slot

From Middle English slot, from Old French esclot, likely from Old Norse slóð (“track”). As a gambling machine, via clipping of slot machine. Compare sleuth. The scheduling (calendar) sense is by a metaphor whereby the time span is equated with the segment of a page or part of a device that represents it.

(American football) The area between the last offensive lineman on either side of the center and the wide receiver on that side.


slot

en-verb

slot (third-person singular simple present slots, present participle slotting, simple past and past participle slotted)

slots (present singular third-person)
slotting (participle present)
slotted (participle past)
slotted (past)

Australian rules football
Australian rules football

(Australian rules football, rugby, informal) To kick the ball between the posts for a goal; to score a goal by doing this.


loba

ro-verb

a loba (third-person singular present lobează, past participle lobat) 1st conj.

a loba (canonical)
lobează (present singular third-person)
lobat (participle past)
a loba (infinitive)
lobând (gerund)
lobat (participle past)
lobez (first-person indicative present singular)
lobezi (indicative present second-person singular)
lobează (indicative present singular third-person)
lobăm (first-person indicative plural present)
lobați (indicative plural present second-person)
lobează (indicative plural present third-person)
lobam (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
lobai (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
loba (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
lobam (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
lobați (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
lobau (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
lobai (first-person indicative perfect singular)
lobași (indicative perfect second-person singular)
lobă (indicative perfect singular third-person)
lobarăm (first-person indicative perfect plural)
lobarăți (indicative perfect plural second-person)
lobară (indicative perfect plural third-person)
lobasem (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
lobaseși (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
lobase (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
lobaserăm (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
lobaserăți (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
lobaseră (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
să lobez (first-person present singular subjunctive)
să lobezi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
să lobeze (present singular subjunctive third-person)
să lobăm (first-person plural present subjunctive)
să lobați (plural present second-person subjunctive)
să lobeze (plural present subjunctive third-person)
lobează (imperative second-person singular)
lobați (imperative plural second-person)
nu loba (imperative negative second-person singular)
nu lobați (imperative negative plural second-person)


bean

en-verb

bean (third-person singular simple present beans, present participle beaning, simple past and past participle beaned)

beans (present singular third-person)
beaning (participle present)
beaned (participle past)
beaned (past)

From Middle English bene, from Old English bēan, from Proto-West Germanic *baunu, from Proto-Germanic *baunō (“bean”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰabʰ- (“bean”). Cognate with Scots bene, bein (“bean”), West Frisian bean (“bean”), Dutch boon (“bean”), German Bohne (“bean”),
Swedish böna (“bean”),
Danish bønne (“bean”), Norwegian bønne (“bean”), Icelandic baun (“bean”), Latin faba (“bean”), Russian боб (bob, “bean”), Serbo-Croatian бо̏б/bȍb. Doublet of fava.

The pitcher beaned the batter, rather than letting him hit another home run.

Though I shall have to exercise an iron self-restraint to keep me from beaning that pie-faced little hornswoggler Mrs Bertram Wooster, nee Wickham, with the shaker.
[...]
 dudgeon might easily lead her to reach for the ginger ale bottle and bean me with it.

1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter IX and XI:

(chiefly baseball) To hit deliberately with a projectile, especially in the head.


load

load (third-person singular simple present loads, present participle loading, simple past loaded, past participle loaded or (archaic) loaden)

loads (present singular third-person)
loading (participle present)
loaded (past)
loaded (participle past)
loaden (archaic participle past)

The sense of “burden” first arose in the 13th century as a secondary meaning of Middle English lode, loade, which had the main significance of “way, course, journey”, from Old English lād (“course, journey; way, street, waterway; leading, carrying; maintenance, support”) (ultimately from Proto-Germanic *laidō (“leading, way”), Proto-Indo-European *leyt- (“to go, go forth, die”).
Cognate with Middle Low German leide (“entourage, escort”), German Leite (“line, course, load”), Swedish led (“way, trail, line”), Icelandic leið (“way, course, route”)). As such, load is a doublet of lode, which has preserved the older meaning.
Most likely, the semantic extension of the Middle English substantive arose by conflation with the (etymologically unrelated) verb lade; however, Middle English lode occurs only as a substantive; the transitive verb load (“to charge with a load”) is recorded only in the 16th century (frequently in Shakespeare),
and (except for the participle laden) has largely supplanted lade in modern English.

cog

He walks to load the bases.

(transitive, baseball) To put runners on first, second and third bases


glove

From Middle English glove, glofe, from Old English glōf, *glōfe, *glōfa, ("glove"; weak forms attested only in plural form glōfan (“gloves”)), from Proto-Germanic *galōfô (“glove”), from Proto-Germanic *ga- (“collective and associative prefix”) + Proto-Germanic *lōfô (“flat of the hand, palm”), from Proto-Indo-European *lāp-, *lēp-, *lep- (“flat”). Cognate with Scots gluve, gluive (“glove”), Icelandic glófi (“glove”). Related to Middle English lofe, lufe (“palm of the hand”). More at loof.

gloss

"glove"; weak forms attested only in plural form <i class="Latn mention" lang="ang">glōfan</i> (“gloves”)

der

Frederico had a great glove, but he couldn't hit a curveball, so he never broke into the pros.

(baseball, figuratively) The ability to catch a hit ball.


glove

en-verb

glove (third-person singular simple present gloves, present participle gloving, simple past and past participle gloved)

gloves (present singular third-person)
gloving (participle present)
gloved (participle past)
gloved (past)

He gloved the line drive for the third out.

(baseball, transitive) To catch the ball in a baseball mitt.

(cricket) To touch (a delivery) with one's glove while the gloved hand is on the bat. Under the rules of cricket, the batsman is deemed to have hit the ball.


knock out of the box

knock out of the box (third-person singular simple present knocks out of the box, present participle knocking out of the box, simple past and past participle knocked out of the box)

knocks out of the box (present singular third-person)
knocking out of the box (participle present)
knocked out of the box (participle past)
knocked out of the box (past)

(baseball) To cause a pitcher to be replaced by heavy hitting.


blast

blast (third-person singular simple present blasts, present participle blasting, simple past and past participle blasted)

blasts (present singular third-person)
blasting (participle present)
blasted (participle past)
blasted (past)

⇒ Italian: blastare

From Middle English blasten, blesten, from Old English blǣstan (“to blow, blast”), from Proto-West Germanic *blēstijan, from Proto-Germanic *blēstijaną. Possibly related to Middle High German blesten (“to stand out, plop, splash”).

noncog

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

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

(soccer) To shoot; kick the ball in hope of scoring a goal.


forward

From Middle English foreward, from Old English foreweard (“forward, inclined to the front, fore, early, former”), from Proto-Germanic *fura- (“fore-”), *warþaz (“turned”), equivalent to fore + -ward. Cognate with Dutch voorwaarts (“forward”), German vorwärts (“forward”).

der

(rugby) One of the eight players (comprising two props, one hooker, two locks, two flankers and one number eight, collectively known as the pack) whose primary task is to gain and maintain possession of the ball (compare back).

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

rojník

players nearest to the opposing rugby team

مُهَاجِم

player nearest to the opposing soccer team

(basketball) The small forward or power forward position; two frontcourt positions that are taller than guards but shorter than centers.


forward

forward (nominative singular)
forwardi (nominative plural)
forwarda (genitive singular)
forwardů (genitive plural)
forwardovi (dative singular)
forwardu (dative singular)
forwardům (dative plural)
forwarda (accusative singular)
forwardy (accusative plural)
forwarde (singular vocative)
forwardi (plural vocative)
forwardovi (locative singular)
forwardu (locative singular)
forwardech (locative plural)
forwardem (instrumental singular)
forwardy (instrumental plural)

Gabonský forward byl nejnebezpečnějším hráčem v černožlutém dresu.

2015 September 27, “Borussia Dortmund - SV Darmstadt 2:2”, in eurofotbal.cz:

The Gabonese forward was the best player in the black and yellow shirt.


forward

forward (nominative singular)
forwardy (nominative plural)
forwardu (genitive singular)
forwardů (genitive plural)
forwardu (dative singular)
forwardům (dative plural)
forward (accusative singular)
forwardy (accusative plural)
forwarde (singular vocative)
forwardy (plural vocative)
forwardu (locative singular)
forwardech (locative plural)
forwardem (instrumental singular)
forwardy (instrumental plural)

V tenise hrál ve finále „Pardubické juniorky", v basketbale byl jedním z nejlepších tvořivých hráčů Jičína a ve fotbale hrál ve forwardu mnohdy lépe než útočníci jeho milované Sparty.

2012 July 5, “Vědě, Alma mater, Jičínu”, in Jičínský deník.cz, page ...:

In tennis he played the final of "Pardubická juniorka" tournament, in basketball he was one of the most creative players of Jičín and in football he played in the forward line often better than attackers of his beloved Sparta.


forward

forward (indefinite nominative singular)

Borrowed from English forward. First attested in 1891.

(soccer) forward (player whose usual task is to attack or score goals)


postage stamp

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

[…] got in on the act himself, firing in an unstoppable shot that arced into the postage stamp top corner of Andy Goram's goal.

2011, Alistair Aird, Ally McCoist - Rangers Legend:

(soccer, slang) The upper left- or right-hand corner of the goal.


clout

en-noun

clout (countable and uncountable, plural clouts)

From Middle English clout, from Old English clūt, from Proto-Germanic *klūtaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gelewdos, from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to ball up, amass”). The sense “influence, especially political” originated in the dialect of Chicago, but has become widespread.
cognates and related terms
Cognate with Old Norse klútr (“kerchief”), Swedish klut, Danish klud, Middle High German klōz (“lump”), whence German Kloß, and dialect Russian глуда (gluda). See also cleat.

der

'... allowed Boston to score all of its runs on homers, including a pair of clouts by Jacoby Ellsbury ...'

