slam

slam (third-person singular simple present slams, present participle slamming, simple past and past participle slammed)

slams (present singular third-person)
slamming (participle present)
slammed (participle past)
slammed (past)

From Middle English *slammen (not recorded), apparently from a Scandinavian source ultimately from Old Norse slæma, slœma (“to slam, swing a weapon, strike an object out of reach”), related to Old Norse slamra, slambra (“to slam”). Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål slamre (“to slam”), Swedish slamra (“to pound, beat, make a clatter, rattle”), Norwegian Nynorsk slamra (“to sway, dangle”).

правя капо

card games: to defeat by winning all the tricks

(basketball) To dunk forcefully, to slam dunk.


slam

en-noun

slam (countable and uncountable, plural slams)


blind

From Middle English blynd, from Old English blind, from Proto-West Germanic *blind, from Proto-Germanic *blindaz.


sneak

Possibly from Middle English sniken (“to creep, crawl”), from Old English snīcan (“to creep, crawl”), from Proto-West Germanic *snīkan, from Proto-Germanic *snīkaną (“to creep, crawl”), which is related to the root of snake. Compare Danish snige (“to sneak”), Swedish snika (“to sneak, hanker after”), Icelandic sníkja (“to sneak, hanker after”). Possibly related to snitch.

cog

(obsolete, cricket) A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; a daisy-cutter

(American football) A play where the quarterback receives the snap and immediately dives forward.


release

en-verb

release (third-person singular simple present releases, present participle releasing, simple past and past participle released)

releases (present singular third-person)
releasing (participle present)
released (participle past)
released (past)

From Middle English relesen, relessen, from Old French relaisser (variant of relascher).

With the Gunners far too lightweight in midfield, Mikel Arteta dropped back into a deeper-lying role. This freed Yossi Benayoun to go further forward, a move that helped forge a rare Arsenal chance on 30 minutes when the Israeli released Van Persie, only for the Dutchman's snap-shot to be tipped around the post.

2011 September 13, Sam Lyon, “Borussia Dortmund 1-1 Arsenal”, in BBC:

(soccer) To set up; to provide with a goal-scoring opportunity


sett

fo-noun

sett n (genitive singular sets, plural sett)

sets (genitive singular)
sett (plural)
sett (indefinite nominative singular)
settið (definite nominative singular)
sett (indefinite nominative plural)
settini (definite nominative plural)
sett (accusative indefinite singular)
settið (accusative definite singular)
sett (accusative indefinite plural)
settini (accusative definite plural)
setti (dative indefinite singular)
settinum (dative definite singular)
settum (dative indefinite plural)
settunum (dative definite plural)
sets (genitive indefinite singular)
setsins (definite genitive singular)
setta (genitive indefinite plural)
settanna (definite genitive plural)

(sports, tennis, badminton, volleyball) set


scout

From Middle English scout, scoult, from Old French escoute (“action of listening”), verbal noun from escouter (“to listen, heed”), from Latin auscultō (“to listen”). The verb comes from the noun.

der

(UK, cricket) A fielder in a game for practice.


spike

From Middle English spike, spyke, spik, from Old Norse spík (“spike, sprig”), from Proto-Germanic *spīkō (“stick, splinter, point”), from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“to be pointed; sharp point, stick”). Cognate with Icelandic spík (“spike”), Swedish spik (“spike, nail”), Dutch spijker (“nail”), Old English spīcing (“spike”), and Latin spīca (“ear of corn”), which may have influenced some senses.

шпайкове

informal: running shoes with spikes in the soles

(volleyball) An attack from, usually, above the height of the net performed with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.


spike

en-verb

spike (third-person singular simple present spikes, present participle spiking, simple past and past participle spiked)

spikes (present singular third-person)
spiking (participle present)
spiked (participle past)
spiked (past)

(volleyball) To attack from, usually, above the height of the net with the intent to send the ball straight to the floor of the opponent or off the hands of the opposing block.

to spike the football

“No one is spiking the football yet,” Mr. Kahl said.

2022 September 13, Julian E. Barnes, Eric Schmitt, Helene Cooper, quoting Colin Kahl, “The Critical Moment Behind Ukraine’s Rapid Advance”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(American football slang) To slam the football to the ground, usually in celebration of scoring a touchdown, or to stop expiring time on the game clock after snapping the ball as to save time for the losing team to attempt to score the tying or winning points.


extra

(cricket) A run scored without the ball having hit the striker's bat - a wide, bye, leg bye or no ball.


slice

From Middle English sclise, sklise, from Old French esclice, esclis (“a piece split off”), deverbal of esclicer, esclicier (“to splinter, split up”), from Frankish *slitjan (“to split up”), from Proto-Germanic *slitjaną, from Proto-Germanic *slītaną (“to split, tear apart”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyd- (“to rend, injure, crumble”). Akin to Old High German sliz, gisliz (“a tear, rip”), Old High German slīzan (“to tear”), Old English slītan (“to split up”), modern French éclisse. More at slite, slit.

der

(cricket) A kind of cut shot where the bat makes an obtuse angle with the batter.


slice

en-verb

slice (third-person singular simple present slices, present participle slicing, simple past and past participle sliced)

slices (present singular third-person)
slicing (participle present)
sliced (participle past)
sliced (past)

no matter how thin you slice it, it's still baloney

Chris Brunt sliced the spot-kick well wide but his error was soon forgotten as Olsson headed home from a corner.

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

(transitive, soccer) To kick the ball so that it goes in an unintended direction, at too great an angle or too high.


wedgie

(basketball, slang) A basketball stuck between the rim and the backboard following a field goal, free throw, rebound, or block attempt.


server

→ Danish: server

→ Dutch: server

→ German: Server

→ Hindi: सर्वर (sarvar)

→ Hungarian: szerver

→ Italian: server m

→ Japanese: サーバー (sābā)

→ Korean: 서버 (seobeo)

→ Norwegian Bokmål: server, sørver

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: server, sørvar

→ Persian: سرور

→ Polish: serwer

→ Portuguese: server

→ Romanian: server n

→ Russian: се́рвер (sérver)

desc

→ Thai: เซิร์ฟเวอร์ (sə́əp-wə̂ə)

→ Thai: เซิร์ฟเวอร์ (sə́əp-wə̂ə)

→ Turkish: server

From Middle English servere, equivalent to serve + -er.

(tennis, volleyball) The player who serves the ball.

One who serves.
The player who serves the ball.


peel

en-noun

peel (countable and uncountable, plural peels)

From Middle English pelen, from Old English pilian and Old French peler, pellier; both from Latin pilō, pilāre (“to remove hair from, depilate”), from pilus (“hair”). Doublet of pill.

der

(countable, rugby) The action of peeling away from a formation.

ganda

(Rugby football) The action of peeling away from a formation


peel

(Scotland, curling) An equal or match; a draw.

(curling) A takeout which removes a stone from play as well as the delivered stone.


peel

en-verb

peel (third-person singular simple present peels, present participle peeling, simple past and past participle peeled)

peels (present singular third-person)
peeling (participle present)
peeled (participle past)
peeled (past)


seagull

seagull (third-person singular simple present seagulls, present participle seagulling, simple past and past participle seagulled)

seagulls (present singular third-person)
seagulling (participle present)
seagulled (participle past)
seagulled (past)

From sea + gull. The second element is from a Brythonic language. Compare Welsh gwylan, Breton gouelan.

[…] and when you need cover for the fullback because of the bombs raining down, when the walking maul requires every forward to quit seagulling and actually do some hard graft, then the rest of the game opens up.

2002 September 24, Greig Blanchett, “Re: The Immorality of the Drop Goal”, in rec.sport.rugby.union (Usenet):

On hand was seagulling number eight Dave Hodges to cross for the all-important try.

2002 December 13, “Sharks beached at Stradey”, in BBC Sport:

That occurred in the 12th minute when flanker George Smith, seagulling out wide, enjoyed the rewards of a two-man overlap to score.

2003 November 2, Greg Growden, “Australia survives scare”, in The Age:

France was full of running and continued to spread the ball wide or kick in behind the defence, where towering right-winger Aurelien Rougerie and the seagulling French back row had a height advantage contesting the high ball.

2003 November 10, Mark Fuller, “Impeccable France outclasses Ireland”, in The Age:

Samo seagulled for Australia's final try two minutes from time.

2011 September 24, Darren Walton, “Injuries sour Wallabies 67-5 win over USA”, in MSN NZ:

(British, Australia, New Zealand, rugby slang, of a forward) To run in the back line rather than concentrate on primary positional duties in open play.


reverse dunk

(basketball) A dunk in which the player's back is to the basket when the ball is dunked.


slag

nl-noun

slag m (plural slagen, diminutive slagje n)

slagen (plural)
slagje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: slag

Negerhollands: slaa

From Middle Dutch slach, from Old Dutch slag, from Proto-West Germanic *slagi, from Proto-Germanic *slagiz.

Hij gaf de bal een harde slag met de knuppel en raakte een homerun.

He gave the ball a powerful hit with the bat and hit a home run.

De tennisser gaf een perfecte slag en sloeg de bal recht over het net.

The tennis player executed a perfect stroke and hit the ball right over the net.


thunderdunk

(basketball) An extremely forceful dunk.


lob jam

From the two aspects of the play: a lob pass and a jam shot by the receiver.

