surrender

en-verb

surrender (third-person singular simple present surrenders, present participle surrendering, simple past and past participle surrendered)

surrenders (present singular third-person)
surrendering (participle present)
surrendered (participle past)
surrendered (past)
surrendre (alternative)

Etymology tree
Middle English surrendren
English surrender
From Middle English surrendren, from Old French surrendre, from sur- + rendre (“render”). Displaced native Old English on hand gān.

etymon

(ambitransitive, blackjack) To abandon (one's hand of cards) and recover half of the initial bet.


bail

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

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

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

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

palikka

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


bluff

desctree

→ Ottoman Turkish: بلوف (bluf)
Turkish: blöf

→ Polish: bluff


bluff

bluff (nominative singular)
bluffy (nominative plural)
bluffu (genitive singular)
bluffów (genitive plural)
bluffowi (dative singular)
bluffom (dative plural)
bluff (accusative singular)
bluffy (accusative plural)
bluffem (instrumental singular)
bluffami (instrumental plural)
bluffie (locative singular)
bluffach (locative plural)
bluffie (singular vocative)
bluffy (plural vocative)

Unadapted borrowing from French bluff, from English bluff.

(card games) Alternative spelling of blef


brace

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

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

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

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

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

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

(cricket) Two wickets taken with two consecutive deliveries.


calculation

en-noun

calculation (countable and uncountable, plural calculations)

/ˌkælkjəˈlæɪʃən/

From Middle English calculation, borrowed from Latin calculatio, calculationis.
Morphologically calculate + -ion

(chess, uncountable) The act or process of imagining sequences of potential moves and responses without actually moving the pieces.

reading

act or process of imagining sequences of moves


cater

caters (plural)
catre (alternative)
quatre (alternative)

From French quatre (“four”). Doublet of cuatro.

Cater is a very good caste.

1519, William Horman, Vulgaria, fol. 280v:

(card games, dice games, obsolete) The four of cards or dice.


caution

caution (countable and uncountable, plural cautions)

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


caution

en-verb

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

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


cavalier

fr-noun

cavalier m (plural cavaliers, feminine cavalière)

desctree

→ Ottoman Turkish: قاوالیه, قوالییه (kavalye)
Turkish: kavalye

→ Russian: кавале́р (kavalér)
→ Romanian: cavaler

Borrowed from Italian cavaliere, itself borrowed from Old Occitan cavalier, from Late Latin caballārius. Doublet of chevalier, which was inherited.


classical

en-noun

classical (countable and uncountable, plural classicals)

See classic § Etymology for history. By surface analysis, class + -ical = classic + -al

When I want to have fun I play blitz. When I want to go deeper and work on improving my game, I play classical and I try to do it in tournament settings.

2015 November 3, solskytz, “IM Greg Shahade: "Slow Chess should die a fast death"”, in Chess.com:

In early September, Niemann scored an extraordinary win against Carlsen during an in-person tournament in St. Louis, Missouri. Carlsen, the world’s highest-rated player since 2011, lost with the white pieces in the classical time format, a rare occurrence for the chess juggernaut.

2022 September 23, Brian Pempus, “Hans Niemann Eliminated, Magnus Carlsen A -350 Betting Favorite To Win Online Chess Event”, in Forbes:


concede

en-verb

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

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

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

der

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


continuation

en-noun

continuation (countable and uncountable, plural continuations)

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

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


cradle

en-verb

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

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

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

der

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

veivata

lacrosse: to rock the lacrosse stick back and forth


crease

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

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

rajaviiva

one of the white lines drawn on the pitch

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

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


deck

From Middle English dekke, borrowed from Middle Dutch dec (“roof, covering”), from Middle Dutch decken, from Old Dutch thecken, from Proto-West Germanic *þakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *þakjaną. Formed the same: German Decke (“covering, blanket”). Doublet of thatch and thack.

rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic

shuffle the chairs on the deck of the Titanic

(card games) A pack or set of playing cards.