2011 August 17, Michael Vega, “Triple double”, in The Boston Globe, page C1:


rest

en-noun

rest (countable and uncountable, plural rests)

From Middle English rest, reste, from Old English ræst, from Proto-West Germanic *rastu, from Proto-Germanic *rastō, from Proto-Indo-European *ros-, *res-, *erH- (“rest”). Cognate with West Frisian rêst (“rest”), Dutch rust (“rest”), German Rast (“rest”), Swedish rast (“rest”), Norwegian rest (“rest”), Icelandic röst (“rest”), Old Irish árus (“dwelling”), German Ruhe (“calm”), Albanian resht (“to stop, pause”), Welsh araf (“quiet, calm, gentle”), Lithuanian rovà (“calm”), Ancient Greek ἐρωή (erōḗ, “rest, respite”), Avestan 𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬨𐬈 (aⁱrime, “calm, peaceful”), Sanskrit रमते (rámate, “he stays still, calms down”), Gothic 𐍂𐌹𐌼𐌹𐍃 (rimis, “tranquility”). Related to roo.

rest

stick used to support the cue in snooker

Higgins can't quite reach the white with his cue, so he'll be using the rest.

(snooker, countable) A stick with a U-, V- or X-shaped head used to support the tip of a cue when the cue ball is otherwise out of reach.


scatback

(American football) A small lightweight running back valued for speed rather than power.


Tim

(slang, soccer) A supporter of the Scottish football team Celtic F.C..


rack

From Middle English rakke, rekke, from Middle Dutch rac, recke, rec (Dutch rek), see rekken.

(billiards, snooker) A hollow triangle used for aligning the balls at the start of a game.


rack

en-verb

rack (third-person singular simple present racks, present participle racking, simple past and past participle racked)

racks (present singular third-person)
racking (participle present)
racked (participle past)
racked (past)
rack (infinitive)

From Old English reċċan (“to stretch out, extend”).

inh

(billiards, snooker, pool) To put the balls into the triangular rack and set them in place on the table.


AQ

automatic qualifier
automatic qualifier#English

(American football) Initialism of automatic qualifier. Refers to the NCAA Division I FBS conferences whose champions receive automatic bids to the Bowl Championship Series.


barrel

From Middle English barel, from Anglo-Norman baril, Old French baril, bareil (“barrel”), of uncertain origin. An attempt to link baril to Old French barre (“bar, bolt”) (compare Medieval Latin barra (“bar, rod”)) via assumed Vulgar Latin *barrīculum meets the phonological requirement, but fails to connect the word semantically. The alternate connection to Frankish *baril, *beril or Gothic 𐌱𐌴𐍂𐌹𐌻𐍃 (bērils, “container for transport”), from Proto-Germanic *barilaz, *bērilaz (“barrel, jug, container”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to carry, transport”), is more plausible as it connects not only the form of the word but also the sense; equivalent to bear + -le. Compare also Old High German biril (“jug, large pot”), Luxembourgish Bärel, Bierel (“jug, pot”), Old Norse berill (“barrel for liquids”), Old English byrla (“barrel of a horse, trunk, body”). More at bear.

vat

round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop

For quotations using this term, see Citations:barrel.

(baseball) A statistic derived from launch angle and exit velocity of a ball hit in play.


palaa

palan (first-person indicative present singular)
en pala (first-person indicative negative present singular)
olen palanut (first-person indicative perfect singular)
en ole palanut (first-person indicative negative perfect singular)
palat (indicative present second-person singular)
et pala (indicative negative present second-person singular)
olet palanut (indicative perfect second-person singular)
et ole palanut (indicative negative perfect second-person singular)
palaa (indicative present singular third-person)
ei pala (indicative negative present singular third-person)
on palanut (indicative perfect singular third-person)
ei ole palanut (indicative negative perfect singular third-person)
palamme (first-person indicative plural present)
emme pala (first-person indicative negative plural present)
olemme palaneet (first-person indicative perfect plural)
emme ole palaneet (first-person indicative negative perfect plural)
palatte (indicative plural present second-person)
ette pala (indicative negative plural present second-person)
olette palaneet (indicative perfect plural second-person)
ette ole palaneet (indicative negative perfect plural second-person)
palavat (indicative plural present third-person)
eivät pala (indicative negative plural present third-person)
ovat palaneet (indicative perfect plural third-person)
eivät ole palaneet (indicative negative perfect plural third-person)
paletaan (indicative passive present)
ei paleta (indicative negative passive present)
on palettu (indicative passive perfect)
ei ole palettu (indicative negative passive perfect)
paloin (first-person indicative past singular)
en palanut (first-person indicative negative past singular)
olin palanut (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
en ollut palanut (first-person indicative negative pluperfect singular)
paloit (indicative past second-person singular)
et palanut (indicative negative past second-person singular)
olit palanut (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
et ollut palanut (indicative negative pluperfect second-person singular)
paloi (indicative past singular third-person)
ei palanut (indicative negative past singular third-person)
oli palanut (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
ei ollut palanut (indicative negative pluperfect singular third-person)
paloimme (first-person indicative past plural)
emme palaneet (first-person indicative negative past plural)
olimme palaneet (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
emme olleet palaneet (first-person indicative negative pluperfect plural)
paloitte (indicative past plural second-person)
ette palaneet (indicative negative past plural second-person)
olitte palaneet (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
ette olleet palaneet (indicative negative pluperfect plural second-person)
paloivat (indicative past plural third-person)
eivät palaneet (indicative negative past plural third-person)
olivat palaneet (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
eivät olleet palaneet (indicative negative pluperfect plural third-person)
palettiin (indicative passive past)
ei palettu (indicative negative passive past)
oli palettu (indicative passive pluperfect)
ei ollut palettu (indicative negative passive pluperfect)
palaisin (conditional first-person present singular)
en palaisi (conditional first-person negative present singular)
olisin palanut (conditional first-person perfect singular)
en olisi palanut (conditional first-person negative perfect singular)
palaisit (conditional present second-person singular)
et palaisi (conditional negative present second-person singular)
olisit palanut (conditional perfect second-person singular)
et olisi palanut (conditional negative perfect second-person singular)
palaisi (conditional present singular third-person)
ei palaisi (conditional negative present singular third-person)
olisi palanut (conditional perfect singular third-person)
ei olisi palanut (conditional negative perfect singular third-person)
palaisimme (conditional first-person plural present)
emme palaisi (conditional first-person negative plural present)
olisimme palaneet (conditional first-person perfect plural)
emme olisi palaneet (conditional first-person negative perfect plural)
palaisitte (conditional plural present second-person)
ette palaisi (conditional negative plural present second-person)
olisitte palaneet (conditional perfect plural second-person)
ette olisi palaneet (conditional negative perfect plural second-person)
palaisivat (conditional plural present third-person)
eivät palaisi (conditional negative plural present third-person)
olisivat palaneet (conditional perfect plural third-person)
eivät olisi palaneet (conditional negative perfect plural third-person)
palettaisiin (conditional passive present)
ei palettaisi (conditional negative passive present)
olisi palettu (conditional passive perfect)
ei olisi palettu (conditional negative passive perfect)
pala (imperative present second-person singular)
älä pala (imperative negative present second-person singular)
palakoon (imperative present singular third-person)
älköön palako (imperative negative present singular third-person)
olkoon palanut (imperative perfect singular third-person)
älköön olko palanut (imperative negative perfect singular third-person)
palakaamme (first-person imperative plural present)
älkäämme palako (first-person imperative negative plural present)
palakaa (imperative plural present second-person)
älkää palako (imperative negative plural present second-person)
palakoot (imperative plural present third-person)
älkööt palako (imperative negative plural present third-person)
olkoot palaneet (imperative perfect plural third-person)
älkööt olko palaneet (imperative negative perfect plural third-person)
palettakoon (imperative passive present)
älköön palettako (imperative negative passive present)
olkoon palettu (imperative passive perfect)
älköön olko palettu (imperative negative passive perfect)
palanen (first-person potential present singular)
en palane (first-person negative potential present singular)
lienen palanut (first-person perfect potential singular)
en liene palanut (first-person negative perfect potential singular)
palanet (potential present second-person singular)
et palane (negative potential present second-person singular)
lienet palanut (perfect potential second-person singular)
et liene palanut (negative perfect potential second-person singular)
palanee (potential present singular third-person)
ei palane (negative potential present singular third-person)
lienee palanut (perfect potential singular third-person)
ei liene palanut (negative perfect potential singular third-person)
palanemme (first-person plural potential present)
emme palane (first-person negative plural potential present)
lienemme palaneet (first-person perfect plural potential)
emme liene palaneet (first-person negative perfect plural potential)
palanette (plural potential present second-person)
ette palane (negative plural potential present second-person)
lienette palaneet (perfect plural potential second-person)
ette liene palaneet (negative perfect plural potential second-person)
palanevat (plural potential present third-person)
eivät palane (negative plural potential present third-person)
lienevät palaneet (perfect plural potential third-person)
eivät liene palaneet (negative perfect plural potential third-person)
palettaneen (passive potential present)
ei palettane (negative passive potential present)
lienee palettu (passive perfect potential)
ei liene palettu (negative passive perfect potential)
palaa (infinitive infinitive-i)
palava (active participle present)
palettava (participle passive present)
palaakseni (first-person possessive singular)
palaaksemme (first-person plural possessive)
palaaksesi (possessive second-person singular)
palaaksenne (plural possessive second-person)
palaakseen (possessive third-person)
palaaksensa (possessive third-person)
palanut (infinitive-i-long past)
palettu (infinitive-i-long past)
palaessa (inessive second-person)
palettaessa (inessive second-person)
palama (agent)
palaessani (first-person possessive singular)
palaessamme (first-person plural possessive)
palaessasi (possessive second-person singular)
palaessanne (plural possessive second-person)
palaessaan (possessive third-person)
palaessansa (possessive third-person)
palamaton (inessive negative second-person)
palaen (instructive second-person)
palamassa (inessive third-person)
palamasta (elative third-person)
palamaan (illative third-person)
palamalla (adessive third-person)
palamatta (abessive third-person)
palaman (instructive third-person)
palettaman (instructive third-person)
palaminen (fourth-person noun-from-verb)
palamaisillani (first-person possessive singular)
palamaisillamme (first-person plural possessive)
palamaisillasi (possessive second-person singular)
palamaisillanne (plural possessive second-person)
palamaisillaan (possessive third-person)
palamaisillansa (possessive third-person)

[ˈpɑ̝lɑ̝ː(ʔ)]

From Proto-Finnic *paladak, from Proto-Uralic *pala-.