(basketball, rare) Synonym of alley oop.


stumped

en-adj

stumped (comparative more stumped, superlative most stumped)

more stumped (comparative)
most stumped (superlative)

(cricket, of a batsman, not comparable) out as a result of the wicket-keeper breaking the wicket with the ball while the batsman is out of his crease.


slam dunk

(basketball) An impressively forceful dunk.


snap

en-noun

snap (countable and uncountable, plural snaps)

From Dutch snappen (“to bite; seize”) or Low German snappen (“to bite; seize”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *snappōn, from Proto-Germanic *snappōną (“to snap; snatch; chatter”), intensive form of *snapāną (”to snap; grab”, whence Old Norse snapa (“to get; scrounge”)), from Proto-Indo-European *snop-; compare Lithuanian snãpas (“beak, bill”). (One alternative hypothesis links the Germanic words to *snu-, an expressive root deriving words meaning “nose”, “snout”, “sniff” etc., but this is phonetically unsound.) In any case influenced by onomatopoeia; note expressions such as snip-snap, containing the formally unrelated snip.
Cognate with West Frisian snappe (“to get; catch; snap”), German schnappen (“to grab”), Swedish snappa (“to snatch”).
The verb is derived from the noun.

gloss

”to snap; grab”, whence Old Norse <i class="Latn mention" lang="non">snapa</i> (“to get; scrounge”)

sound-symbolic

expressive

onom

onomatopoeia

cog

According to Pro Football Focus, Simmons, listed at 6-foot-4 and 238 pounds, played at least 100 snaps at five positions — slot cornerback, edge rusher, linebacker and both safety spots — and finished with 16½ tackles for a loss, eight sacks, eight pass deflections and three interceptions.

2020 April 24, Ken Belson, Ben Shpigel, “Full Round 1 2020 N.F.L. Picks and Analysis”, in New York Time:

(American football) A backward pass or handoff of a football from its position on the ground that puts the ball in play; a hike.


snap

en-verb

snap (third-person singular simple present snaps, present participle snapping, simple past and past participle snapped or (obsolete) snapt)

snaps (present singular third-person)
snapping (participle present)
snapped (participle past)
snapped (past)
snapt (obsolete participle past)
snapt (obsolete past)

sound-symbolic

expressive

onom

onomatopoeia

захапвам

to attempt to seize with the teeth or bite

napsauttaa

to cause something to emit a snapping sound

He can snap the ball to a back twenty yards behind him.

(transitive, American football) To put (a football) in play by a backward pass or handoff from its position on the ground; to hike (a football).

antaa aloitussyöttö

to pass the ball from the center to a back, to hike the ball

(cricket, transitive) To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball).


half-court line

en-noun

half-court line (plural half-court lines)

(basketball) The line parallel to the end lines and midway between them.


free-throw lane

free-throw lane (plural free-throw lanes)

Players must remain outside the free-throw lane until the ball leaves the free-throw shooter's hands.

(basketball) The rectangular or trapezoidal area between the free-throw line and the end line.


charity stripe

(US, basketball, informal) The free-throw line.


shotgun offense

shotgun offense (plural shotgun offenses)

(American football) An offense in which the quarterback sets up at a distance behind the center and the ball is snapped through the air.


half-court violation

half-court violation (plural half-court violations)

(basketball) A turnover occurring when the team with possession, having brought the ball over the half-court line causes it to cross back over the line without interference from the other team.


zone defense

zone defense (countable and uncountable, plural zone defenses)

Outside shooting is essential to beating a zone defense.

(basketball, soccer) A defense in which each player covers an area of the court.


fast break

Their pressure defense gives them a lot of fast breaks off of steals.

(basketball) An offensive play in which a team, having won possession of the ball, moves the ball downcourt as quickly as possible, attempting to get an easy shot before the defense can set up.


man-to-man defense

man-to-man defense (plural man-to-man defenses)

They'll have trouble playing a man-to-man against such a fast guard and tall center.

(basketball) A defense in which each player guards a particular opposing player.


lane violation

(basketball) The act of entering the free-throw lane before the free-throw shot has left the shooter's hands.


points in the paint

(basketball, colloquial) Points scored from within the free-throw lane.


airball

* From air + ball.
* The first recorded use of the "airball" chant was on February 24, 1979, during a college basketball game between the Duke University Blue Devils and the North Carolina Tar Heels after the Tar Heels' Rich Yonakor took a shot which missed the rim.

As soon as the shot left his hands, the spectators could see it was going to be an airball.

Johnson also could have tied the game, at 66-66 with 14 seconds left. But his jump shot was an airball. From that scramble Lopez emerged with the first of his key foul shots.

1990 April 3, David Levine, “COLLEGE BASKETBALL; Fordham Defeats Iona to Advance”, in The New York Times:

Bryant’s path to becoming a champion, after all, began with a series of infamous misses: his playoff airballs as a rookie against Utah. Clarkson sees those airballs as a metaphor for Bryant’s clunky start against the Jazz two decades later.

2021 April 13, Bill Oram, “Remembering Kobe Bryant’s final game: Five years later, five untold stories about the Lakers legend’s 60-point night”, in The New York Times:

(basketball) A shot that misses the backboard, rim and net entirely.


airball

en-verb

airball (third-person singular simple present airballs, present participle airballing, simple past and past participle airballed)

airballs (present singular third-person)
airballing (participle present)
airballed (participle past)
airballed (past)

Tatum struggled with fatigue through the final two rounds of the postseason and was exhausted to the point he was airballing shots by the time the Warriors were closing out the championship.

2022 August 8, Jared Weiss, “Jayson Tatum opens up on lessons from Celtics’ finals loss, Kevin Durant trade”, in The New York Times:

The Timberwolves lost 128-125 when KAT airballed a falling 30-footer at the buzzer.

2024 January 23, Zach Harper and Shams Charania, “Joel Embiid’s 70-point NBA welcome to Victor Wembanyama. Plus, Shams on Heat-Hornets trade”, in The New York Times:

(basketball, transitive) To throw an airball.


DFA

(baseball) Initialism of designated for assignment.


SF

en-noun

SF (countable and uncountable, plural SFs)

→ Japanese: エスエフ, SF (SF)

(basketball) Initialism of small forward.


FT

FT (countable and uncountable, plural FTs)


bunny

From bun (“rabbit”) + -y (diminutive suffix). Probably from Scottish Gaelic bun (“bottom, butt, stump, stub”), from Old Irish bun (“the thick end of anything, base, butt, foot”), from Proto-Celtic *bonus, though its origin is uncertain. Compare also English bum. Together with rabbit, bunny has largely displaced its former rhyme cony (see cony for more).

der

(cricket) Synonym of rabbit (“batsman frequently dismissed by the same bowler”)


track

→ Kashubian: trak (Canada)

From Middle English trak, tracke, from Old French trac (“track of horses, trail, trace”), of uncertain origin. Likely from a Germanic source, either Old Norse traðk ("a track; path; trodden spot"; > Icelandic traðk (“a track; path; tread”), Faroese traðk (“track; tracks”), Norwegian tråkke (“to trample”)) or from Middle Dutch trec, *trac, treck ("line, row, series"; > Dutch trek (“a draft; feature; trait; groove; expedition”)), German Low German Treck (“a draught; movement; passage; flow”). See tread, trek.

gloss

"line, row, series"; > Dutch <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl">trek</i> (“a draft; feature; trait; groove; expedition”)


shy

From Middle English shy (“shy”), from Old English sċēoh (“shy”), from Proto-West Germanic *skeuh (“shy, fearful”), from Proto-Germanic *skeuhaz (“shy, fearful”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian skjou (“shy”), Dutch schuw (“shy”), German scheu (“shy”), Danish sky (“shy”).
Etymology tree
Middle English shy
English shy

etymon

(Scotland, soccer) A throw-in from the sidelines, using two hands above the head.


banger

→ Estonian: bänger

→ Finnish: bängeri

From bang + -er. The sausages were so called because of their excess water content and impervious skin, leading to the risk of explosion if not punctured before cooking.

A thing or person which bangs, in any sense.

(curling) One of the rocks that end up crashing against another, making banging sounds, after a throw.

(curling) One of the rocks that results in a score at the finish of an end.


dunk

en-verb

dunk (third-person singular simple present dunks, present participle dunking, simple past and past participle dunked)

dunks (present singular third-person)
dunking (participle present)
dunked (participle past)
dunked (past)

From Pennsylvania German dunke, from Middle High German dunken, from Old High German dunkōn (“to dip, submerge, dunk”), from Proto-West Germanic *þunkōn (“to make wet”), possibly from Proto-Germanic *þunkōną, from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to moisten, wet”).
Cognate with German tunken (“to dunk”), Latin tingō (“to wet, moisten”), Ancient Greek τέγγω (téngō, “to wet, moisten”). Related to taint, tincture, tint.

cog

The center spun quickly and dunked the ball with authority.

(transitive, intransitive, basketball) To put the ball directly downward through the hoop while grabbing onto the rim with power.


dunk

nl-noun

dunk m (plural dunks, diminutive dunkje n)

dunks (plural)
dunkje (diminutive neuter)


clip

en-verb

clip (third-person singular simple present clips, present participle clipping, simple past and past participle clipt or clipped)

clips (present singular third-person)
clipt (participle past)
clipt (past)
clipped (participle past)
clipped (past)

From Middle English clippen, from Old Norse klippa (“to clip, cut the hair, shear sheep”). Cognate with Icelandic klippa (“to clip”), Swedish klippa (“to clip”), Danish klippe (“to clip”), Norwegian Bokmål klippe (“to clip”).

der

(American football) To perform an illegal tackle, throwing the body across the back of an opponent's leg or hitting him from the back below the waist while moving up from behind unless the opponent is a runner or the action is in close line play.


fungo

Uncertain; perhaps from Scots fung (“to fling, throw”).