(card games, by extension) A set of cards owned by each individual player and from which they draw when playing.


disqualification

en-noun

disqualification (countable and uncountable, plural disqualifications)

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


dolly

Welsh: doli

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

rattaat

term not specific to bridge construction

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

(gambling) A marker placed on the winning number by the dealer at roulette.


dolly

en-verb

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

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


drab

drab (nominative singular)
draby (nominative plural)
draba (genitive singular)
drabów (genitive plural)
drabowi (dative singular)
drabom (dative plural)
draba (accusative singular)
draby (accusative plural)
drabem (instrumental singular)
drabami (instrumental plural)
drabie (locative singular)
drabach (locative plural)
drabie (singular vocative)
draby (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Old Czech dráb, from Middle High German drabant, trabant. Doublet of drabant and trabant.


drift

en-noun

drift (countable and uncountable, plural drifts)

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

cog

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


extra

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


fortress

Early 14 c., from Old French forteresce, forteresse, forterece (“strong place, fortification”), variant of fortelesse, from Medieval Latin fortalitia, from Latin fortis (“strong”) (see fort) + -itia, added to adjectives to form nouns of quality or condition. French -ess, from Latin -itia is also in words such as duress, largesse and riches. For change of medial -l- to -r- in Old French, compare orne (“elm”) from ulmus; chartre from cartula and chapitre from capitulum. First attested in the 12th century.

der

(chess) A position that, if obtained by the weaker side, will prevent penetration by the opposing side, generally achieving a draw.


foul

en-adj

foul (comparative fouler, superlative foulest)

fouler (comparative)
foulest (superlative)

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

cog

Jones hit foul ball after foul ball.

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

оплетен

having freedom of motion interfered with by collision or entanglement


foul

en-verb

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

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

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

der

Smith fouled him hard.

The Gunners dominated for long periods but, against the run of play, Denilson fouled Max Gradel and Robert Snodgrass put Leeds ahead from the spot.

2011 January 8, Chris Bevan, “Arsenal 1 - 1 Leeds”, in BBC:

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

фаулирам

Smith fouled within the first minute of the quarter.

State begins fouling and UCLA misses a couple of front-end free throws on one-and-ones.

2009, Brandon Lang, Stanley Cohen, Beating the Odds: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of a Sports Handicapper, →ISBN:

(intransitive, basketball, soccer) To commit a foul.

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

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

Jones fouled for strike one.

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


foul

→ Cantonese: foul

→ Polish: faul

→ Russian: фол (fol)

→ Turkish: faul

Jones hit a foul up over the screen.

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


foundation

en-noun

foundation (countable and uncountable, plural foundations)

From Middle English foundacioun, fundacioun, from Old French fondacion, from Latin fundātiō (“founding, foundation”).

(card games) In solitaire or patience games, one of the piles of cards that the player attempts to build, usually holding all cards of a suit in ascending order.


gap

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

cog

Jones doubled through the gap.

(baseball) The regions between the outfielders.


grand

is-noun

grand n (genitive singular grands, nominative plural grönd)

grands (genitive singular)
grönd (nominative plural)
grand (indefinite nominative singular)
grandið (definite nominative singular)
grönd (indefinite nominative plural)
gröndin (definite nominative plural)
grand (accusative indefinite singular)
grandið (accusative definite singular)
grönd (accusative indefinite plural)
gröndin (accusative definite plural)
grandi (dative indefinite singular)
grandinu (dative definite singular)
gröndum (dative indefinite plural)
gröndunum (dative definite plural)
grands (genitive indefinite singular)
grandsins (definite genitive singular)
granda (genitive indefinite plural)
grandanna (definite genitive plural)

(card games) absence of trump cards/suits; no-trump


grief

en-verb

grief (third-person singular simple present griefs, present participle griefing, simple past and past participle griefed)

griefs (present singular third-person)
griefing (participle present)
griefed (participle past)
griefed (past)
greefe (alternative)
griefe (alternative)

From Middle English greef, gref, from Old French grief (“grave, heavy, grievous, sad”), from Latin gravis (“heavy, grievous, sad”). Doublet of grave.

der

While ban and his pals stand squarely in this tradition, they also stand for something new: the rise of organized griefing, grounded in online message-board communities and thick with in-jokes, code words, taboos, and an increasingly articulate sense of purpose. No longer just an isolated pathology, griefing has developed a full-fledged culture.