(intransitive, baseball, pesäpallo, dodgeball) to be out


knuckle

From Middle English knokel (“finger joint”), from Old English cnucel (“the juncture of two bones; knuckle; joint”), from Proto-West Germanic *knukil, from Proto-Germanic *knukilaz (“knuckle, knot, bump”), as *knukô (“bone, joint”) + *-ilaz (diminutive suffix). Cognate with Dutch knokkel (“knuckle”), Low German Knökel (“knuckle”), German Knöchel (“ankle, knuckle”), Old Norse knykill.

affix

(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The curved part of the cushion at the entrance to the pockets on a cue sports table.


through

From Middle English thrugh, thruch, thruh, metathetic variants of thurgh, thurh, from Old English þurh, from Proto-Germanic *þurhw (“through”), from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂kʷe, suffixed zero-grade from *terh₂- (“to pass through”) + *-kʷe (“and”). Cognate with Scots throch (“through”), West Frisian troch (“through”), German durch (“through”), Dutch door (“through”), Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷 (þairh, “through”), Latin trans (“across, over, through”), Albanian tërthor (“through, around”), Welsh tra (“through”). See also thorough.

With the Swifts calling for offside the striker was through and only a great save from McIlravey prevented the opener.

2015, Steve Grossi, SWFL1: Missed Chances See Swifts Relinquish Top Spot:

(soccer) In possession of the ball beyond the last line of defence but not necessarily the goalkeeper; through on goal.


stretch

Esperanto: streĉi

From Middle English strecchen, from Old English streċċan (“to stretch, hold out, extend, spread out, prostrate”), from Proto-West Germanic *strakkjan (“to stretch, make taut or tight”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)treg-, *streg-, *treg- (“stiff, rigid”). Cognate with West Frisian strekke, Dutch strekken (“to stretch, straighten”), German strecken (“to stretch, straighten, elongate”), Danish strække (“to stretch”), Swedish sträcka (“to stretch”), Dutch strak (“taut, tight”), Albanian shtriqem (“to stretch”). More at stark.

cog

time stretch analog-to-digital converter

(baseball) A quick pitching delivery used when runners are on base where the pitcher slides his leg instead of lifting it.

(baseball) A long reach in the direction of the ball with a foot remaining on the base by a first baseman in order to catch the ball sooner.


sacker

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

The ball crossed the base before he did, but it bounded between the third sacker’s feet, and score two was marked up for Hollis Creek, with nobody out!

1910, George Randolph Chester, chapter 15, in The Early Bird, Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill:

1952, Bernard Malamud, The Natural, New York: Time Reading Program, 1966, “Batter Up!” p. 56,
About forty years ago Pop was the third sacker for the old Sox when they got into their first World Series after twenty years.

2009, John H. Ritter, New York: Philomel, Chapter 35, p. 226,
Reinspired, he sprang from the dugout and ran out to second base so quickly, the Chicago second sacker, Cal McVey, was still walking in from shallow right field.

(baseball, softball, in combination) A baseman (player positioned at or near a base).

The loss of last year’s leading sacker, Kerry Hyder Jr., for the season with an Achilles injury is still problematic.

2017 August 26, Bob Wojnowski, “Wojo: Patriots hand Lions cold glimpse of reality”, in The Detroit News:

line of scrimmage
line of scrimmage#English

(American football) A player who sacks (tackles the offensive quarterback behind the line of scrimmage before he is able to throw a pass).


roll

en-verb

roll (third-person singular simple present rolls, present participle rolling, simple past and past participle rolled)

rolls (present singular third-person)
rolling (participle present)
rolled (participle past)
rolled (past)

From Middle English rollen, partly from Old French roller, roler, röeler, röoler, from Medieval Latin rotulāre (“to roll; to revolve”), from Latin rotula (“a little wheel”), diminutive of rota (“a wheel”); partly from Anglo-Latin rollāre, from the same ultimate source.

rol

to cause something to revolve by turning over and over

rol

to move, or cause to be moved, upon rollers or small wheels

So it was against the run of play that their London rivals took the lead two minutes before the interval through Drogba. He rolled William Gallas inside the area before flashing a stunning finish high past keeper Carlo Cudicini.

2012 April 15, Phil McNulty, “Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea”, in BBC:

Rolled far too easily by Marc-Antoine Fortuné, Demichelis compounded his error by standing on the striker's foot. In the absence of the injured Watson, Gómez converted the penalty.

2014 March 9, Jacob Steinberg, “Wigan shock Manchester City in FA Cup again to reach semi-finals”, in The Guardian:

(transitive, soccer) To slip past (a defender) with the ball.


pylon

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πυλών (pulṓn, “gateway”).

стълб

a tower like structure used to support high voltage electricity cables

(American football) An orange marker designating one of the four corners of the end zone in American football.


tag

From Middle English tagge (“small piece hanging from a garment”), probably of North Germanic origin. Compare Norwegian tagg (“point; prong; barb; tag”), Swedish tagg (“thorn; prickle; tine”), Icelandic tág (“a willow-twig”). Compare also tack.

cog

The tag was applied at second for the final out.

(heading) Involving being tagged physically.

(baseball) An instance of touching the baserunner with the ball or the ball in a gloved hand to rule him "out."

polttaminen

baseball: instance of touching the baserunner with the ball to rule him "out"


tag

en-verb

tag (third-person singular simple present tags, present participle tagging, simple past and past participle tagged)

tags (present singular third-person)
tagging (participle present)
tagged (participle past)
tagged (past)

He really tagged that ball.

(transitive, baseball, colloquial) To hit the ball hard.

He tagged the runner for the out.

(transitive, baseball) To put a runner out by touching them with the ball or the ball in a gloved hand.


(cricket) Used to marks a score or statistic that is incomplete, such as the score of a batsman who is (or was) not out.


organization

en-noun

organization (countable and uncountable, plural organizations)

/ˌɔːɡənaɪˈzeɪʃən/

/ˌɔɹɡənɪˈzeɪʃən/

/ˌɔɹɡnɪˈzeɪʃən/

/ˌɔɹɡənaɪˈzeɪʃən/

/ˌɔɹˈɡænɪzeɪʃən/

Borrowed from Middle French organisation, from Medieval Latin organizātiō; by surface analysis, organize + -ation.

bor+

Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class V § 712. Party

Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class V § 709. Cooperation

Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class VI § 968. Lawyer

He's been in the Dodgers' organization since 2003.

(baseball) A major league club and all its farm teams.


simulation

en-noun

simulation (countable and uncountable, plural simulations)

→ Japanese: シミュレーション (shimyurēshon)

First attested in 1340 as Middle English symulacioun, from Middle French simulation, from Old French simulation/simulacion, from Latin simulātiōnem, from simulō (“imitate”).
Morphologically simulate + -ion.

"Players are very good at simulation," said Premier League referee Graham Poll. "I'm not saying they do practice, but I find it hard to believe they are so good at something without practicing. We have to issue more cards because it is the only way we can stop simulation spoiling the game. It is a cancer."

2004 April 19, Ravi Ubha, “Inside Soccer: FIFA gives Cameroon short(s) shrift”, in Seattle Post-Intelligencer:

In the build-up to the second spot-kick, André Villas-Boas felt United striker Danny Welbeck had deliberately tripped over the leg of Branislav Ivanovic rather than an intentional foul being committed. "Referees have pretty clear orders on simulation, but it is difficult for them to assess the difference between simulation and fouls in those situations," he said.

2012 February 11, “AVB wants action on simulation”, in Belfast Telegraph:

(soccer) The act of falling over in order to be awarded a foul, when no foul has been committed.


charge

charge (countable and uncountable, plural charges)

From Middle English chargen, from Old French chargier, from Late Latin carricō (“to load”), from Latin carrus (“a car, wagon”); see car. Doublet of cargo.

(basketball) An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.


charge

en-verb

charge (third-person singular simple present charges, present participle charging, simple past and past participle charged)

charges (present singular third-person)
charging (participle present)
charged (participle past)
charged (past)

desc

→ Cantonese: 叉廚／叉厨 (caa¹ cyu⁴), 叉 (caa¹)

→ Kashubian: czardżowac (United States)

→ Malay: caj, cas

→ Swahili: chaji

yükləmək

to place a burden upon, to assign a duty

yükləmək

to load equipment with material required for its use

(intransitive) To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback.

(cricket, of a batsman) To take a few steps down the pitch towards the bowler as they deliver the ball, either to disrupt the length of the delivery, or to get into a better position to hit the ball.

charger

cricket: to take a few steps down the pitch towards the bowler as he delivers the ball


target

→ Japanese: ターゲット (tāgetto)

From Middle French targette, targuete, diminutive of targe (“light shield”), from Old French, from Frankish *targa (“buckler”), akin to Old Norse targa (“small round shield”) (whence also Old English targe, targa (“shield”)) from Proto-Germanic *targǭ (“edge”), from Proto-Indo-European *derǵʰ- (“fenced lot”). Akin to Old High German zarga (“side wall, rim”) (German Zarge (“frame”)), Spanish tarjeta (“card”).

cog

(cricket) the number of runs that the side batting last needs to score in the final innings in order to win


pocket

From Middle English pocket (“bag, sack”), from Anglo-Norman poket, Old Northern French poquet, poquete, diminutive of poque, poke (“bag, sack”) (compare modern Norman pouquette and modern French pochette from Old French pochete, from puche), from Frankish *pokā (“pouch”), from Proto-Germanic *pukkô, *pukô (“bag; pouch”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to blow, swell”). Doublet of pochette. Cognate with Middle Dutch poke, Alemannic German Pfoch (“purse, bag”), Old English pocca, pohha (“poke, pouch, pocket, bag”), Old Norse poki (“bag, pocket”). Compare the related poke (“sack or bag”). See also Modern French pochette and Latin bucca.

der

is that a gun in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me

(sports, billiards, pool, snooker) An indention and cavity with a net sack or similar structure (into which the balls are to be struck) at each corner and one centered on each side of a pool or snooker table.