The fielding coach played fungo with the outfielders to warm them up.

Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter aren’t going to China to […] hit fungoes to wide-eyed Chinese kids.

2007 January 25, Murray Chass, “Yanks Hope to Get a Jump in China”, in New York Times:

(baseball) A fielding practice drill where a person hits fly balls intended to be caught.

He is so strong he could hit it out of the park with a fungo.


fungo

en-verb

fungo (third-person singular simple present fungos, present participle fungoing, simple past and past participle fungoed)

fungos (present singular third-person)
fungoing (participle present)
fungoed (participle past)
fungoed (past)

(baseball) To take part in a fielding practice drill where a person hits fly balls intended to be caught.


Bayern

Clipping of Bayern Munich from German Bayern (“Bavaria”) (clipping of Bayern München).

(soccer) Bayern Munich (a German football club based in Munich)

F.C. Bayern Munich
de:F.C. Bayern München


pivot

From Middle English pevet, *pivot, from Old French pivot (“hinge pin, pivot”) (12th c.), possibly from Latin pūgiō.


pivot

Inherited from Old French pivot, of uncertain origin. Compare Catalan piu (“pivot”), Spanish púa (“sharp point, spike”).

Pivot (basket-ball) on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ᶠʳ

Pivot (handball) on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ᶠʳ


ege

From è- (“nominalizing prefix”) + gé (“to cut”).


skier

However, when Guha returned, she picked the wrong ball to pull and hit a skier to Charlotte Edwards.

2002, Jeff Green, "New Zealand win tri-series in convincing style", Cricinfo

The second thing I did my best to get out of was the unpleasant position Monty found himself in rather too often in Sri Lanka: standing under a skier in the deep.

2012, Harry Pearson, "There's always a catch – unless it's me or Monty underneath the ball", The Guardian

(cricket) A ball hit high in the air, often leading to a catch.


bush

(baseball) Amateurish behavior, short for "bush league behavior"


blanco

Borrowed from Spanish (from the colour/color of their strip). Doublet of bianco.

(soccer) a Real Madrid football/soccer player

(soccer, in the plural) the Real Madrid football/soccer team


BCS

Bowl Championship Series
w:Bowl Championship Series

(American football, historical) Initialism of Bowl Championship Series. Replaced after the 2013 season by the College Football Playoff.


shift

en-noun

shift (countable and uncountable, plural shifts)

From Middle English schiften, from Old English sċiftan (“to divide, separate into shares; appoint, ordain; arrange, organise”), from Proto-Germanic *skiftijaną, *skiptijaną, from earlier *skipatjaną (“to organise, put in order”), from Proto-Indo-European *skeyb- (“to separate, divide, part”), from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to cut, divide, separate, part”). Cognate with Scots schift, skift (“to shift”), West Frisian skifte, skiftsje (“to sort”), Dutch schiften (“to sort, screen, winnow, part”), German schichten (“to stack, layer”), Swedish skifta (“to shift, change, exchange, vary”), Norwegian skifte (“to shift”), Icelandic skipta (“to switch”). See ship.

cog

Teams often use a shift against this lefty.


stand-up

en-adj

stand-up (comparative more stand-up, superlative most stand-up)

more stand-up (comparative)
most stand-up (superlative)

stand-up double; stand-up triple

(baseball, of a hit) That allows the batter to advance to a given base (usually second or third) without having to slide.


hike

From English dialectal hyke (“to walk vigorously”), probably a Northern form of hitch, from Middle English hytchen, hichen, icchen (“to move, jerk, stir”). Cognate with Scots hyke (“to move with a jerk”), dialectal German hicken (“to hobble, walk with a limp”), Danish hinke (“to hop”). More at hick.

cog

(American football) The snap of the ball to start a play.


hike

en-verb

hike (third-person singular simple present hikes, present participle hiking, simple past and past participle hiked)

hikes (present singular third-person)
hiking (participle present)
hiked (participle past)
hiked (past)

(American football) To snap the ball to start a play.


chinaman

From Chinaman, a dated, now offensive term for a Chinese person. Compare Chinese (“unfamiliar, unexpected”). Named in reference to Ellis Achong, a West Indian player of Chinese descent.

Several cricketers came up to them and asked Pradeep about his effortless action mimicry and his promising chinaman bowling.

2011, Shehan Karunatilaka, Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew, Jonathan Cape, page 103:

(cricket, dated) A left-arm unorthodox bowling action (left-arm wrist-spin).

(cricket) A spin bowler who uses such an action.

(cricket) A ball delivered with such an action.


speculator

From Latin speculātor (“spy, explorer, investigator”), from speculor (“to watch, to observe”) + -tor (“-er: forming agent nouns”), from specula (“watchtower”), from speciō (“to watch, to observe”), q.v. In some senses, an agent noun formed within English from speculate. Doublet of spectator.


goner

From gone + -er. First attestations around 1850.

(baseball slang) A ball hit out of the playing area for a home run.


entrar

gl-verb

entrar (first-person singular present entro, first-person singular preterite entrei, past participle entrado)

entro (first-person present singular)
entrei (first-person preterite singular)
entrado (participle past)
entrar (impersonal infinitive)
entrar (first-person infinitive singular)
entrares (infinitive second-person singular)
entrar (infinitive personal singular)
entrarmos (first-person infinitive plural)
entrardes (infinitive plural second-person)
entraren (infinitive personal plural)
entrando (gerund)
entrado (masculine participle past singular)
entrado (first-person masculine participle past singular)
entrado (masculine participle past second-person singular)
entrados (masculine participle past plural)
entrados (first-person masculine participle past plural second-person)
entrada (feminine participle past singular)
entrada (feminine first-person participle past singular)
entrada (feminine participle past second-person singular)
entradas (feminine participle past plural)
entradas (feminine first-person participle past plural second-person)
entro (first-person indicative present singular)
entras (indicative present second-person singular)
entra (indicative present singular)
entramos (first-person indicative plural present)
entrades (indicative plural present second-person)
entran (indicative plural present)
entraba (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
entrabas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
entraba (imperfect indicative singular)
entrabamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
entrabades (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
entraban (imperfect indicative plural)
entrei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
entraches (indicative preterite second-person singular)
entrou (indicative preterite singular)
entramos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
entrastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
entraron (indicative plural preterite)
entrara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
entraras (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
entrara (indicative pluperfect singular)
entraramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
entrarades (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
entraran (indicative pluperfect plural)
entrarei (first-person future indicative singular)
entrarás (future indicative second-person singular)
entrará (future indicative singular)
entraremos (first-person future indicative plural)
entraredes (future indicative plural second-person)
entrarán (future indicative plural)
entraría (conditional first-person singular)
entrarías (conditional second-person singular)
entraría (conditional singular)
entrariamos (conditional first-person plural)
entrariades (conditional plural second-person)
entrarían (conditional plural)
entre (first-person present singular subjunctive)
entres (present second-person singular subjunctive)
entre (present singular subjunctive)
entremos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
entredes (plural present second-person subjunctive)
entren (plural present subjunctive)
entrase (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
entrases (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
entrase (imperfect singular subjunctive)
entrásemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
entrásedes (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
entrasen (imperfect plural subjunctive)
entrar (first-person future singular subjunctive)
entrares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
entrar (future singular subjunctive)
entrarmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
entrardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
entraren (future plural subjunctive)
entra (imperative second-person singular)
entre (imperative singular)
entremos (first-person imperative plural)
entrade (imperative plural second-person)
entren (imperative plural)
non entres (imperative negative second-person singular)
non entre (imperative negative singular)
non entremos (first-person imperative negative plural)
non entredes (imperative negative plural second-person)
non entren (imperative negative plural)
entrar (impersonal infinitive)
entrar (first-person infinitive singular)
entrares (infinitive second-person singular)
entrar (infinitive singular third-person)
entrarmos (first-person infinitive plural)
entrardes (infinitive plural second-person)
entrarem (infinitive plural third-person)
entrando (gerund)
entrado (first-person masculine participle past singular third-person)
entrado (masculine participle past second-person singular)
entrados (masculine participle past plural)
entrada (feminine first-person participle past singular third-person)
entrada (feminine participle past second-person singular)
entradas (feminine participle past plural)
entro (first-person indicative present singular)
entras (indicative present second-person singular)
entra (indicative present singular third-person)
entramos (first-person indicative plural present)
entrades (indicative plural present second-person)
entrais (indicative plural present second-person)
entram (indicative plural present third-person)
entrava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
entravas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
entrava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
entrávamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
entrávades (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
entráveis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
entrávais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
entravam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
entrei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
entraste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
entrache (indicative preterite second-person singular)
entrou (indicative preterite singular third-person)
entramos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
entrastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
entrárom (indicative plural preterite third-person)
entraram (indicative plural preterite third-person)
entrara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
entraras (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
entrara (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
entráramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
entrárades (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
entráreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
entrárais (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
entraram (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
entrarei (first-person future indicative singular)
entrarás (future indicative second-person singular)
entrará (future indicative singular third-person)
entraremos (first-person future indicative plural)
entraredes (future indicative plural second-person)
entrareis (future indicative plural second-person)
entrarám (future indicative plural third-person)
entrarão (future indicative plural third-person)
entraria (conditional first-person singular)
entrarias (conditional second-person singular)
entraria (conditional singular third-person)
entraríamos (conditional first-person plural)
entraríades (conditional plural second-person)
entraríeis (conditional plural second-person)
entraríais (conditional plural second-person)
entrariam (conditional plural third-person)
entre (first-person present singular subjunctive)
entres (present second-person singular subjunctive)
entre (present singular subjunctive third-person)
entremos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
entredes (plural present second-person subjunctive)
entreis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
entrem (plural present subjunctive third-person)
entrasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
entrasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
entrasse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
entrássemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
entrássedes (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
entrásseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
entrassem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
entrar (first-person future singular subjunctive)
entrares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
entrar (future singular subjunctive third-person)
entrarmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
entrardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
entrarem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
entra (imperative second-person singular)
entre (imperative singular third-person)
entremos (first-person imperative plural)
entrade (imperative plural second-person)
entrai (imperative plural second-person)
entrem (imperative plural third-person)
nom entres (imperative negative second-person singular)
nom entre (imperative negative singular third-person)
nom entremos (first-person imperative negative plural)
nom entredes (imperative negative plural second-person)
nom entreis (imperative negative plural second-person)
nom entrem (imperative negative plural third-person)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese entrar, intrar, from Latin intrāre, present active infinitive of intrō.