2008 January 18, Julian Dibbell, “Mutilated Furries, Flying Phalluses: Put the Blame on Griefers, the Sociopaths of the Virtual World”, in Wired:

(online gaming) To deliberately harass and annoy or cause grief to other players of a game in order to interfere with their enjoyment of it; especially, to do this as one’s primary activity in the game, and especially by exploiting game mechanics without using cheats to do so, often through acts of destruction or vandalism.


hake

Borrowed from Spanish jaque, from Old Spanish xaque, from Arabic شاه (šāh, “shah; king chess piece”), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ /šāh/, “king”). Doublet of tsek, tseke, and tses.


heave

en-noun

heave (countable and uncountable, plural heaves)

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

cog

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

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


invitation

en-noun

invitation (countable and uncountable, plural invitations)

From Middle English invitacioun, ynvytacioun, from Latin invītātio, reinforced by Middle French invitation. Displaced native Middle English lathinge from Old English laþung (see dialectal English lathing).

I assume also that opener would have shown no interest in slam by either bidding 4NT or 50 after the slam invitation of 46.

2001, Matthew Granovetter, Pamela Granovetter, The Best of Bridge Today Digest, page 113:

To any other invitation made by the captain, acceptance or refusal of the invitation is exclusively a question of points within the range advertised in the opening statement, and the invitation is always in the last called suit.

2011, Gerard Cohen, Bridge Is a Conversation: Part I: the Auction, page 71:

(bridge) A bid that tells one's partner that game or slam is likely if their hand is at the strong end of what they have indicated.


player

From Middle English pleyer, playere, from Old English pleġere (“player, athlete, wrestler”), from Proto-West Germanic *plegārī. Equivalent to play + -er.

inh

The player is free to create their own narrative within a much larger set of possible designed narrative options, or, given the geographic and dialogical openness of Morrowind, to refuse the creation of any narrative but their own and wander aimlessly through the game.

2015, Angus Slater, “Prophecy, Pre-destination, and Free-form Gameplay: The Nerevarine Prophecy in Bethesda’s ‘Morrowind’”, in Online: Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet, volume 7, →DOI, page 175:

(gaming, video games) A gamer; a player of video games or similar.

玩家

video games: gamer, gamester — see also gamer, gamester


knave

From Middle English knave, knafe, from Old English cnafa (“child, boy, youth; servant”), from Proto-West Germanic *knabō. Cognate to Dutch knaap and German Knabe.

(card games) A playing card marked with the figure of a servant or soldier; a jack.


lucky

From Middle English lukky, equivalent to luck + -y. Cognate with Scots lucky (“lucky”), West Frisian lokkich (“lucky, fortunate”), Dutch gelukkig (“lucky, fortunate, happy”). Compare also Danish lykkelig (“happy”), Swedish lycklig (“happy, lucky”), German glücklich (“happy”), Saterland Frisian glukkelk (“happy”).


mound

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

cog

The pitcher was waiting at the mound.

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


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)


piquet

picquet (alternative)
picket (alternative)

Maria my love you look grave. Come, you sit down to Piquet with Mr. Surface.

1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal, II.ii:

The two wedding parties met constantly in each other's apartments. After two or three nights the gentlemen of an evening had a little piquet, as their wives sate and chatted apart.

1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 22, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:

They would kick off their shoes and play piquet by candle-light.

We shall together challenge the Chevalier de Belleroche to piquet; and, while we are winning money from him, we shall have the even greater pleasure of hearing you sing with your charming teacher, to whom I shall propose it.

2007, Helen Constantine, translated by Choderlos de Laclos, Dangerous Liaisons, Penguin, page 35:

(card games) A game of cards for two people, with thirty-two cards, all the deuces, threes, fours, fives, and sixes being set aside.


poussette

(card games) A method of cheating in card games, whereby a player surreptitiously changes his or her stake after the cards are dealt.


prise

→ Dutch: prise

→ Greek: πρίζα (príza)

→ Persian: پریز (periz)