գնդապարկ

billiards: net into which balls are struck

For many years, the popular belief among NFL analysts was that the success of an NFL team comes with a quarterback who can stand tall in the pocket and deliver the ball downfield. Members of the elite group of active quarterbacks, Peyton Manning, Tom Brady and Drew Brees, for instance, also earned their reputation by making plays almost exclusively from the pocket.

2014 June 20, Gregor Bozic, "Ramblings: Classic Pocket Passers versus Mobile Quarterbacks", Football Outsiders

With some notable exceptions, NFL teams that are successful on dropbacks outside the pocket have tended to win more games

2019 Dec. 6, Josh Hermsmeyer, "Teams Are Excelling when Their QBs Leave the Pocket. Can that Continue?", FiveThirtyEight

The Pocket Area is the area between the outside edges of the normal tackle positions on each side of the center extending backward to the offensive team's end line. After the ball leaves the pocket area, this area no longer exists.

2021, Official Playing Rules of the National Football League, §26: Pocket Area

intentional grounding
intentional grounding

(American football) The area behind the line of scrimmage subject to certain rules regarding intentional grounding, illegal contact, etc., formally extending to the end zone but more usually understood as the central area around the quarterback directly protected by the offensive line.

Matt Stevens was crumpled by Euan Murray in another scrum, allowing Parks to kick for the corner, and when Richie Gray's clean take from the subsequent line-out set up a series of drives under the posts, Parks was back in the pocket to belt over a drop-goal to make it 9-3 at the interval.

2011 October 1, Tom Fordyce, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland”, in BBC Sport:

(rugby) The position held by a second defensive middle, where an advanced middle must retreat after making a touch on the attacking middle.


pocket

en-verb

pocket (third-person singular simple present pockets, present participle pocketing, simple past and past participle pocketed)

pockets (present singular third-person)
pocketing (participle present)
pocketed (participle past)
pocketed (past)

(billiards, snooker, pool) To cause a ball to go into one of the pockets of the table; to complete a shot.

вкарвам

to cause a ball to go into a pocket of a billiard table


sacar

es-verb

sacar (first-person singular present saco, first-person singular preterite saqué, past participle sacado)

saco (first-person present singular)
saqué (first-person preterite singular)
sacado (participle past)
sacar (infinitive)
sacando (gerund)
sacado (masculine participle past singular)
sacada (feminine participle past singular)
sacados (masculine participle past plural)
sacadas (feminine participle past plural)
saco (first-person indicative present singular)
sacas (indicative informal present second-person singular)
sacás (indicative informal present second-person singular vos-form)
saca (indicative present singular third-person)
sacamos (first-person indicative plural present)
sacáis (indicative plural present second-person)
sacan (indicative plural present third-person)
sacaba (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
sacabas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
sacaba (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
sacábamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
sacabais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
sacaban (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
saqué (first-person indicative preterite singular)
sacaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
sacó (indicative preterite singular third-person)
sacamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
sacasteis (indicative plural preterite second-person)
sacaron (indicative plural preterite third-person)
sacaré (first-person future indicative singular)
sacarás (future indicative second-person singular)
sacará (future indicative singular third-person)
sacaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
sacaréis (future indicative plural second-person)
sacarán (future indicative plural third-person)
sacaría (conditional first-person indicative singular)
sacarías (conditional indicative second-person singular)
sacaría (conditional indicative singular third-person)
sacaríamos (conditional first-person indicative plural)
sacaríais (conditional indicative plural second-person)
sacarían (conditional indicative plural third-person)
saque (first-person present singular subjunctive)
saques (informal present second-person singular subjunctive)
saqués (informal present second-person singular subjunctive vos-form)
saque (present singular subjunctive third-person)
saquemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
saquéis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
saquen (plural present subjunctive third-person)
sacara (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
sacaras (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
sacara (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
sacáramos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
sacarais (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
sacaran (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
sacase (first-person imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive)
sacases (imperfect imperfect-se second-person singular subjunctive)
sacase (imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive third-person)
sacásemos (first-person imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive)
sacaseis (imperfect imperfect-se plural second-person subjunctive)
sacasen (imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive third-person)
sacare (first-person future singular subjunctive)
sacares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
sacare (future singular subjunctive third-person)
sacáremos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
sacareis (future plural second-person subjunctive)
sacaren (future plural subjunctive third-person)
saca (imperative informal second-person singular)
sacá (imperative informal second-person singular vos-form)
saque (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
saque (imperative singular third-person)
saquemos (first-person imperative plural)
sacad (imperative plural second-person)
saquen (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
saquen (imperative plural third-person)
saques (imperative negative second-person singular)
saque (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
saque (imperative negative singular third-person)
saquemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
saquéis (imperative negative plural second-person)
saquen (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
saquen (imperative negative plural third-person)
sacarme (combined-form dative infinitive object-first-person object-singular)
sacarte (combined-form dative infinitive object-second-person object-singular)
sacarle (combined-form dative infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
sacarse (combined-form dative infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
sacarnos (combined-form dative infinitive object-first-person object-plural)
sacaros (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-second-person)
sacarles (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
sacarse (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
sacarme (accusative combined-form infinitive object-first-person object-singular)
sacarte (accusative combined-form infinitive object-second-person object-singular)
sacarlo (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
sacarla (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
sacarse (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
sacarnos (accusative combined-form infinitive object-first-person object-plural)
sacaros (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-second-person)
sacarlos (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
sacarlas (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
sacarse (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
sacándome (combined-form dative gerund object-first-person object-singular)
sacándote (combined-form dative gerund object-second-person object-singular)
sacándole (combined-form dative gerund object-singular object-third-person)
sacándose (combined-form dative gerund object-singular object-third-person)
sacándonos (combined-form dative gerund object-first-person object-plural)
sacándoos (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-second-person)
sacándoles (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-third-person)
sacándose (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-third-person)
sacándome (accusative combined-form gerund object-first-person object-singular)
sacándote (accusative combined-form gerund object-second-person object-singular)
sacándolo (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
sacándola (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
sacándose (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
sacándonos (accusative combined-form gerund object-first-person object-plural)
sacándoos (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-second-person)
sacándolos (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
sacándolas (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
sacándose (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
sácame (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
sácate (combined-form dative imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
sácale (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
sácanos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-tú)
sácales (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
sácame (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
sácate (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
sácalo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
sácala (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
sácanos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-tú)
sácalos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
sácalas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
sacame (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
sacate (combined-form dative imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
sacale (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
sacanos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-vos)
sacales (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
sacame (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
sacate (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
sacalo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
sacala (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
sacanos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-vos)
sacalos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
sacalas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
sáqueme (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-singular second-person singular)
sáquele (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
sáquese (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
sáquenos (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-plural second-person singular)
sáqueles (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
sáqueme (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-singular second-person singular)
sáquelo (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
sáquela (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
sáquese (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
sáquenos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-plural second-person singular)
sáquelos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
sáquelas (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
saquémoste (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-second-person object-singular plural)
saquémosle (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
saquémonos (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-first-person object-plural plural)
saquémoos (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-plural object-second-person plural)
saquémosles (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
saquémoste (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-second-person object-singular plural)
saquémoslo (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
saquémosla (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
saquémonos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-first-person object-plural plural)
saquémoos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-second-person plural)
saquémoslos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
saquémoslas (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
sacadme (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
sacadle (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
sacadnos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
sacaos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-second-person plural second-person)
sacadles (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
sacadme (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
sacadlo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
sacadla (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
sacadnos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
sacaos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-second-person plural second-person)
sacadlos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
sacadlas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
sáquenme (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
sáquenle (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
sáquennos (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
sáquenles (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
sáquense (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
sáquenme (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
sáquenlo (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
sáquenla (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
sáquennos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
sáquenlos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
sáquenlas (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
sáquense (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)

Perhaps from Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌰𐌽 (sakan, “to dispute, to rebuke”). Compare English forsake, seek, sake, Latin sāgiō.


strand

en-verb

strand (third-person singular simple present strands, present participle stranding, simple past and past participle stranded)

strands (present singular third-person)
stranding (participle present)
stranded (participle past)
stranded (past)

* From Middle English strand, strond, from Old English strand (“strand, sea-shore, shore”), from Proto-West Germanic *strand, from Proto-Germanic *strandō (“edge, rim, shore”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)trAnt- (“strand, border, field”), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“to broaden, spread out”). Cognate with West Frisian strân, Dutch strand, German Strand, Danish strand, Swedish strand, Norwegian Bokmål strand, Icelandic strönd.
* (street): Perhaps from the similarity of shape.

der

Jones pops up; that's going to strand a pair.

(transitive, baseball) To cause the third out of an inning to be made, leaving a runner on base.


butt

From Middle English but, butte (“goal, mark, butt of land”), from Old English byt, bytt (“small piece of land”) and *butt (attested in diminutive Old English buttuc (“end, small piece of land”) > English buttock), from Proto-West Germanic *butt, from Proto-Germanic *buttaz (“end, piece”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰnós (“bottom”), later thematic variant of Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn ~ *bʰudʰn-, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“deep”). Cognate with Norwegian butt (“stump, block”), Icelandic bútur (“piece, fragment”), Low German butt (“blunt, clumsy”). Influenced by Old French but, butte (“but, mark”), ultimately from the same Germanic source. Compare also Albanian bythë (“buttocks”), Ancient Greek πυθμήν (puthmḗn, “bottom of vessel”), Latin fundus (“bottom”) and Sanskrit बुध्न (budhná, “bottom”), from the same Proto-Indo-European root. Related to bottom, boot.
 PIE word
 *bʰudʰmḗn.

приклад

larger or thicker end of anything; blunt end

perä

end of something, often distinguished from other end

(countable, generally) An end of something, often distinguished in some way from the other end.

(lacrosse) The plastic or rubber cap used to cover the open end of a lacrosse stick's shaft in order to reduce injury.


speedball

en-noun

speedball (countable and uncountable, plural speedballs)


left field

left field (countable and uncountable, plural left fields)

The double, by pinch-hitter Ruben Sierra, curved sharply toward foul ground in deep left field but then changed its mind and hit the line instead—a big hit, and a smile at last from the great and enigmatically difficult game.

(baseball) The part of a baseball field which is beyond the infield and to the left of a person standing on home plate and facing the pitcher.

