singular)
Flanken (definite nominative plural)
Flanke (genitive singular)
Flanken (definite genitive plural)
Flanke (dative singular)
Flanken (dative definite plural)
Flanke (accusative singular)
Flanken (accusative definite plural)

Ca. 1600, from French flanc, from Old French flanc, from Proto-Germanic *hlankō. Doublet of now obsolete Lanke, which likely influenced the form and gender of the borrowing; analogy with Seite may also have contributed.

(military, ball games) flank (side of the field)

(ball games, especially soccer) cross (ball from the flank towards the centre)


silly mid on

en-noun

silly mid on (countable and uncountable, plural silly mid ons)

(cricket) a fielding position, on the leg side, forward of the batsman's wicket, and very near the batsman; a fielder in this position


silly point

silly point (countable and uncountable, plural silly points)

(cricket) A fielding position, on the off side, square of the batsman's wicket, and very near the batsman; a fielder in this position.


silly mid off

(cricket) a fielding position, on the off side, forward of the batsman's wicket, and very near the batsman; a fielder in this position


rubber match

The Red Sox, having lost the opener and won the second game, lost the rubber match against the Twins.

A sporting event at the end of a series in which the opponents are tied in terms of events won and lost.


creeper

From Middle English crepere, from Old English crēopere, equivalent to creep + -er. Slang usage derived from phrase give the creeps or creep out (distinct from merely one who creeps).

May joined Hutton and proceeded to play masterly cricket in which the straight-drive predominated. There was always the possibility that he might be trapped by a creeper, but May watched the ball intently.

2009, Steven Lynch, Wisden on the Ashes, page 292:

(cricket) A ball that travels low, near ground level.


dunking

(basketball) Forcefully thrusting the ball through the basket from above.


Gehäuse

de-noun

Gehäuse n (strong, genitive Gehäuses, plural Gehäuse)

Gehäuses (genitive)
Gehäuse (plural)
Gehäuse (nominative singular)
Gehäuse (definite nominative plural)
Gehäuses (genitive singular)
Gehäuse (definite genitive plural)
Gehäuse (dative singular)
Gehäusen (dative definite plural)
Gehäuse (accusative singular)
Gehäuse (accusative definite plural)

From early modern (15th century) gehiuse, geheus, collective of Middle High German hūs (“house”).

(ball games slang) Short for Torgehäuse (“post and crossbar of a goal”).


backstop

(baseball) A wall or fence behind home plate.

Bench may be the greatest catcher subjectively, but he's not statistically. Statwise, Yogi Berra is the all-time backstop, regardless of which measure you prefer. Berra's Total-Z is one-third of a standard deviation higher than Bench's, and his Core-Z average is a point better.

2002, James F. Vail, Outrageous Fortune: What's Wrong with Hall of Fame Voting and How to Make It Statistically Sound, Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 143:

(baseball, slang) A catcher; the position of catcher.


Fußball

Fußball m (strong, genitive Fußballs or Fußballes, plural Fußbälle)

Fußballs (genitive)
Fußballes (genitive)
Fußbälle (plural)
Fußball (nominative singular)
Fußbälle (definite nominative plural)
Fußballs (genitive singular)
Fußballes (genitive singular)
Fußbälle (definite genitive plural)
Fußball (dative singular)
Fußballe (dative singular)
Fußbällen (dative definite plural)
Fußball (accusative singular)
Fußbälle (accusative definite plural)

→ English: foosball

⇒? Luxembourgish: Foussball

From Fuß (“foot”) + Ball (“ball”), a calque of English football. Doublet of the later borrowing Football (“American football”).

association football
association football

(uncountable) soccer; association football

(countable) football, soccer ball (the ball with which association football is played)


meatball

→ Japanese: ミートボール

→ Korean: 미트볼 (miteubol)

And then. A 98.4 fastball on the inside half of the plate, ring him up, Strike 3, game over. It wasn’t a meatball like Terrence Long watched to finish 2003 ALDS Game 5, but it felt the same.

2020, Alex Hall, “Oakland A’s faced all their nightmares in Game 3 and wrote a new ending”, in Athletics Nation:

(baseball) An easy pitch to hit, especially thrown right down the middle of the plate.


right back

(soccer) a defender who normally plays on the right side of the field


hard count

Jones is good at drawing a defense offside with his hard count.

(American football) The situation where the quarterback attempts to draw the defense offside through a deceptive snap count sequence, sometimes accompanied by subtle body movements which simulate the initiation of the play.


dead bird

Jones got on board with a dead bird to start the innning.

(baseball, slang) A ball which falls over the infielders’ heads for a hit, as if it were a bird shot by a hunter.


SB

en-noun

SB (countable and uncountable, plural SBs)

(baseball) Abbreviation of stolen base.; The statistic reporting the number of stolen bases.


linebacker

The linebacker corralled the runner who had slipped through the hole.

(American football) The defensive players who are in position behind the defensive linemen and in front of the safeties and cornerbacks and whose principal responsibilities are to tackle runners and to defend against shorter passes.


linebacker

Unadapted borrowing from English linebacker.


steals

He has 25 steals this year.

(baseball, informal) The number of stolen bases by a baserunner.


fairway

(golf) The area between the tee and the green, where the grass is cut short.

carrer

(golf) the area between the tee and the green


fairway

(golf) fairway: the area between the tee and the green, where the grass is cut short


play ball

en-verb

play ball (third-person singular simple present plays ball, present participle playing ball, simple past and past participle played ball)

plays ball (present singular third-person)
playing ball (participle present)
played ball (participle past)
played ball (past)

(baseball, softball) An expression used at the beginning of a game of baseball or softball.

jugueu

if there's grass on the field, play ball

if there's grass on the pitch, play ball


disposal

en-noun

disposal (countable and uncountable, plural disposals)

[dɪsˈpəʊzəɫ]

(different ways of disposing of something

on the spot or at a remote location, by reusing or simply depositing) selejtezés

2019 In the mix: Who's pushing for selection for round eight? Australian Football League, 7 May 2019. Accessed 8 May 2019.
Lewy Taylor was quiet against the Swans with just seven disposals but hit the mark with a couple of kicks inside 50 during the crucial last quarter.

(countable) A disposing of or getting rid of something.

(countable, Australian rules football) A kick or a handball of the ball during a game.


culer

ca-adj

culer m or f (masculine and feminine plural culers)

From cul (“bottom, butt”) + -er. The football sense is from fans sitting on the walls of the first stadium in Barcelona, exposing their culs to passersby.

(soccer, relational) of FC Barcelona, as a player, fan, coach etc.


culer

→ Spanish: culé

(soccer) a person connected with FC Barcelona, as a player, fan, staff, coach etc.


Emirates

(soccer, with the) Emirates Stadium, a football stadium in London that is the home ground of Arsenal F.C.