inh+

(soccer, sports) tackle (to attempt to take away a ball)


entrar

es-verb

entrar (first-person singular present entro, first-person singular preterite entré, past participle entrado)

entro (first-person present singular)
entré (first-person preterite singular)
entrado (participle past)
entrar (infinitive)
entrando (gerund)
entrado (masculine participle past singular)
entrada (feminine participle past singular)
entrados (masculine participle past plural)
entradas (feminine participle past plural)
entro (first-person indicative present singular)
entras (indicative informal present second-person singular)
entrás (indicative informal present second-person singular vos-form)
entra (indicative present singular third-person)
entramos (first-person indicative plural present)
entráis (indicative plural present second-person)
entran (indicative plural present third-person)
entraba (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
entrabas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
entraba (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
entrábamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
entrabais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
entraban (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
entré (first-person indicative preterite singular)
entraste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
entró (indicative preterite singular third-person)
entramos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
entrasteis (indicative plural preterite second-person)
entraron (indicative plural preterite third-person)
entraré (first-person future indicative singular)
entrarás (future indicative second-person singular)
entrará (future indicative singular third-person)
entraremos (first-person future indicative plural)
entraréis (future indicative plural second-person)
entrarán (future indicative plural third-person)
entraría (conditional first-person indicative singular)
entrarías (conditional indicative second-person singular)
entraría (conditional indicative singular third-person)
entraríamos (conditional first-person indicative plural)
entraríais (conditional indicative plural second-person)
entrarían (conditional indicative plural third-person)
entre (first-person present singular subjunctive)
entres (informal present second-person singular subjunctive)
entrés (informal present second-person singular subjunctive vos-form)
entre (present singular subjunctive third-person)
entremos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
entréis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
entren (plural present subjunctive third-person)
entrara (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
entraras (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
entrara (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
entráramos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
entrarais (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
entraran (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
entrase (first-person imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive)
entrases (imperfect imperfect-se second-person singular subjunctive)
entrase (imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive third-person)
entrásemos (first-person imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive)
entraseis (imperfect imperfect-se plural second-person subjunctive)
entrasen (imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive third-person)
entrare (first-person future singular subjunctive)
entrares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
entrare (future singular subjunctive third-person)
entráremos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
entrareis (future plural second-person subjunctive)
entraren (future plural subjunctive third-person)
entra (imperative informal second-person singular)
entrá (imperative informal second-person singular vos-form)
entre (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
entre (imperative singular third-person)
entremos (first-person imperative plural)
entrad (imperative plural second-person)
entren (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
entren (imperative plural third-person)
entres (imperative negative second-person singular)
entre (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
entre (imperative negative singular third-person)
entremos (first-person imperative negative plural)
entréis (imperative negative plural second-person)
entren (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
entren (imperative negative plural third-person)
entrarme (combined-form dative infinitive object-first-person object-singular)
entrarte (combined-form dative infinitive object-second-person object-singular)
entrarle (combined-form dative infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
entrarse (combined-form dative infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
entrarnos (combined-form dative infinitive object-first-person object-plural)
entraros (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-second-person)
entrarles (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
entrarse (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
entrarme (accusative combined-form infinitive object-first-person object-singular)
entrarte (accusative combined-form infinitive object-second-person object-singular)
entrarlo (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
entrarla (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
entrarse (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
entrarnos (accusative combined-form infinitive object-first-person object-plural)
entraros (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-second-person)
entrarlos (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
entrarlas (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
entrarse (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
entrándome (combined-form dative gerund object-first-person object-singular)
entrándote (combined-form dative gerund object-second-person object-singular)
entrándole (combined-form dative gerund object-singular object-third-person)
entrándose (combined-form dative gerund object-singular object-third-person)
entrándonos (combined-form dative gerund object-first-person object-plural)
entrándoos (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-second-person)
entrándoles (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-third-person)
entrándose (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-third-person)
entrándome (accusative combined-form gerund object-first-person object-singular)
entrándote (accusative combined-form gerund object-second-person object-singular)
entrándolo (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
entrándola (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
entrándose (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
entrándonos (accusative combined-form gerund object-first-person object-plural)
entrándoos (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-second-person)
entrándolos (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
entrándolas (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
entrándose (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
éntrame (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
éntrate (combined-form dative imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
éntrale (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
éntranos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-tú)
éntrales (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
éntrame (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
éntrate (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
éntralo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
éntrala (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
éntranos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-tú)
éntralos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
éntralas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
entrame (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
entrate (combined-form dative imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
entrale (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
entranos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-vos)
entrales (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
entrame (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
entrate (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
entralo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
entrala (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
entranos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-vos)
entralos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
entralas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
éntreme (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-singular second-person singular)
éntrele (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
éntrese (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
éntrenos (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-plural second-person singular)
éntreles (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
éntreme (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-singular second-person singular)
éntrelo (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
éntrela (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
éntrese (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
éntrenos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-plural second-person singular)
éntrelos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
éntrelas (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
entrémoste (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-second-person object-singular plural)
entrémosle (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
entrémonos (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-first-person object-plural plural)
entrémoos (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-plural object-second-person plural)
entrémosles (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
entrémoste (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-second-person object-singular plural)
entrémoslo (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
entrémosla (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
entrémonos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-first-person object-plural plural)
entrémoos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-second-person plural)
entrémoslos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
entrémoslas (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
entradme (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
entradle (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
entradnos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
entraos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-second-person plural second-person)
entradles (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
entradme (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
entradlo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
entradla (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
entradnos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
entraos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-second-person plural second-person)
entradlos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
entradlas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
éntrenme (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
éntrenle (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
éntrennos (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
éntrenles (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
éntrense (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
éntrenme (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
éntrenlo (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
éntrenla (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
éntrennos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
éntrenlos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
éntrenlas (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
éntrense (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)

→ Middle Dutch: enteren

Dutch: enteren

→ Middle Low German: entern

German Low German: entern

→ German: entern

Inherited from Old Spanish, from Latin intrāre. Cognate with English enter.


audible

en-verb

audible (third-person singular simple present audibles, present participle audibling, simple past and past participle audibled)

audibles (present singular third-person)
audibling (participle present)
audibled (participle past)
audibled (past)

Borrowed from Middle French audible, from Late Latin audibilis, from Latin audire (“to hear”).

The quarterback audibled after seeing the defensive formation.

(intransitive, American football) To change the play at the line of scrimmage by yelling out a new one.


audible

The audible changed the play to a run.

(American football) The act of or an instance of changing the play at the line of scrimmage by yelling out a new one.


salami

en-noun

salami (countable and uncountable, plural salamis)

From Italian salami, plural of salame (“salami”), from sale (“salt”), from Latin sal.


slog

slog (countable and uncountable, plural slogs)

Probably a variation of slug (“to hit very hard”) or slough.
Possibly related to slag, seen in the North Germanic languages, in association with the third verb and second noun definition.

(countable, cricket) An aggressive shot played with little skill.


offensive foul

(basketball) A foul committed by a member of the team with possession of the ball.


boll

→ Finnish: polla, bolla

From Old Swedish balder, baller, from Old Norse bǫllr (“ball, globe”), from Proto-Germanic *balluz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoln- (“round thing, bubble”), from *bʰel- (“to blow, inflate, swell”).

inh

Jag tänker tillbaks på min korta sejour som tolvårig grabb i fotbollsskor. Jag fick instruktioner, jag skulle gå som back till vänster och tänka på att kämpa och springa och bara slå långa bollar på Bengt.

1992, Svenne Rubins (lyrics and music), “Långa bollar på Bengt [Long balls to [on] Bengt]”, in Sex män i skor [Six men in shoes]:

I think back on my brief sojourn as a twelve-year-old boy in soccer shoes. I was given instructions, I was to go as a back to the left and remember to fight and run and only hit long balls to Bengt.


charging

en-noun

charging (countable and uncountable, plural chargings)

/ˈt͡ʃɑɹd͡ʒɪŋ/

[ˈt͡ʃaɹd͡ʒɪŋ]

/ˈt͡ʃɑːd͡ʒɪŋ/

[ˈt͡ʃaːd͡ʒɪŋ]

Smith is called for charging, and the Nimrods will get the ball.

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


pinball

pinball (countable and uncountable, plural pinballs)

→ Portuguese: pinball

→ Spanish: pinball

The opener came from a Jarvis ball which struck Aleksandar Kolarov en route to a lively round of pinball between City players before it was poked in by Milijas.