(baseball) The defensive position in the outfield to the left.


delivery

delivery (countable and uncountable, plural deliveries)

From Middle English deliveri et al., from Anglo-Norman, from Old French delivrer.

His delivery has a catch in it.

Here is the delivery; ... strike three!

(curling) The process of throwing a stone.

The win was secured with another moment of significance four minutes from time when captain Harry Kane, who had once again struggled to influence the game, headed in from substitute Jack Grealish's perfect delivery for his first goal of Euro 2020.

2021 June 29, Phil McNulty, “England 2-0 Germany”, in BBC Sport:


punta

From Late Latin puncta, from the feminine of Latin punctus.


maali

maali (nominative singular)
maalit (nominative plural)
maali (accusative nominative singular)
maalit (accusative nominative plural)
maalin (accusative genitive singular)
maalit (accusative genitive plural)
maalin (genitive singular)
maalien (genitive plural)
maalia (partitive singular)
maaleja (partitive plural)
maalissa (inessive singular)
maaleissa (inessive plural)
maalista (elative singular)
maaleista (elative plural)
maaliin (illative singular)
maaleihin (illative plural)
maalilla (adessive singular)
maaleilla (adessive plural)
maalilta (ablative singular)
maaleilta (ablative plural)
maalille (allative singular)
maaleille (allative plural)
maalina (essive singular)
maaleina (essive plural)
maaliksi (singular translative)
maaleiksi (plural translative)
maalitta (abessive singular)
maaleitta (abessive plural)
maalein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
maalini (nominative singular)
maalini (nominative plural)
maalini (accusative nominative singular)
maalini (accusative nominative plural)
maalini (accusative genitive singular)
maalini (accusative genitive plural)
maalini (genitive singular)
maalieni (genitive plural)
maaliani (partitive singular)
maalejani (partitive plural)
maalissani (inessive singular)
maaleissani (inessive plural)
maalistani (elative singular)
maaleistani (elative plural)
maaliini (illative singular)
maaleihini (illative plural)
maalillani (adessive singular)
maaleillani (adessive plural)
maaliltani (ablative singular)
maaleiltani (ablative plural)
maalilleni (allative singular)
maaleilleni (allative plural)
maalinani (essive singular)
maaleinani (essive plural)
maalikseni (singular translative)
maaleikseni (plural translative)
maalittani (abessive singular)
maaleittani (abessive plural)
maaleineni (comitative plural)
maalisi (nominative singular)
maalisi (nominative plural)
maalisi (accusative nominative singular)
maalisi (accusative nominative plural)
maalisi (accusative genitive singular)
maalisi (accusative genitive plural)
maalisi (genitive singular)
maaliesi (genitive plural)
maaliasi (partitive singular)
maalejasi (partitive plural)
maalissasi (inessive singular)
maaleissasi (inessive plural)
maalistasi (elative singular)
maaleistasi (elative plural)
maaliisi (illative singular)
maaleihisi (illative plural)
maalillasi (adessive singular)
maaleillasi (adessive plural)
maaliltasi (ablative singular)
maaleiltasi (ablative plural)
maalillesi (allative singular)
maaleillesi (allative plural)
maalinasi (essive singular)
maaleinasi (essive plural)
maaliksesi (singular translative)
maaleiksesi (plural translative)
maalittasi (abessive singular)
maaleittasi (abessive plural)
maaleinesi (comitative plural)
maalimme (nominative singular)
maalimme (nominative plural)
maalimme (accusative nominative singular)
maalimme (accusative nominative plural)
maalimme (accusative genitive singular)
maalimme (accusative genitive plural)
maalimme (genitive singular)
maaliemme (genitive plural)
maaliamme (partitive singular)
maalejamme (partitive plural)
maalissamme (inessive singular)
maaleissamme (inessive plural)
maalistamme (elative singular)
maaleistamme (elative plural)
maaliimme (illative singular)
maaleihimme (illative plural)
maalillamme (adessive singular)
maaleillamme (adessive plural)
maaliltamme (ablative singular)
maaleiltamme (ablative plural)
maalillemme (allative singular)
maaleillemme (allative plural)
maalinamme (essive singular)
maaleinamme (essive plural)
maaliksemme (singular translative)
maaleiksemme (plural translative)
maalittamme (abessive singular)
maaleittamme (abessive plural)
maaleinemme (comitative plural)
maalinne (nominative singular)
maalinne (nominative plural)
maalinne (accusative nominative singular)
maalinne (accusative nominative plural)
maalinne (accusative genitive singular)
maalinne (accusative genitive plural)
maalinne (genitive singular)
maalienne (genitive plural)
maalianne (partitive singular)
maalejanne (partitive plural)
maalissanne (inessive singular)
maaleissanne (inessive plural)
maalistanne (elative singular)
maaleistanne (elative plural)
maaliinne (illative singular)
maaleihinne (illative plural)
maalillanne (adessive singular)
maaleillanne (adessive plural)
maaliltanne (ablative singular)
maaleiltanne (ablative plural)
maalillenne (allative singular)
maaleillenne (allative plural)
maalinanne (essive singular)
maaleinanne (essive plural)
maaliksenne (singular translative)
maaleiksenne (plural translative)
maalittanne (abessive singular)
maaleittanne (abessive plural)
maaleinenne (comitative plural)
maalinsa (nominative singular)
maalinsa (nominative plural)
maalinsa (accusative nominative singular)
maalinsa (accusative nominative plural)
maalinsa (accusative genitive singular)
maalinsa (accusative genitive plural)
maalinsa (genitive singular)
maaliensa (genitive plural)
maaliaan (partitive singular)
maaliansa (partitive singular)
maalejaan (partitive plural)
maalejansa (partitive plural)
maalissaan (inessive singular)
maalissansa (inessive singular)
maaleissaan (inessive plural)
maaleissansa (inessive plural)
maalistaan (elative singular)
maalistansa (elative singular)
maaleistaan (elative plural)
maaleistansa (elative plural)
maaliinsa (illative singular)
maaleihinsa (illative plural)
maalillaan (adessive singular)
maalillansa (adessive singular)
maaleillaan (adessive plural)
maaleillansa (adessive plural)
maaliltaan (ablative singular)
maaliltansa (ablative singular)
maaleiltaan (ablative plural)
maaleiltansa (ablative plural)
maalilleen (allative singular)
maalillensa (allative singular)
maaleilleen (allative plural)
maaleillensa (allative plural)
maalinaan (essive singular)
maalinansa (essive singular)
maaleinaan (essive plural)
maaleinansa (essive plural)
maalikseen (singular translative)
maaliksensa (singular translative)
maaleikseen (plural translative)
maaleiksensa (plural translative)
maalittaan (abessive singular)
maalittansa (abessive singular)
maaleittaan (abessive plural)
maaleittansa (abessive plural)
maaleineen (comitative plural)
maaleinensa (comitative plural)

Borrowed from Old Swedish māl (“measure, amount; sign”) (compare Swedish mål (“target; what one aims to hit”)), from both Old Norse mál (“language, speech”) (from Proto-Germanic *maþlą) and Old Norse mál (“size, measurement, time”) (from Proto-Germanic *mēlą).

der

tehdä maali


blitz

en-noun

blitz (countable and uncountable, plural blitzes)

Clipping of blitzkrieg, from German Blitzkrieg (literally “lightning war”).

der

(countable, American football) A play in which additional defenders beyond the defensive linemen rush the passer.


blitz

en-verb

blitz (third-person singular simple present blitzes, present participle blitzing, simple past and past participle blitzed)

blitzes (present singular third-person)
blitzing (participle present)
blitzed (participle past)
blitzed (past)

The Washington High defense almost always blitzes on third down.

(intransitive, American football) To perform a blitz.


offy

From off (“first element of noun”) + -y (“diminutive suffix”).

suffix

(Australia, cricket, slang) An off break.

(Australia, cricket, slang) An off spinner.


사

the hanja entry at 死 for Sino-Korean compounds of 사


nikka

head

nikka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative nikkaði, supine nikkað)