→ Romanian: priză

→ Turkish: priz


raid

From Scots raid, from Northern Middle English rade, from Old English rād (“a riding, an expedition on horseback, road”), whence also the inherited English road (“way, street”). The earlier senses of “a riding, expedition, raid” fell into disuse in Early Modern English, but were revived in the northern form raid by Walter Scott in the early 19th century. The use for a swift police operation appears in the later 19th century and may perhaps have been influenced by French razzia (similar in both original meaning and sound).

der

massively multiplayer online game
massively multiplayer online game

(online gaming) A large group in a massively multiplayer online game, consisting of multiple parties who team up to defeat a powerful enemy.


rally

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

LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-rally.wav

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

table tennis; badminton; table tennis; badminton


ree

ree class IX (canonical)
ree class X (plural)
rea (alternative)
rei (alternative)


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


reserve

en-noun

reserve (countable and uncountable, plural reserves)

From Old French reserver, from Latin reservō (“to reserve, retain”).

اِحْتِيَاط

that which is reserved or kept back, as for future use

рэзерва́цыя

tract of land reserved for Aboriginal people

Something initially kept back for later use in recreation.

(card games) A group or pile of cards dealt out at the beginning of a patience or solitaire game to be used during play.


retire

en-verb

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

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

/ɹəˈtaɪə(ɹ)/

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

Jones retired in favour of Smith.

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

luopua

cricket: to voluntarily stop batting before being dismissed

Jones retired Smith 6-3.

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

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

polttaa

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


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.


secondary

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

English numerals#Ordinal numbers
secondary

(American football, Canadian football) The defensive backs.


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.


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


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.


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.


slam

en-verb

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)


slam

desctree

→ French: chelem, schelem
→ English: chelem

Unknown and long-speculated, though perhaps at least reinforced by Etymology 1. Doublet of chelem.

(countable, card games) Losing or winning all the tricks in a game.

(countable, bridge) A bid of six (small slam) or seven (grand slam) in a suit or no trump.


slam

D having seven Spades in his Hand wins them, and consequently slams A and B

1742, Edmond Hoyle, A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist:

(transitive, card games) To defeat (opponents at cards) by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.

(intransitive, bridge) To make a slam bid.


slam

slamm (indefinite nominative singular)
slamms (genitive indefinite singular)
slammen (definite nominative singular)
slammens (definite genitive singular)
slammar (indefinite nominative plural)
slammars (genitive indefinite plural)
slammarna (definite nominative plural)
slammarnas (definite genitive plural)

Borrowed from English slam. Attested since 1787.

(card games) slam (winning all the tricks in a game, such as bridge)


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.


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

transitive: 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).


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.


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.


splice

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

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

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


splitter

lumper

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

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split-finger fastball
split-finger fastball


stack

stack (third-person singular simple present stacks, present participle stacking, simple past and past participle stacked)

stacks (present singular third-person)
stacking (participle present)
stacked (participle past)
stacked (past)

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From Middle English stack, stacke, stakke, stak, from Old Norse stakkr (“a barn; haystack; heap; pile”), from Proto-Germanic *stakkaz (“a barn; rick; haystack”).
The data structure sense is a calque of Dutch stapel, introduced by Edsger W. Dijkstra. Cognate with Icelandic stakkur (“stack”), Swedish stack (“stack”), Danish stak (“stack”), Norwegian stakk (“stack”). Related to stake and sauna.

натрупвам

To place objects or material in the form of a stack

This is the third hand in a row where you've drawn four of a kind. Someone is stacking the deck!

(transitive, card games) To arrange the cards in a deck in a particular manner, especially for cheating.

нареждам

A magical widget will double your mojo. And yes, they do stack: if you manage to get two magical widgets, your mojo will be quadrupled. With three, it will be octupled, and so forth.


swerve

en-noun

swerve (countable and uncountable, plural swerves)

From Middle English swerven, swarven, from Old English sweorfan (“to file; rub; polish; scour; turn aside”), from Proto-Germanic *swerbaną (“to rub off; wipe; mop”), from Proto-Indo-European *swerbʰ- (“to turn; wipe; sweep”). Cognate with West Frisian swerve (“to wander; roam; swerve”), Dutch zwerven (“to wander; stray; roam”), Low German swarven (“to swerve; wander; riot”), Swedish dialectal svärva (“to wipe”), Icelandic sverfa (“to file”).

cog

(cricket) Synonym of drift (“sideways movement imparted by spin bowler”)


marble

en-noun

marble (countable and uncountable, plural marbles)

From Middle English marble, marbre, from Anglo-Norman and Old French marbre, from Latin marmor, from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros), perhaps related to μαρμάρεος (marmáreos, “gleaming”). Much of the early classical marble came from the 'Marmaris' sea above the Aegean. The forms from French replaced Old English marma, which had previously been borrowed from Latin.