2011 January 15, Saj Chowdhury, “Man City 4 - 3 Wolves”, in BBC:

(figuratively, soccer) A situation where a ball is frantically kicked between many players.


over the wicket

(cricket) bowling the ball from the side of the wicket that puts the bowler's bowling hand closer to the wicket


around the wicket

(cricket) Bowling the ball from the side of the wicket that puts the bowler's bowling hand farther from the wicket


LBW

LBW (countable and uncountable, plural LBWs)

The Authentic, getting in front of his wicket, to pull one of the simplest long-hops ever seen on a cricket field, missed it, and was l.b.w.

1919, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 13, in Mike:

leg before wicket
leg before wicket#English

(cricket) Initialism of leg before wicket.


back foot shot

(cricket) A shot played by the batsman with most of his weight on the back foot.


front foot shot

front foot shot (plural front foot shots)

(cricket) A shot played by the batsman with most of his weight on the front foot.


back foot

(cricket) The batsman's foot closest to the wicket


offer the light

en-verb

offer the light (third-person singular simple present offers the light, present participle offering the light, simple past and past participle offered the light)

offers the light (present singular third-person)
offering the light (participle present)
offered the light (participle past)
offered the light (past)

(intransitive, cricket, of the umpires) To ask the batsmen if they wish to continue playing in conditions of poor light. If they do not, play is suspended for bad light.


moving screen

(basketball, informal) An offensive foul committed when a player executing a screen moves in order to block the defender and makes contact. Technically it is a block; in other words, there is no such terminology in most rulebooks using the phrase "moving screen." This means that, for it to be a foul, there must be contact (and illegal contact at that, meaning advantage-conveying). No illegal contact, no foul, no matter how much moving the screener does.


bad light

(cricket) A weather condition where the light is so poor that the umpires feel that to continue playing would be dangerous.


front foot

(cricket) The batsman's foot farthest from his wicket.


outswing

(cricket) The swing of the ball through the air, in a direction away from the batsman.


remove

remove (third-person singular simple present removes, present participle removing, simple past and past participle removed)

removes (present singular third-person)
removing (participle present)
removed (participle past)
removed (past)

settle

antonym(s) of “move something from one place to another”

From Middle English removen, from Anglo-Norman remover, removeir, from Old French remouvoir, from Latin removēre, from re- + movēre (“to move”), equivalent to re- + move. Displaced native Old English āfierran.

យកចេញ

yɔɔ kɑɑ cəɲ, yɔɔk cəɲ

(cricket, transitive) To dismiss a batsman.


all out

(cricket) The state of a side having no more men to bat, thus ending its innings.


take guard

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

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

(idiomatic, cricket) (For a new batsman, with help from the umpire) to mark a point on the popping crease in front of his wicket so that he knows where it is behind him; to guard.


blockhole

(cricket) A small depression in the pitch caused by batsmen tapping their bats on the point where they have taken block.


back up

back up (third-person singular simple present backs up, present participle backing up, simple past and past participle backed up)

backs up (present singular third-person)
backing up (participle present)
backed up (participle past)
backed up (past)

(idiomatic, intransitive, cricket) For the non-striker to take a few steps down the pitch, in preparation to taking a run, just as the bowler bowls the ball.

ottaa muutama askel taaksepäin

(idiomatic, intransitive, cricket) For a fielder to position himself behind the wicket (relative to a team-mate who is throwing the ball at the wicket) so as to stop the ball, and prevent overthrows.


leg before wicket

(cricket) Describing the way of getting out in which the ball would have hit the batsman's wicket, but hits the batsman's legs or more rarely another part of the batsman's body without first hitting the bat or a hand holding the bat.


leg before wicket

en-noun

leg before wicket (plural leg before wickets)

(cricket) An instance of a batsman being out due to the leg before wicket law.


tailender

The Bushrangers moved a step closer to securing a berth in the final when tailenders Damien Wright and Clint McKay posted a century stand on day two, which gave the Vics a first-innings 400.

2009 January 31, Michael Horan, “Andrew McDonald strikes early for Victoria”, in Herald Sun:

(cricket) One of the last four or five batsmen in the batting order, normally bowlers with limited batting ability; a member of the tail.


first class match

first class match (plural first class matches)

(cricket) A three- or five-day cricket match, with two innings per side, played under a set of conditions specified and officially recognised by an official governing body of cricket.


Test nation

(cricket) Any of the officially recognised nations who play Test cricket: Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, the West Indies, and Zimbabwe.


bodyline

The Cousins changed the game entirely, said the blimpish fellow: much as he might have deplored power tennis or bodyline bowling.

1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society, published 2010, page 3:

(cricket, now historical) Designating a form of bowling (now against the rules) characterised by fast, short-pitched balls aimed at the batsman's body or leg stump rather than the wicket.


nod

en-verb

nod (third-person singular simple present nods, present participle nodding, simple past and past participle nodded)

nods (present singular third-person)
nodding (participle present)
nodded (participle past)
nodded (past)

From Middle English nodden, probably from an unrecorded Old English *hnodian (“to nod, shake the head”), from Proto-Germanic *hnudōną (“to beat, rivet, pound, push”), from Proto-Indo-European *kendʰ-, from *ken- (“to scratch, scrape, rub”). Compare Old High German hnotōn (“to shake”), hnutten (“to shake, rattle, vibrate”) (> modern dialectal German notteln, nütteln (“to rock, move back and forth”)), Icelandic hnjóða (“to rivet, clinch”).

inh

Jones nods the ball back to his goalkeeper.

With the hosts not able to find their passes - everything that went forward was too heavy or too short - Terry once again had to come to his side's rescue after Davies had brilliantly nodded into the path of Elmander, who followed up swiftly with a deflected shot.

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

(transitive, intransitive, soccer) To head; to strike the ball with one's head.


Test match

(cricket) A five-day first class match between sides representing the official Test nations.


top edge

(cricket) The edge of a bat farthest from the ground.

(cricket) A deflection of a ball off of the top edge of a bat, into the air and potentially for a catch.


top edge

en-verb

top edge (third-person singular simple present top edges, present participle top edging, simple past and past participle top edged)

top edges (present singular third-person)
top edging (participle present)
top edged (participle past)
top edged (past)

(cricket) To hit the ball with the top edge of the bat.


bottom edge

(cricket) The edge of a bat closest to the ground.

(cricket) A deflection of a ball off of the bottom edge of a bat, onto the ground and potentially into the wicket.


bottom edge

bottom edge (third-person singular simple present bottom edges, present participle bottom edging, simple past and past participle bottom edged)

bottom edges (present singular third-person)
bottom edging (participle present)
bottom edged (participle past)
bottom edged (past)

(cricket) To hit the ball with the bottom edge of the bat.


outside edge

(cricket) The edge of a bat farthest from the body of the batsman.

(cricket) A deflection of a ball off of the outside edge of a bat, often to the slips or wicket keeper for a catch.


outside edge

outside edge (third-person singular simple present outside edges, present participle outside edging, simple past and past participle outside edged)

outside edges (present singular third-person)
outside edging (participle present)
outside edged (participle past)
outside edged (past)

(cricket) To hit the ball with the outside edge of the bat.


flipper

From flip + -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Flappert (“flipper, wing”).

cog

(cricket) A type of ball bowled by a leg spin bowler, which spins backwards and skids off the pitch with a low bounce.


inside edge

(cricket) The edge of a bat closest to the body of the batsman.

(cricket) A deflection of a ball off of the inside edge of a bat, sometimes to the wicket keeper for a catch.


inside edge

en-verb

inside edge (third-person singular simple present inside edges, present participle inside edging, simple past and past participle inside edged)

inside edges (present singular third-person)
inside edging (participle present)
inside edged (participle past)
inside edged (past)

(cricket) To hit the ball with the inside edge of the bat.


benefit of the doubt

en-noun

benefit of the doubt (countable and uncountable, plural benefits of the doubt)

(cricket) The principle employed by umpires in cases of uncertainty concerning a batsman possibly being out, in which the decision must be in the batsman's favour.


howzat

(cricket) The cry used by members of the fielding team to make an appeal to the umpire.


movement

movement (countable and uncountable, plural movements)

From Middle English mevement, from Old French movement (modern French mouvement), from movoir + -ment; cf. also Medieval Latin movimentum, from Latin movere (“move”). Doublet of moment and momentum. In this sense, displaced native Old English styring, which led to Modern English stirring.
Morphologically move + -ment.

eye movement desensitization and reprocessing

The movement on his cutter was devastating.

(baseball) The deviation of a pitch from ballistic flight.


beamer

From beam (“project, transmit”) + -er (agent noun suffix), or, for the ball, + -er (patient suffix).

suf

(cricket) A ball, presumed to have been bowled accidentally, that does not bounce, but reaches the batsman above the waist.


West Indies

From west + Indies. From being lands called the Indies, of the West. From being mistaken for the East Indies (aka, the Indies).

(cricket) A Federation of Caribbean states which, together with Guyana, play Test matches as if they were a single nation.


wicket

From Anglo-Norman, Old Northern French wiket, from Old Norse (specifically, Old East Norse) víkjas, diminutive of vik. Compare modern French guichet, ultimately from the same Old Norse source.

(cricket) One of the two wooden structures at each end of the pitch, consisting of three vertical stumps and two bails; the target for the bowler, defended by the batsman.

paaltjies

cricket: wooden structure at each end of the pit

(cricket) A dismissal; the act of a batsman getting out.

(cricket) The period during which two batsmen bat together.