nikkaði (indicative past singular third-person)
nikkað (supine)
að nikka (infinitive)
nikkað (supine)
nikkandi (participle present)
ég nikka (indicative participle present)
við nikkum (indicative present)
ég nikki (present subjunctive)
við nikkum (present subjunctive)
þú nikkar (indicative participle present)
þið nikkið (indicative present)
þú nikkir (present subjunctive)
þið nikkið (present subjunctive)
hann (indicative participle present)
hún (indicative participle present)
það nikkar (indicative participle present)
þeir (indicative present)
þær (indicative present)
þau nikka (indicative present)
hann (present subjunctive)
hún (present subjunctive)
það nikki (present subjunctive)
þeir (present subjunctive)
þær (present subjunctive)
þau nikki (present subjunctive)
ég nikkaði (indicative participle past present)
við nikkuðum (indicative past)
ég nikkaði (past subjunctive)
við nikkuðum (past subjunctive)
þú nikkaðir (indicative participle past present)
þið nikkuðuð (indicative past)
þú nikkaðir (past subjunctive)
þið nikkuðuð (past subjunctive)
hann (indicative participle past present)
hún (indicative participle past present)
það nikkaði (indicative participle past present)
þeir (indicative past)
þær (indicative past)
þau nikkuðu (indicative past)
hann (past subjunctive)
hún (past subjunctive)
það nikkaði (past subjunctive)
þeir (past subjunctive)
þær (past subjunctive)
þau nikkuðu (past subjunctive)
nikka (þú) (indicative participle past present)
nikkið (þið) (indicative past)
nikkaðu (indicative participle past present pronoun-included)
nikkiði (indicative past pronoun-included)
að nikkast (infinitive)
nikkast (supine)
nikkandist (participle present)
it is never used attributively (participle present)
predicatively (participle present)
only for explicatory subclauses (participle present)
ég nikkast (indicative participle present)
við nikkumst (indicative present)
ég nikkist (present subjunctive)
við nikkumst (present subjunctive)
þú nikkast (indicative participle present)
þið nikkist (indicative present)
þú nikkist (present subjunctive)
þið nikkist (present subjunctive)
hann (indicative participle present)
hún (indicative participle present)
það nikkast (indicative participle present)
þeir (indicative present)
þær (indicative present)
þau nikkast (indicative present)
hann (present subjunctive)
hún (present subjunctive)
það nikkist (present subjunctive)
þeir (present subjunctive)
þær (present subjunctive)
þau nikkist (present subjunctive)
ég nikkaðist (indicative participle past present)
við nikkuðumst (indicative past)
ég nikkaðist (past subjunctive)
við nikkuðumst (past subjunctive)
þú nikkaðist (indicative participle past present)
þið nikkuðust (indicative past)
þú nikkaðist (past subjunctive)
þið nikkuðust (past subjunctive)
hann (indicative participle past present)
hún (indicative participle past present)
það nikkaðist (indicative participle past present)
þeir (indicative past)
þær (indicative past)
þau nikkuðust (indicative past)
hann (past subjunctive)
hún (past subjunctive)
það nikkaðist (past subjunctive)
þeir (past subjunctive)
þær (past subjunctive)
þau nikkuðust (past subjunctive)
nikkast (þú) (indicative participle past present)
nikkist (þið) (indicative past)
nikkastu (indicative participle past present pronoun-included)
nikkisti (indicative past pronoun-included)
nikkaður (masculine nominative singular)
nikkuð (feminine nominative singular)
nikkað (neuter nominative singular)
nikkaðir (masculine nominative plural)
nikkaðar (feminine nominative plural)
nikkuð (neuter nominative plural)
nikkaðan (accusative masculine singular)
nikkaða (accusative feminine singular)
nikkað (accusative neuter singular)
nikkaða (accusative masculine plural)
nikkaðar (accusative feminine plural)
nikkuð (accusative neuter plural)
nikkuðum (dative masculine singular)
nikkaðri (dative feminine singular)
nikkuðu (dative neuter singular)
nikkuðum (dative masculine plural)
nikkuðum (dative feminine plural)
nikkuðum (dative neuter plural)
nikkaðs (genitive masculine singular)
nikkaðrar (feminine genitive singular)
nikkaðs (genitive neuter singular)
nikkaðra (genitive masculine plural)
nikkaðra (feminine genitive plural)
nikkaðra (genitive neuter plural)
nikkaði (masculine nominative singular)
nikkaða (feminine nominative singular)
nikkaða (neuter nominative singular)
nikkuðu (masculine nominative plural)
nikkuðu (feminine nominative plural)
nikkuðu (neuter nominative plural)
nikkaða (accusative masculine singular)
nikkuðu (accusative feminine singular)
nikkaða (accusative neuter singular)
nikkuðu (accusative masculine plural)
nikkuðu (accusative feminine plural)
nikkuðu (accusative neuter plural)
nikkaða (dative masculine singular)
nikkuðu (dative feminine singular)
nikkaða (dative neuter singular)
nikkuðu (dative masculine plural)
nikkuðu (dative feminine plural)
nikkuðu (dative neuter plural)
nikkaða (genitive masculine singular)
nikkuðu (feminine genitive singular)
nikkaða (genitive neuter singular)
nikkuðu (genitive masculine plural)
nikkuðu (feminine genitive plural)
nikkuðu (genitive neuter plural)

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(soccer) to head, to strike a soccer ball with the head


nikka

nikkar (present)
nikka (past)
nikka (participle past)
nikkast (infinitive passive)
nikkande (participle present)
nikka (imperative)
nikk (imperative)

(soccer) to head (to play the ball with one's head)


Liverpudlian

From Liverpool and puddle, as a pun on a puddle being a small pool.

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


tomahawk

From an Eastern Algonquian word, most likely Powhatan tumahák; compare also Malecite-Passamaquoddy tomhikon (“ax”), Abenaki temahigan, demahigan (“ax”).

(basketball) A dunk performed with one's arm behind one's head.


tomahawk

en-verb

tomahawk (third-person singular simple present tomahawks, present participle tomahawking, simple past and past participle tomahawked)

tomahawks (present singular third-person)
tomahawking (participle present)
tomahawked (participle past)
tomahawked (past)

When the league held its first slam-dunk contest in 1984 in Denver, Nance, then a Phoenix Sun, soared into the rafters with a basketball in each hand and tomahawked each one through the net before floating back to earth […]

2007, Bob Dyer, The Top 20 Moments in Cleveland Sports, page 237:

(basketball) To perform a tomahawk dunk.


forty minutes of hell

Reportedly coined by Arkansas Razorbacks coach Nolan Richardson.

(idiomatic, basketball) The NCAA strategy of playing a suffocating full-court press and aggressive offense for the entirety of a game.


lateral

Borrowed from Latin laterālis (“belonging to the side”), from latus (“the side or flank”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).


lateral

en-verb

lateral (third-person singular simple present laterals, present participle lateralling or lateraling, simple past and past participle lateralled or lateraled)

laterals (present singular third-person)
lateralling (participle present)
lateraling (participle present)
lateralled (participle past)
lateralled (past)
lateraled (participle past)
lateraled (past)

(American football) To execute a lateral pass.


lateral

es-noun

lateral m or f by sense (plural laterales)

(soccer) full-back, fullback (a player who plays on the left or right side of defence)


lag

en-noun

lag (countable and uncountable, plural lags)

→ Finnish: lagi

→ Swedish: lagg n

(snooker) A method of deciding which player is to start. Both players simultaneously strike a cue ball from the baulk line to hit the top cushion and rebound down the table; the player whose ball finishes closest to the baulk cushion wins.


compile

en-verb

compile (third-person singular simple present compiles, present participle compiling, simple past and past participle compiled)

compiles (present singular third-person)
compiling (participle present)
compiled (participle past)
compiled (past)

From Middle English compilen, from Old French compiler, from Latin compīlō (“to plunder”).

Steve Davis compiled a 147.

(transitive, snooker) To achieve (a break) by making a sequence of shots.


receive

receive (third-person singular simple present receives, present participle receiving, simple past and past participle received)

receives (present singular third-person)
receiving (participle present)
received (participle past)
received (past)

From Middle English receiven, from Old French receivre, from Latin recipere (“take back, accept, etc.”), from re- (“back”) + capiō (“to take”); see capacious. Compare conceive, deceive, perceive. Displaced native Middle English terms in -fon/-fangen (e.g. afon, anfon, afangen, underfangen, etc. "to receive" from Old English -fōn), native Middle English thiggen (“to receive”) (from Old English þiċġan), and non-native Middle English aquilen, enquilen (“to receive”) (from Old French aquillir, encueillir).

der

(sports) To be in a position to take possession, or hit back the ball.

(tennis, badminton, squash) To be in a position to hit back a service.

(American football) To be in a position to catch a forward pass.


bloop

en-verb

bloop (third-person singular simple present bloops, present participle blooping, simple past and past participle blooped)

bloops (present singular third-person)
blooping (participle present)
blooped (participle past)
blooped (past)

onom

Imitative

(baseball) To make a hit just beyond the infield.


bloop

Imitative


bunter

Glavine was a renowned bunter of the ball.


convert

en-verb

convert (third-person singular simple present converts, present participle converting, simple past and past participle converted)

converts (present singular third-person)
converting (participle present)
converted (participle past)
converted (past)

[kʰə̥ɱˈvɜːt]

From Old French convertir, from Latin converto (“turn around”).

Flood converted to leave Wales with a 23-9 deficit going into the final quarter.

2011 February 4, Gareth Roberts, “Wales 19-26 England”, in BBC:

(transitive, intransitive, rugby football) To score extra points after (a try) by completing a conversion.

Hinton, inevitably, converted the penalty.

2011, Jonathan Wilson, Brian Clough: The Biography, →ISBN:

However, the lead was doubled after the break, when Branislav Ivanovic converted from close range after Fernando Torres had flicked on.

2013, Mark Worrall, Kelvin Barker, David Johnstone, Making History, Not Reliving It: A Decade of Roman's Rule at Chelsea, →ISBN, page 225:

This time Polish goalkeeper Bartosz Bialkowski was Saints' penalty shootout hero, saving three spot kicks before centre-back Wayne Thomas converted from 12 yards to seal a 6-5 win.

2016, Alex Crook, Alex Smith, Southampton Greatest Games: Saints' Fifty Finest Matches, →ISBN:

(transitive or intransitive, soccer) To score (especially a penalty kick).

Gillespie was reminded he had promised to join team-mate Matthew Hayden in a nude lap of the ground if he converted his century into a double.

2006, Gillespie hails 'fairytale' knock, BBC:

(transitive, cricket) To increase one's individual score, especially from 50 runs (a fifty) to 100 runs (a century), or from a century to a double or triple century.


convert

(Canadian football) The equivalent of a conversion in rugby


dunker

From dunk + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (patient suffix).

(basketball) A person tasked with performing or training others in slam dunks.


curl

From metathesis of Middle English crulle (“curled, curly”), from Middle Dutch crul, crulle (“curl”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kruzlǭ (“bent or crooked object, curl”), of unknown origin; possibly from Pre-Germanic *grus-, contracted from Proto-Indo-European *gurus- (“twist, curl”), same source as Persian گرس (gors, “braid of hair”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Krulle (“curl, lock”), West Frisian krul (“curl”), Dutch krul (“curl”), German Low German Krull (“curl”), dialectal German Krolle (“curl”), Danish krølle (“curl”), Norwegian krull (“curl”). Related also to Saterland Frisian Kruus (“curl”), German kraus (“frizzy, crumpled, curly”), Danish krus (“curl”), Swedish krusa (“to crimp, curl”). Compare also Gothic 𐌺𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽 (kriustan, “to grind, crush, gnash”).

unk

unknown

cog

(curling) Movement of a moving rock away from a straight line.

(American football) A pattern where the receiver appears to be running a fly pattern but after a set number of steps or yards quickly stops and turns around, looking for a pass.


curl

en-verb

curl (third-person singular simple present curls, present participle curling, simple past and past participle curled)

curls (present singular third-person)
curling (participle present)
curled (participle past)
curled (past)

straighten

antonym(s) of “to make into a curl or spiral”

straighten

antonym(s) of “to assume the shape of a curl or spiral”

→ Kashubian: kurlowac (Canada)

unk

unknown

I curl at my local club every weekend.