(cricket) The area around the stumps where the batsmen stand.

pesä

cricket: area around the stumps where the batsmen stand


stun

en-verb

stun (third-person singular simple present stuns, present participle stunning, simple past and past participle stunned)

stuns (present singular third-person)
stunning (participle present)
stunned (participle past)
stunned (past)

From Middle English stunien, stonien, stounien, from Old English stunian (“to crash, make a loud sound, resound, roar, strike with a loud sound, dash, impinge, knock, confound, astonish, stupefy”), from Proto-West Germanic *stunōn, from Proto-Germanic *stunōną, *stunjaną (“to sound, crash, bang, groan”), from Proto-Germanic *stenaną (“to moan, shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tona-, *(s)tena- (“to thunder, roar, groan”) (compare thunder). Cognate with Middle Low German stonen (“to groan”), Middle High German stunen, stunden (“to drive, push, knock, strike”), Swedish stöna (“to moan, groan”), Danish stønne (“to moan, groan”), Icelandic stynja (“to moan”). Related also to Dutch steunen (“to groan; support”), German stöhnen (“to groan, moan”), German staunen (“to be astonished, be amazed, marvel at”), Russian стонать (stonatʹ), стена́ть (stenátʹ, “to moan, groan”). See also Occitan estonar, Old French estoner, English astonish.

cog

(snooker, billiards) To hit the cue ball so that it slides without topspin or backspin (and with or without sidespin) and continues at a natural angle after contact with the object ball


stun

en-noun

stun (countable and uncountable, plural stuns)

Williams will need a lot of stun to avoid going in the middle pocket

(billiards, snooker, pool) The effect on the cue ball where the ball is hit without topspin, backspin or sidespin.


opening

From Middle English openynge, openande, openand, from Old English openiende, from Proto-West Germanic *opanōndī, from Proto-Germanic *upanōndz, present participle of *upanōną (“to open”), equivalent to open + -ing. Cognate with West Frisian iepenjend, Dutch openend, German öffnend, Swedish öppnande, Icelandic opnandi.

/ˈəʊ.pə.nɪŋ/

opens the attack
open the attack#English

(cricket) describing the first period of play, usually up to the fall of the first wicket; describing a batsman who opens the innings or a bowler who opens the attack


batting order

(cricket, baseball, softball) The sequence in which a side's batsmen go in to bat.


bowling crease

(cricket) The white line marked at each end of the pitch through the wicket and ending at the return creases. When bowling the bowler's front foot must not cross this line until after the ball has been delivered.


bowling average

bowling average (plural bowling averages)

(cricket) The number of runs conceded divided by the number of wickets taken, used as a statistic.


bottom order

(cricket) The batsmen, constituting the tail, who bat last - roughly in positions 8 to 11.


bottom hand

(cricket) With a standard batting grip, the hand placed further down the handle of the bat; the batsman's dominant hand, providing most power to a shot.


bump ball

The umpire believed, mistakenly, that it was a bump ball and Boucher was allowed to remain at the crease.

2005, David Fraser, Cricket and the Law: The Man in White is Always Right, →ISBN, page 302:

(cricket) A ball that bounces off of the pitch immediately after being hit by the bat, and goes up in the air.


bowling figures

(cricket) A group of statistics listed for each bowler in a single innings:- number of overs bowled, number of maiden overs bowled, number of runs conceded and number of wickets taken.

(cricket) Collectively the bowling figures for all the bowlers who bowled in an innings or match.


bowl out

en-verb

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

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

(cricket, of a side) To take all the opponents' wickets (in whatever way) and thus end their innings.

(cricket, of a bowler or batsman) To dismiss or be dismissed bowled.


batting average

en-noun

batting average (plural batting averages)

(cricket) A statistical estimation of the scoring ability of a batsman, equal to the total number of runs scored divided by the number of times out.

Jones has a .279 batting average.

(baseball) A statistical estimation of the hitting ability of a batter, equal to the number of hits divided by the number of official at-bats. Normally expressed as a real number instead of an average despite the name.


bowled

(cricket) (Dismissed) by the bowled ball hitting and breaking the batsman's wicket.


dribble

en-verb

dribble (third-person singular simple present dribbles, present participle dribbling, simple past and past participle dribbled)

dribbles (present singular third-person)
dribbling (participle present)
dribbled (participle past)
dribbled (past)

→⇒ Czech: driblovat

→ Dutch: dribbelen

→ French: dribbler

→ German: dribbeln

→ Portuguese: drible, driblar

→ Spanish: driblar

From drib + -le (early modern English frequentative suffix).

suffix

(basketball, soccer) In various ball games, to move (with) the ball, controlling its path by kicking or bouncing it repeatedly.

дриблирам

to move (with) a ball by kicking or bouncing it


bowler

(cricket) A player selected mainly for his bowling ability.

syöttäjä

cricket: player selected mainly for his bowling ability


sink

en-verb

sink (third-person singular simple present sinks, present participle sinking, simple past sank or sunk, past participle sunk or sunken)

sinks (present singular third-person)
sinking (participle present)
sank (past)
sunk (past)
sunk (participle past)
sunken (participle past)

From Middle English synken, from Old English sincan, from Proto-West Germanic *sinkwan, from Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷ- (“to fall, sink”).
Compare West Frisian sinke, Low German sinken, Dutch zinken, German sinken, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål synke, Swedish sjunka. In the causative sense, it replaced Old English senċan (“make sink”) from Proto-Germanic *sankwijaną.

der

My sister beats me at pool in public a second time. I claim some dignity back by potting two of my balls before Tammy sinks the black.

2008, Edward Keating, The Joy of Ex: A Novel:

(heading, physical) To move or be moved into something.

(transitive, snooker, pool, billiards, golf) To pot; hit a ball into a pocket or hole.


sink

a bathroom sink sink (canonical)
sinks (plural)

Jones has a two-seamer with heavy sink.

(uncountable) Descending motion; descent.

(baseball) The motion of a sinker pitch.

Descending motion; descent.
The motion of a sinker pitch.


umpire

From a Middle English rebracketing of a noumpere as an oumpere, from Old French nonper (“odd number, not even (as a tie-breaking arbitrator)”), from non (“not”) + per (“equal”), from Latin par (“equal”). Doublet of nonpareil.

съдия

an official who oversees a game or match

(cricket) One of the two white-coated officials who preside over a cricket match.

The umpire called the pitch a strike.

(baseball) One of the officials who preside over a baseball game.

The umpire must keep on his toes as the play often occurs around him.

(American football) The official who stands behind the line on the defensive side or next to the referee on the offensive side.

(curling) The official who presides over a curling game.


carry the bat

en-verb

carry the bat (third-person singular simple present carries the bat, present participle carrying the bat, simple past and past participle carried the bat)

carries the bat (present singular third-person)
carrying the bat (participle present)
carried the bat (participle past)
carried the bat (past)

(cricket) To bat throughout the whole of an innings, being one of the openers and remaining not out when 10 wickets have fallen.


caught and bowled

(cricket) Out by being caught by the bowler.


double double

Norwegian Bokmål: dobbel-dobbel

(coffee): Used by the Tim Hortons restaurant chain.

The center had 11 assists and 10 blocks tonight for a very unusual double double.

Steven Adams and Enes Kanter wreaked havoc for Oklahoma City. Kanter came off the bench to score 27 points, block three shots and add 10 rebounds. Adams had a double-double, too, with 14 points and 10 rebounds at center.

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

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

Nonetheless, the team gave a good accounting of themselves, and freshman Kara Rogers scored a double/double in kills and digs in her first collegiate game.

2012, Garrett, Burdeshaw, Spearman, Legacy of the Blues: a Century of Athletics at the W, page A-261:

(volleyball) Achieving two kills and two digs by a single player in one game.


change of innings

en-noun

change of innings (plural changes of innings)

(cricket) The ten-minute interval between one side's innings ending and the other side's beginning.


caught behind

(cricket) Out by being caught by the wicketkeeper.


caught behind

(cricket) An instance of being out by being caught behind the wicket by the wicketkeeper.


clean bowl

en-verb

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

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

clean (“without mistakes or errors”, adverb) + bowl.

(cricket) To bowl a batsman out with the ball hitting neither the bat nor the pads on the way to the stumps.


chucker

(cricket) A bowler who throws or chucks the ball rather than bowling it.


sundry

The adjective is derived from Middle English sondri, sondry, syndry (“individually; occasionally; separately; variously”) [and other forms], from Old English syndriġ (“alone, distinct, separate, single; sundry, various; concerning a single person, own, particular, peculiar, private; exceptional, remarkable, set apart, special; (distributive) one each”) [and other forms], from sundor (“differently; privately; separate, separately”) (from Proto-Germanic *sundraz (“alone, isolated; separate”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *senH- (“apart; for oneself; without”)) + -iġ (“suffix forming adjectives”). The English word is analysable as sunder + -y.
The noun and pronoun are derived from the adjective.
cognates
* Dutch zonderlijk (“separate”) (rare), Dutch afzonderlijk (“separate”)
* Low German sunderig (“single; special”)
* Middle High German sunderig (“private; separate; special”)
* Swedish söndrig (“broken; tattered”)

nb...

sindre, sindrey, sindri, sindrie, sindry, sondery, sondrẹ̄, sondree, sondrei, sondrey, sondrie, sondry, sondrye, sonndry, soondry, soundri, soundrie, soundry, sum-dri, sunderi, sundery, sundrei, sundrey, sundri, sundrie, sundrii, sundry, syndre, (Early Middle English) sindri, sindriȝ

nb...

sindrig, syndrie, syndryg, (Northumbria) suindrig

cog

The wicketkeeper for Williamstown had a bad day, as sundries topped the score with 30.

1954, Percy Taylor, Richmond’s 100 Years of Cricket: The Story of the Richmond Cricket Club, 1854–1954, South Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic,: C. G. Meehan & Co., →OCLC:

In the modern era I sometimes feel the emphasis has erroneously shifted towards placing unwarranted importance on how few sundries are recorded.

1969, Donald Bradman, The Art of Cricket, revised edition, London: Robson Books, published 1998, →ISBN, page 167:

As for sundries, these are very often caused by erratic bowling or a nasty pitch.

1999, Ashok Kumar, “Wicket-keeping”, in Cricket (DPH Sports Series), New Delhi: Discovery Publishing House, published 2006, →ISBN, page 145:

(chiefly Australia, cricket) Synonym of extra (“a run scored without the ball having hit the striker's bat”)


nibble

en-verb

nibble (third-person singular simple present nibbles, present participle nibbling, simple past and past participle nibbled)

nibbles (present singular third-person)
nibbling (participle present)
nibbled (participle past)
nibbled (past)
nibble (infinitive)

The verb is derived from Late Middle English nebillen, nebyll (“to peck away at (something), nibble; (figurative) to attempt to sing (a part of a song)”); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Middle Low German nibbelen (“to eat in small bites, peck”) (modern German Low German nibbeln, gnibbeln, knibbeln), possibly a variant of knabbelen, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gnet- (“to press”) or imitative.
The noun is derived from the verb.
cognates
* Middle Dutch cnibbelen (modern Dutch knibbelen (“to gnaw; to murmur”), nibbelen (“to nibble”))
* Saterland Frisian nibje (“to nibble”)
* West Frisian knibbelje

der

(cricket, informal) Followed by at: of a batter: to make an indecisive attempt to bat a ball bowled outside the off stump.


close the face

en-verb

close the face (third-person singular simple present closes the face, present participle closing the face, simple past and past participle closed the face)

closes the face (present singular third-person)
closing the face (participle present)
closed the face (participle past)
closed the face (past)

(idiomatic, cricket) To turn the face of the bat inwards, in order to hit the ball to the leg side.


tunnel

tunnelen (definite singular)
tunneler (indefinite plural)
tunnelene (definite plural)


tunnel

tunnelen (definite singular)
tunnelar (indefinite plural)
tunnelane (definite plural)

From English tunnel, Middle French tonnelle (“net”) or tonel (“cask”), diminutive of Old French tonne (“cask”), a word of uncertain origin and affiliation.


chuck

Probably from Old French chuquer, later choquer (“to knock, hit”).

(cricket, informal) A throw, an incorrect bowling action.


chuck

chuck (third-person singular simple present chucks, present participle chucking, simple past and past participle chucked)

chucks (present singular third-person)
chucking (participle present)
chucked (participle past)
chucked (past)

(intransitive, cricket) To throw; to bowl with an incorrect action.


corridor of uncertainty

en-noun

corridor of uncertainty (plural corridors of uncertainty)

(cricket) The area near the batsman's off stump where, if a ball passes, the batsman is unsure whether to play it (and risk an edge) or leave it (and risk being bowled).


cover point

(cricket, lacrosse) a fielding position between cover and point, about 15° forward of square; a fielder in this position.


cow corner

cow corner (countable and uncountable, plural cow corners)

(cricket, slang) A region of the field, roughly between deep midwicket and long on.


bye

Variant form of by, from Old English bī (“being near”).

(cricket) An extra scored when the batsmen take runs after the ball has passed the striker without hitting either the bat or the batsman.


cover drive

(cricket) A type of shot played by the batsman bringing the bat down vertically and hitting the ball along the ground in the direction of cover.


cover drive

en-verb

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

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

(intransitive, cricket) To play a cover drive shot.


cross bat

(cricket) The bat, when swung in a horizontal arc.


cross bat

(cricket) Of a shot: played with a cross bat.


danger area

(cricket) A rectangular protected area of the pitch on which bowlers may not run in their follow through so as to avoid damage.


dead ball

(ball games) The ball when dead and out of play.


screen

From Middle English scren, screne (“windscreen, firescreen”), from Anglo-Norman escren (“firescreen, the tester of a bed”), Old French escren, escrein, escran (modern French écran (“screen”)), from Middle Dutch scherm, from Old Dutch *skirm, from Proto-West Germanic *skirmi, from Proto-Germanic *skirmiz (“fur, shelter, covering, screen”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut, divide”).
Cognate with Dutch scherm (“screen”), German Schirm (“screen”). Doublet of scherm.
An alternative etymology derives Old French escren, escran from Old Dutch *scranc (“barrier”) (compare Middle Dutch schranc, schranke (“palisade, trellis, grid”), German Schrank (“cupboard, cabinet”), German Schranke (“fence”)), from Proto-West Germanic *skrank, from Proto-Germanic *skrankaz.

der

Jones caught the foul up against the screen.

A material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from passing while allowing gasses, liquids and finer particles to pass.

(baseball) The protective netting which protects the audience from flying objects

Definitions related to standing in the path of an opposing player

(American football) Short for screen pass.

skerm

viewing area of electronic output device

(basketball) An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.

(cricket) An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to make the ball more easily visible.


screen

en-verb

screen (third-person singular simple present screens, present participle screening, simple past and past participle screened)

screens (present singular third-person)
screening (participle present)
screened (participle past)
screened (past)

(basketball) To stand so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.


dead bat

(cricket) The bat when held with a light grip such that it gives when the ball strikes it, and the ball loses momentum and falls to the ground.


dead bat

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

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

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

(transitive, cricket) To play (the ball) with a dead bat.


covers

(cricket) The area of the field near cover and extra cover.


rush

Perhaps from Middle English ruschen, russchen (“to rush, startle, make a loud rushing noise”), from Old English hrysċan (“to jolt, startle”), from Proto-West Germanic *hurskijan, from Proto-Germanic *hurskijaną (“to startle, drive”), from *hurskaz (“fast, rapid, quick”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run, hurry”).
Cognate with Old High German hursken (“to hurry, speed, incite, accelerate”), Old English horsc (“quick, quick-witted, clever”).
etymology note
An alternative etymology traces rush via Middle English rouschen (“to rush”) from Old English *rūscian (“to rush”) from Proto-Germanic *rūskōną (“to rush, storm, be fierce, be cruel”), a variant (with formative k) of Proto-Germanic *rūsōną (“to be cruel, storm, rush”) from Proto-Indo-European *(o)rewə- (“to drive, move, agitate”), making it akin to Old High German rosc, rosci (“quick”), Middle Low German rûschen (“to rush”), Middle High German rūschen, riuschen (“to rush”) (German rauschen (“to rush”)), North Frisian ruse (“to rush”), Middle Dutch ruuscen (“to make haste”), Middle Dutch rūsen (“to rush”) (Dutch ruisen (“to rush”)), Danish ruse (“to rush”), Swedish rusa (“to rush”). Compare Middle High German rūsch (“a charge, rush”). Influenced by Middle English russhen (“to force back”) from Anglo-Norman russher, russer from Old French ruser, rëuser.
Alternatively, according to the OED, perhaps an adaptation of Anglo-Norman russher, russer (“to force back, down, out of place, by violent impact", "to pull out or drag off violently or hastily”), from Old French re(h)usser, ruser (although the connection of the forms with single -s- and double -ss- is dubious; also adopted in English ruse; French ruser (“to retreat, drive back”)), from an assumed Vulgar Latin *refūsāre and Latin refundō (“I cause to flow back”), although connection to the same Germanic root is also possible. More at rouse.

раш

video games: act of running at another player with large swarm of weak units — see also zerg

the center rush, whose place is in the center of the rush line

(American football, dated) A rusher; a lineman.


rush

en-verb

rush (third-person singular simple present rushes, present participle rushing, simple past and past participle rushed)

rushes (present singular third-person)
rushing (participle present)
rushed (participle past)
rushed (past)

(intransitive, soccer) To dribble rapidly.


deep cover

(cricket) a fielding position on the off side, about 30° forward of square and near the boundary; a fielder in that position.


deep midwicket

(cricket) A fielding position on the leg side, about 30° forward of square and near the boundary; a fielder in that position.


deep square leg

en-noun

deep square leg (countable and uncountable, plural deep square legs)

(cricket) A fielding position on the leg side, square of the batsman's wicket; a fielder in that position.


square leg umpire

square leg umpire (plural square leg umpires)

(cricket) The umpire who stands at or near square leg to rule on decisions at the batsman's end of the wicket.


square leg

square leg (countable and uncountable, plural square legs)

(cricket) A fielding position on the leg side, square of the batsman's wicket, between leg gully and midwicket; a fielder in that position.


deep point

Buttler was the more fluent, scooping and driving, but when he was caught at deep point for 59, England still needed 46 from 31 balls.

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 fielding position on the off side, square of the batsman's wicket and near the boundary


bumper

Dutch: bumper

Japanese: バンパー (banpā)

Korean: 범퍼 (beompeo)

Russian: ба́мпер (bámper)

(billiards) A side wall of a pool table.


cordon

From Middle English cordon, from Middle French cordon, from Old French cordon, diminutive of corde. More at cord.

(cricket) The arc of fielders on the off side, behind the batsman: the slips and gully. [from 20th c.]


did not bat

Coordinate term: not out

(cricket) Denotes a player who did not bat in an innings played by their side.


tickle

From Middle English tiklen, tikelen, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from a frequentative form of Middle English tikken (“to touch lightly”), thus equivalent to tick + -le; or perhaps related to Old English tinclian (“to tickle”). Compare North Frisian tigele (“to tickle”) (Hallig dialect), and tiikle (“to tickle”) (Amrum dialect), German dialectal zicklen (“to excite; stir up”).
Alternatively, from a metathetic alteration of Middle English kitelen ("to tickle"; see kittle).

gloss

"to tickle"; see <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">kittle</i>

There's a very fine line between a tickle and an edge!