(intransitive, curling) To take part in the sport of curling.


hazard

en-noun

hazard (countable and uncountable, plural hazards)

From Middle English hasard, from Old French hasart (“a game of dice”) (noun), hasarder (verb), from Arabic اَلزَّهْر (az-zahr, “the dice”). Compare Spanish azar, Portuguese azar.

(billiards) The act of potting a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard).


boast

From Middle English bosten, from bost (“boast, glory, noise, arrogance, presumption, pride, vanity”), probably of North Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bausuz (“inflated, swollen, puffed up, proud, arrogant, bad”).
Cognate with Scots bost, boist (“to threaten, brag, boast”), Anglo-Norman bost (“ostentation”) (from Germanic). Related to Norwegian baus (“proud, bold, daring”), dialectal German baustern (“to swell”), German böse (“evil, bad, angry”), Dutch boos (“evil, wicked, angry”), West Frisian boas (“bad, wicked, angry, shrewd, clever”). Compare also dialectal Norwegian bausta, busta (“to rush onward, make a noise”). Possible doublet of boost.

cog

(squash) A shot where the ball is driven off a side wall and then strikes the front wall.


boast

en-verb

boast (third-person singular simple present boasts, present participle boasting, simple past and past participle boasted)

boasts (present singular third-person)
boasting (participle present)
boasted (participle past)
boasted (past)


triple

PIE word
 *tréyes
From Middle English triple (also þripell), from Latin triplus. Doublet of treble.

The shortstop hit a triple to lead off the ninth.

(curling) A takeout shot in which three stones are removed from play.


triple

triple (third-person singular simple present triples, present participle tripling, simple past and past participle tripled)

triples (present singular third-person)
tripling (participle present)
tripled (participle past)
tripled (past)

The batter tripled into the gap.


triple

Semi-learned term resulting from a modification, under the influence of the Latin etymology, of Old French treble, itself from Latin triplus.


triple

(basketball) three-pointer (A three-point shot; a basket made from beyond the three-point line)


command

en-noun

command (countable and uncountable, plural commands)

From Middle English commanden, commaunden, comaunden, comanden, from Old French comander, from Late Latin commandāre, from Latin commendāre. Compare commend (a doublet), and mandate.

He's got good command tonight.

(baseball) The degree of control a pitcher has over his pitches.


hogger

(curling) A shot that comes to rest short of or on the far hog line and is removed from play.


bunt

bunt (countable and uncountable, plural bunts)

Unknown. Perhaps a nasalised variant of butt.

The bunt was fielded cleanly.

(baseball, softball) A ball that has been intentionally hit softly so as to be difficult to field, sometimes with a hands-spread batting stance or with a close-hand, choked-up hand position. No swinging action is involved.

The manager will likely call for a bunt here.

(baseball, softball) The act of bunting.


bunt

en-verb

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

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

Jones bunted the ball.

(transitive, baseball) To intentionally hit softly with a hands-spread batting stance.

Jones bunted.

(intransitive, baseball) To intentionally hit a ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance.


looper

With one out and runners on second and third, Cavan Biggio hit a looper up the middle that eluded hustling shortstop Tim Anderson in short centre field.

2022 June 22, Jay Cohen, “Blue Jays' woes continue as Harrison's walk-off single in 12th inning wins it for White Sox”, in CBC News, archived from the original on 2022-06-25:

(baseball) Synonym of blooper (“a fly ball that is weakly hit just over the infielders”).


spy

From Middle English spien, aphetic variant of earlier espien (“to espy”), from Old French espier (“to spy”), from Frankish *spehōn (“to spy”), from Proto-Germanic *spehōną (“to see, look”), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to look”). Akin to German spähen (“to spy”), Dutch spieden (“to spy”).
The noun displaced native Old English sċēawere (literally “watcher”), which was also the word for "mirror." In this sense, the verb displaced Old English sċēawian, which was also the word for "to watch" and became the Modern English word show.

ncog

(American football) A defensive player assigned to cover an offensive backfield player man-to-man when they are expected to engage in a running play, but the offensive player does not run with the ball immediately.


duff

en-noun

duff (countable and uncountable, plural duffs)

Uncertain; probably related to Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“to whisk, smoke, darken, obscure”).


pilar

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pīlāre, from Latin pīla (“pillar”).

(rugby) prop (the player who is next to the hooker in a scrum)


backward

en-adj

backward (comparative more backward, superlative most backward)

more backward (comparative)
most backward (superlative)

From Middle English bakwarde, abakward, equivalent to back (adverb) + -ward. Cognate with Old Frisian bekward (“backward”).

geri

often reduplicated - mainly for the senses implying "retreat"

(cricket) On that part of the field behind the batsman's popping crease.

(cricket) Further behind the batsman's popping crease than something else.


return

en-verb

return (third-person singular simple present returns, present participle returning, simple past and past participle returned)

returns (present singular third-person)
returning (participle present)
returned (participle past)
returned (past)

From Middle English returnen, retornen, from Anglo-Norman returner, from Old French retourner, retorner, from Medieval Latin retornare (“to turn back”), from re- + tornare (“to turn”). Compare beturn.

der

(cricket) To throw a ball back to the wicket-keeper (or a fielder at that position) from somewhere in the field.

palauttaa

cricket: to throw a ball back to the wicket-keeper


return

en-noun

return (countable and uncountable, plural returns)

(American football) The act of catching a ball after a punt and running it back towards the opposing team.

(cricket) A throw from a fielder to the wicket-keeper or to another fielder at the wicket.


lolly

lolly (countable and uncountable, plural lollies)


balk

From Middle English balke, from Old English balca, either from or influenced by Old Norse bálkr (“partition, ridge of land”), from Proto-Germanic *balkô. Cognate with Dutch balk (“balk”), German Balken (“balk”), Italian balcone (“balcony”).

der

(baseball) An illegal motion by the pitcher, intended to deceive a runner.

(billiards) The area of the table lying behind the line from which the cue ball is initially shot, and from which a ball in hand must be played.

(snooker) The area of the table lying behind the baulk line.


blat

blaturi (plural)
blat (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
blatul (accusative definite nominative singular)
blaturi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
blaturile (accusative definite nominative plural)
blat (indefinite singular)
blatului (definite singular)
blaturi (indefinite plural)
blaturilor (definite plural)
blatule (singular vocative)
blaturilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Russian блат (blat, “cronyism”), from Polish blat (“the flat surface of a table”) or Yiddish בלאַט (blat), from German Blatt, from Middle High German blat, plat, from Old High German blat, from Proto-West Germanic *blad (“leaf”), from Proto-Germanic *bladą (“leaf”).


canto

From Latin canthus or Vulgar Latin *cantus, from Ancient Greek κανθός (kanthós, “corner of the eye”).

(sports) the corner of the goal line and touchline


snick

en-verb

snick (third-person singular simple present snicks, present participle snicking, simple past and past participle snicked)

snicks (present singular third-person)
snicking (participle present)
snicked (participle past)
snicked (past)

(cricket) To hit (the ball) with the edge of the bat, causing a slight deflection.


snick

(cricket) A small deflection of the ball off the side of the bat; often carries to the wicketkeeper for a catch.


rondo

en-noun

rondo (countable and uncountable, plural rondos)

Borrowed from Italian rondo, from French rondeau. Doublet of rondeau.

And four years after Pep from Catalonia first clapped eyes on Phil from Stockport across a crowded rondo, here finally was the consummation.

2020 August 7, Jonathan Liew, “Phil Foden stars to offer Manchester City glimpse of multiple futures”, in The Guardian:

(soccer) A game resembling keep-away, used to train soccer players: one group is tasked with completing a number of passes while the other smaller group tries to take possession of the ball.


rondo

(soccer) rondo; keep-away, piggy in the middle


cue

Variant of queue, from French queue (“tail”).

(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) A straight tapering stick used to hit the balls in various games.

կիյ

straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in games such as billiards, snooker, and pool


cue

en-verb

cue (third-person singular simple present cues, present participle cueing or cuing, simple past and past participle cued)

cues (present singular third-person)
cueing (participle present)
cuing (participle present)
cued (participle past)
cued (past)

(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) To take aim on the cue ball with the cue and hit it.


plumb

en-adj

plumb (comparative more plumb, superlative most plumb)

more plumb (comparative)
most plumb (superlative)

From Middle English plumbe, plumme, from Old French *plombe, from Latin plumba, plural of plumbum.

(cricket) Describing an LBW where the batsman is hit on the pads directly in front of their wicket and should be given out.


vee

(cricket) The arc of the field, forward of the batsman, from cover to midwicket, in which drives are played.

(cricket) The V-shaped joint between the lower end of the handle and the blade of the bat.


continuation

en-noun

continuation (countable and uncountable, plural continuations)

From Middle English continuacion, from Old French continuation, from Latin continuātiō.
Morphologically continue + -ation

(basketball) A successful shot that, despite a foul, is made with a single continuous motion beginning before the foul, and that is therefore valid in certain forms of basketball.


disqualification

disqualification (countable and uncountable, plural disqualifications)

(basketball): The act of being forbidden from further play in a basketball game due to the accumulation of too many personal fouls.


concede

en-verb

concede (third-person singular simple present concedes, present participle conceding, simple past and past participle conceded)

concedes (present singular third-person)
conceding (participle present)
conceded (participle past)
conceded (past)

From Middle English [Term?], from Old French conceder, from Latin concēdō (“give way, yield”), from con- (“wholly”) + cēdō (“to yield, give way, to go, grant”), from Proto-Indo-European *ked- (“to go, yield”).

der

(cricket) (of a bowler) to have runs scored off of one's bowling.


crease

From earlier English creast, from Middle English crest (“ridge, crest”). More at crest.

(cricket) One of the white lines drawn on the pitch to show different areas of play; especially the popping crease, but also the bowling crease and the return crease.

rajaviiva

one of the white lines drawn on the pitch

(lacrosse) The circle around the goal, where no offensive players can go.