2016, Ann Waterhouse, Cricket Made Simple:

(cricket, informal) A light tap of the ball.


cutter

From Middle English cutter, cuttere, kutter. By surface analysis, cut + -er.

(cricket) A ball that moves sideways in the air, or off the pitch, because it has been cut.


come out

en-verb

come out (third-person singular simple present comes out, present participle coming out, simple past came out, past participle come out)

comes out (present singular third-person)
coming out (participle present)
came out (past)
come out (participle past)

Nigerian Pidgin: komot

Sranan Tongo: komoto

(cricket, of a batsman) To walk onto the field at the beginning of an innings.


defensive field

en-noun

defensive field (plural defensive fields)

(cricket) A field set with fielders in positions designed to prevent runs rather than take wickets.


barn door

(cricket) A player who blocks every ball.


pistol

Probably from Middle French pistole, or via Middle English pistolet, from Middle French pistolet (“small firearm or small dagger”).
The origin is unclear, if via German to Romance probably from Middle High German forms like pischulle from Czech píšťala (“firearm”, literally “tube, pipe”), from Proto-Slavic *piščalь, from *piskati, *piščati (“to squeak, whistle”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pīṣk-.
Alternatively, if from Romance to German, from or related to Italian pistolese (“short dagger”), from Italian Pistoia (“a Tuscan town noted for its gunsmithing”).

der

(American football) An offensive formation in which the quarterback receives the snap at a distance behind the center, but closer than in a shotgun formation, with a running back lined up behind him.


air raid

(American football) A passing-heavy offensive scheme based on a shotgun formation with four wide receivers and a single running back.


dot ball

Such a ball is recorded in the scorebook using a dot.

(cricket) A ball off which no runs are scored.


Duckworth-Lewis method

Devised by two English statisticians, Frank Duckworth and Tony Lewis.

The Duckworth-Lewis method of resolving rain-affected games has divided the cricketing fraternity into those who do not understand it and those who pretend they do. Rumour has it that it involves calculus, astrology, quantum mechanics and the use of dice. Either way teams get screwed.

2011, Shehan Karunatilaka, Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew, Jonathan Cape, page 195:

(cricket) A mathematical algorithm for generating revised target scores for the side batting second in a rain-affected one-day match.


draw stumps

en-verb

draw stumps (third-person singular simple present draws stumps, present participle drawing stumps, simple past drew stumps, past participle drawn stumps)

draws stumps (present singular third-person)
drawing stumps (participle present)
drew stumps (past)
drawn stumps (participle past)

From the game of cricket, where a day's play is terminated by the umpire drawing the stumps out of the ground.

(cricket, of the umpires) To declare an end to the day's play, and remove the bails and sometimes the stumps.


fence

en-noun

fence (countable and uncountable, plural fences)

→ Pennsylvania German: Fens

From Middle English fence, fens, short for defence, defens (“the act of defending”), from Old French defens, defense (see defence).
The sense "enclosure" arises in the mid 15th century.
Also from the 15th century is use as a verb in the sense "to enclose with a fence". The generalized sense "to defend, screen, protect" arises ca. 1500. The sense "to fight with swords (rapiers)" is from the 1590s (Shakespeare).
Displaced native Old English heġe (compare Modern English hedge).

the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence


drinks

(cricket) A short break in play to allow the players to have a drink, and for quick repairs to be made to equipment or the pitch.


dismissal

dismissal (countable and uncountable, plural dismissals)

From dismiss + -al. A nineteenth-century coinage (modelled on committal etc.), replacing the regular form dismission.

(cricket) The event of a batsman getting out; a wicket.


defensive

en-adj

defensive (comparative more defensive, superlative most defensive)

more defensive (comparative)
most defensive (superlative)

From Middle French défensif. Morphologically defense + -ive.

(cricket) Of a bowling or fielding tactic designed to prevent the other side from scoring runs; of a batting tactic designed to prevent being out.


dismiss

en-verb

dismiss (third-person singular simple present dismisses, present participle dismissing, simple past and past participle dismissed)

dismisses (present singular third-person)
dismissing (participle present)
dismissed (participle past)
dismissed (past)

Middle English, from Latin dimissus (“sent away, dismissed, banished”), perfect passive participle of dīmittō (“send away, dismiss”), from dis- + mittere (“to send”).

der

He was dismissed for 99 runs.

(transitive, cricket) To get a batsman out.

Kalinic later saw red for a rash tackle on Paul Scharner before Gabriel Tamas was dismissed for bringing down Diouf.

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

(transitive, sports, soccer) To give someone a red card; to send off.


extra cover

(cricket) A fielding position on the off side, about 45° forward of square, between cover and mid off.


economy rate

(cricket) A bowler's statistic, being the average number of runs conceded per over.


FA

Football Association
w:Football Association

(soccer) Initialism of Football Association, especially the English Football Association. See also Scottish FA and Welsh FA.


innings

en-noun

innings (plural innings or (rare) inningses)

innings (plural)
inningses (plural rare)

From the old verb inn (“to house corn”).

(cricket) One side's (from when the first player begins to bat, until the last player is out) or individual player's turn to bat or the runs scored during those durations.


fielder

From Middle English feldere (“one who works in the field; rustic”), from Old English feldeware (“field-dweller”), equivalent to field + -er. The baseball sense is from 1832.

inh

(baseball, softball) A defensive player in the field.


fielder

(cricket) A player of the fielding side, whose task is to gather the ball after the batsman has hit it, to catch the batsman out, or to prevent him from scoring.


strip

Brill Publishers
en:strip (disambiguation)

From alteration of stripe or from Middle Low German strippe, of uncertain ultimate origin, perhaps derived from a lost strong verb Proto-Germanic *strīpaną, with no clear cognates outside of Germanic except for Irish sríab (“line, stripe”).

(UK, soccer) The uniform of a football team, or the same worn by supporters.


fall of wicket

The second fall of wicket was 250 runs.

(cricket) The side's total score when a particular batsman was out.


corner

→ German: Corner

→ Japanese: コーナー (kōnā)

From Middle English corner, from Anglo-Norman cornere (compare Old French cornier, corniere (“corner”)), from Old French corne (“corner, angle”, literally “a horn, projecting point”), from Vulgar Latin *corna (“horn”), from Latin cornua, plural of cornū (“projecting point, end, horn”). The sense of "angle, corner" in Old French is not found in Latin or other Romance languages. It was possibly calqued from Frankish *hurnijā (“corner, angle”), which is similar to, and derived from *hurn, the Frankish word for "horn". Displaced native cognate Middle English hirn, herne, from Old English hyrne, from Proto-Germanic *hurnijǭ (“little horn, hook, angle, corner”), whence modern English hirn (“nook, corner”), itself related to horn.

nurkka

business: interest that is sufficient for price manipulation

The pitch was just off the corner, low and outside.

(heading) Relating to the playing field.

(baseball) One of the four vertices of the strike zone.

There are runners on the corners with just one out.

Relating to the playing field.
First base or third base.

Relating to the playing field.
A corner kick.

Relating to the playing field.
A cornerback.


corner

nl-noun

corner m (plural corners, diminutive cornertje n)

corners (plural)
cornertje (diminutive neuter)


corner

Unadapted borrowing from English corner.


corner

cornere (plural)
corner (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
cornerul (accusative definite nominative singular)
cornere (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
cornerele (accusative definite nominative plural)
corner (indefinite singular)
cornerului (definite singular)
cornere (indefinite plural)
cornerelor (definite plural)
cornerule (singular vocative)
cornerelor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from English corner or French corner.


farm the strike

en-verb

farm the strike (third-person singular simple present farms the strike, present participle farming the strike, simple past and past participle farmed the strike)

farms the strike (present singular third-person)
farming the strike (participle present)
farmed the strike (participle past)
farmed the strike (past)

(cricket) To deliberately either score runs or decline to score runs so as to allow the best batsman to face the majority of the balls as the striker.


fast bowler

(cricket) A bowler who specialises in bowling the ball fast in cricket; as opposed to a spin bowler.


clearing

en-noun

clearing (countable and uncountable, plural clearings)

(soccer) The act of removing the ball from one's own goal area by kicking it.


shank

en-verb

shank (third-person singular simple present shanks, present participle shanking, simple past and past participle shanked)

shanks (present singular third-person)
shanking (participle present)
shanked (participle past)
shanked (past)

From Middle English schanke, from Old English sċanca (“leg”), from Proto-West Germanic *skankō, from Proto-Germanic *skankô (compare West Frisian skonk, Low German Schanke, German Schenkel (“shank, leg”), Danish skank, Norwegian skank, Swedish skänkel), from *skankaz (compare Old Norse skakkr (“wry, crooked”)), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keng- (compare Middle Irish scingim (“I spring”), Ancient Greek σκάζω (skázō, “to limp”).

Marouane Chamakh then spurned a great chance to kill the game off when he ran onto Andrey Arshavin's lofted through ball but shanked his shot horribly across the face of goal.

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

(transitive, chiefly tennis, soccer, gridiron football) To hit or kick the ball in an unintended direction.


snicker

(cricket, rare) A player who snicks the ball.


field restriction

en-noun

field restriction (plural field restrictions)

(cricket) A rule governing the placement of fielders (within an oval drawn on the pitch) at certain times during the innings of a one-day match.


inside out

In the sense thoroughly, an asyndetic clipping of inside and out.

He hit the ball inside out in an ugly manner, but scored a four.

(cricket) Describes the hitting of a ball that pitched outside of leg stump to the off side of the field.