(ice hockey, handball) The goal crease; an area in front of each goal.


dolly

Welsh: doli

From doll + -y, from the given name Dorothy, originally applied either to a woman or female pet or to a children's toy, and expanded to refer to various types of contrivances or devices. The Online Etymology Dictionary, while considering the reason for applying it to such devices unobvious, compares how the names jack, jenny and jimmy are also applied to devices.

rattaat

term not specific to bridge construction

(cricket, dated) A ball hit by a batsman such that it goes gently to a fielder for a simple catch.


dolly

en-verb

dolly (third-person singular simple present dollies, present participle dollying, simple past and past participle dollied)

dollies (present singular third-person)
dollying (participle present)
dollied (participle past)
dollied (past)


caution

en-noun

caution (countable and uncountable, plural cautions)

Recorded since 1297 as Middle English caucioun (“bail, guarantee, pledge”), from Old French caution (“security, surety”), itself from Latin cautiō, from cautus, past participle of caveō, cavēre (“be on one's guard”).


caution

en-verb

caution (third-person singular simple present cautions, present participle cautioning, simple past and past participle cautioned)

cautions (present singular third-person)
cautioning (participle present)
cautioned (participle past)
cautioned (past)


brace

From Middle English brace, from Old French brace (“arm”), from Latin bracchia, the nominative and accusative plural of bracchium (“arm”).

The Manchester United midfielder’s late brace against Cyprus at the weekend was welcome, but will become no more than a footnote of his Scotland career. His brace here to down the mighty Spanish will go down in history.

28 March 2023, Graeme McGarry, “Scott McTominay earns place in history as Scotland stun Spain”, in The Herald:

To score a 'brace' means that you have scored two goals in a game.

2020 October 23, “What is a brace in soccer?”, in Goal:

(soccer) Two goals scored by one player in a game.

(cricket) Two wickets taken with two consecutive deliveries.


heave

en-noun

heave (countable and uncountable, plural heaves)

From Middle English heven, hebben, from Old English hebban, from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to take up, lift”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pyéti, from the root *keh₂p-. See also have.
Cognates
Cognate with West Frisian heffe, Dutch heffen ("to raise", "to lift"), German heben ("to raise", "to lift"), Danish hæve ("to raise", "to lift"), Albanian kap (“I grasp, seize”), Old Irish cáin (“law, tribute”), cacht (“prisoner”), Latin capiō (“to take”), Latvian kàmpt (“to seize”), Ancient Greek κάπτω (káptō, “to gulp down”), κώπη (kṓpē, “handle”)).

cog

That left 15 needed from Boult's final set. Two dots were followed by a heave over deep mid-wicket, then came the outrageous moment of fortune.

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

(cricket) A forceful shot in which the ball follows a high trajectory


bail

From Middle English beyle, from Old English bīeġels, from bīeġan + -els.

As Jason Roy's throw came in from deep mid-wicket, a diving Guptill was short when Buttler removed the bails, sending England and the whole of Lord's into delirious celebrations.

(cricket) One of the two wooden crosspieces that rest on top of the stumps to form a wicket.

palikka

in cricket - crosspiece on top of the stump to form a wicket


drift

en-noun

drift (countable and uncountable, plural drifts)

From Middle English drift, dryft (“act of driving, drove, shower of rain or snow, impulse”), from Old English *drift (“drift”), from Proto-Germanic *driftiz (“drift”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- (“to drive, push”). Equivalent to drive + -t; cognate with North Frisian drift (“drift”), Saterland Frisian Drift (“current, flow, stream, drift”), Dutch drift (“drift, passion, urge”), German Drift (“drift”) and Trift (“drove, pasture”), Danish drift (“impulse, instinct”), Swedish drift (“impulse, instinct”), Icelandic drift (“drift, snow-drift”).

cog

(cricket) A sideways movement of the ball through the air, when bowled by a spin bowler.


mound

From earlier meaning "hedge, fence", from Middle English mound, mund (“protection, boundary, raised earthen rampart”), from Old English mund (“hand, hand of protection, protector, guardianship”), from Proto-West Germanic *mundu, from Proto-Germanic *mundō (“hand”), *munduz (“protection, patron”), from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂-nt-éh₂ (“the beckoning one”), from *(s)meh₂- (“to beckon”).
Cognate with Old Frisian mund (“guardianship”), Old High German munt (“hand, protection”) (German Mündel (“ward”), Vormund (“a guardian”)), Old Norse mund (“hand”) (Icelandic mund), Middle Dutch mond (“protection”), and possibly Latin manus (“hand”), Ancient Greek μάρη (márē, “hand”).

cog

The pitcher was waiting at the mound.

(baseball) Elevated area of dirt upon which the pitcher stands to pitch.


foul

en-adj

foul (comparative fouler, superlative foulest)

fouler (comparative)
foulest (superlative)

Inherited from Middle English foul, from Old English fūl (“foul, dirty, unclean, impure, vile, corrupt, rotten, stinking, guilty”), from Proto-West Germanic *fūl, from Proto-Germanic *fūlaz (“foul, rotten”), from Proto-Indo-European *puH- (“to rot”).
Cognate with Dutch vuil (“foul, dirty, filthy, obscene, lewd”), German faul (“foul, rotten, putrid, lazy”), German Low German fuul (“foul, rotten, putrid”), Faroese fúlur (“foul”), Icelandic fúll (“foul, rotten, sullen”), Danish ful (“nasty, ugly”), Norwegian Bokmål ful (“clever, sly”), Norwegian Bokmål ful (“clever, sly”) and Swedish ful (“ugly, dirty, bad”), and through Indo-European, with Albanian fëlliq (“to make dirty”), Latin puter (“rotten”). More at putrid.
Ancient Greek φαῦλος (phaûlos, “bad”) is a false cognate inasmuch as it is not from the same etymon, instead being cognate to few.

cog

Jones hit foul ball after foul ball.

(baseball) Outside of the base lines; in foul territory.

оплетен

having freedom of motion interfered with by collision or entanglement


foul

en-verb

foul (third-person singular simple present fouls, present participle fouling, simple past and past participle fouled)

fouls (present singular third-person)
fouling (participle present)
fouled (participle past)
fouled (past)

Inherited from Middle English foulen, fulen, from Old English fūlian (“to become foul; rot; decay”), from Proto-West Germanic *fūlēn, from Proto-Germanic *fūlāną (“to rot; decay”).

der

Smith fouled him hard.

(transitive, basketball) To make contact with an opposing player in order to gain advantage.

фаулирам

Smith fouled within the first minute of the quarter.

(intransitive, basketball) To commit a foul.

Jones fouled the ball off the facing of the upper deck.

(transitive, baseball) To hit outside of the baselines.

Jones fouled for strike one.

(intransitive, baseball) To hit a ball outside of the baselines.


foul

→ Cantonese: foul

→ Polish: faul

→ Russian: фол (fol)

→ Turkish: faul

Jones hit a foul up over the screen.

(baseball) A foul ball, a ball which has been hit outside of the base lines.


prise

→ Dutch: prise

→ Greek: πρίζα (príza)

→ Persian: پریز (periz)

→ Romanian: priză

→ Turkish: priz


behind

From Middle English behinde, behinden, from Old English behindan (“on the back side of, behind”), from Proto-West Germanic *bihindan, *bihindini (“on the back side of, in the rear of, behind”), from Proto-West Germanic *bi- + *hindō (“the hind side, back part”), equivalent to be- + hind. Compare Old Saxon bihindan (“behind”, adverb), Middle High German behinter (“behind; back”).


gap

From Middle English gap, gappe, from Old Norse gap (“an empty space, gap, chasm”), from gapa (“to gape, scream”), from Proto-Germanic *gapōną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- (“to open wide, gape”). Related to Danish gab (“an expanse, space, gap”), Old English ġeap (“open space, expanse”); compare English gape.

cog

Jones doubled through the gap.

(baseball) The regions between the outfielders.


cradle

en-verb

cradle (third-person singular simple present cradles, present participle cradling, simple past and past participle cradled)

cradles (present singular third-person)
cradling (participle present)
cradled (participle past)
cradled (past)

From Middle English cradel, credel, from Old English cradol, from Proto-West Germanic *kradul, from Proto-Germanic *kradulaz, from Proto-Germanic *kradô (“(wicker) basket”). Related to cart.

der

(lacrosse) To rock the lacrosse stick back and forth in order to keep the ball in the head by means of centrifugal force.

veivata

lacrosse: to rock the lacrosse stick back and forth


splitter

lumper

antonym(s) of “one who prefers to split categories”

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split-finger fastball
split-finger fastball


secondary

From Middle English secundarie, from Latin secundārius (“of the second class or quality”), from secundus (whence the English second) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary), equivalent to second + -ary; compare the French secondaire, the Italian secondario, the Occitan secundari, the Portuguese secundario, and the Spanish secundario.

English numerals#Ordinal numbers
secondary

(American football, Canadian football) The defensive backs.


retire

en-verb

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

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

/ɹəˈtaɪə(ɹ)/

From Middle French retirer (“draw back”), from Old French retirer, built from re- (“back”) + tirer (“draw, pull”), the latter from Vulgar Latin *tīrāre, of highly uncertain origin.

Jones retired in favour of Smith.

(intransitive, cricket, of a batsman) To voluntarily stop batting before being dismissed so that the next batsman can bat.

luopua

cricket: to voluntarily stop batting before being dismissed

Jones retired Smith 6-3.

Jones makes the catch for the third out, and that retires the side.

(transitive, baseball, of a fielder) To make a play which results in a runner or the batter being out, either by means of a put out, fly out or strikeout. Also, when such an event ends a team's turn at bat.

polttaa

baseball: to make a play which results in a runner or the batter being out


splice

Circa 1525, borrowed from Middle Dutch splissen (Modern Dutch splitsen); akin to Middle Dutch splitten (“to split”), German spleißen (“to split, splice”), Spliss (“split ends, hair breakage”), French épisser (also from Dutch). The Dutch word originally referred only to the fraying of the ropes' ends but was then also used for the entire process of fraying and retying; hence the peculiar semantic development from “split” to “join”. The same development occurred in German.

If the ball hits the splice, it is likely to dolly up for an easy catch.

(cricket) That part of a bat where the handle joins the blade.


rally

From Middle French rallier (French rallier), from Old French ralier, from Latin prefix re- + ad + ligare (“to bind; to ally”).

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(squash, table tennis, tennis, badminton) A sequence of strokes between serving and scoring a point.

table tennis; badminton; table tennis; badminton