(countable, games) A small ball used in games, originally of marble but now usually of glass or ceramic.


tang

From Middle English tange, variant of tonge (“tongs, fang”), from Old Norse tangi (“pointed metal tool”), perhaps related to Old Norse tunga (“tongue”). But see also Middle Dutch tanger (“sharp, tart, pinching”).

ruoti

projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to some other part

angel

part of small instrument inserted into handle

Coordinate term: biscuit


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”)


underplay

en-verb

underplay (third-person singular simple present underplays, present participle underplaying, simple past and past participle underplayed)

underplays (present singular third-person)
underplaying (participle present)
underplayed (participle past)
underplayed (past)

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(transitive, card games) To play a low card when holding a high one, in the hope of a future advantage.

laistaa

card games: to play a low card when holding a high one


capote

From French capot (“bonnet”), first attested in the 17th century.

ref

José Pedro Machado (1995) “Capote”, in Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa: com a mais antiga documentação escrita e conhecida de muitos dos vocábulos estudados (in Portuguese), 7 edition, volume II, Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, →ISBN, page 63


ringer

(games) In the game of horseshoes, the event of the horseshoe landing around the pole.

(uncountable, games) A game of marbles where players attempt to knock each other's marbles out of a ring drawn on the ground.


wedgie

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


offside

en-adj

offside (comparative more offside, superlative most offside)

more offside (comparative)
most offside (superlative)
off-side (alternative)

From off- + side. Compare German Abseite (“remote area, backside”), German abseits (“out of the way, apart, aside”, adverb), Dutch afzijdig (“neutral, impartial”).

cog

(bridge) Unfavourably located, from the point of view of the player taking a finesse.


pointless

en-adj

pointless (comparative more pointless, superlative most pointless)

more pointless (comparative)
most pointless (superlative)
pointlesse (alternative)

From Middle English pointles, poynteles, poyntlees; equivalent to point + -less.

After four matches and four defeats, United remain pointless at the foot of the table.


seagull

en-verb

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)
sea gull (alternative)
sea-gull (alternative)

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.


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”)


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)
clipping (participle present)
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.


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.


bingo

en-noun

bingo (countable and uncountable, plural bingos)

→ Polish: bingo

Alternative form of bing, suggesting a ringing sound. Attested since 1925.

(countable, Scrabble, US) A play where all seven of a player's letter tiles are played, awarding a score bonus.


bush

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


honor

honor (countable and uncountable, plural honors)

From Middle English honour, honor, honur, from Anglo-Norman honour, honur, from Old French honor, from Latin honor.
Displaced Middle English menske (“honor, dignity among men”), from Old Norse menskr (“honor”).
The verb is from Middle English honouren, honuren (“to honor”).

оньо́р

card games: one of the most valuable cards

a prophet has no honor in his own country

a prophet is not without honor save in his own country

(countable, card games) In bridge, an ace, king, queen, jack, or ten especially of the trump suit; in some other games, an ace, king, queen or jack.


honor

honor (nominative singular)
honory (nominative plural)
honoru (genitive singular)
honorów (genitive plural)
honorowi (dative singular)
honorom (dative plural)
honor (accusative singular)
honory (accusative plural)
honorem (instrumental singular)
honorami (instrumental plural)
honorze (locative singular)
honorach (locative plural)
honorze (singular vocative)
honory (plural vocative)

desctree

→ Old Ruthenian: го́норъ (hónor), го́неръ (hóner)
Belarusian: го́нар (hónar)
Carpathian Rusyn: го́нор (hónor)
Ukrainian: го́нор (hónor); го́нір (hónir) (dialectal)
→ Middle Russian: го́норъ (gónor)
Russian: го́нор (gónor)

Inherited from Old Polish honor, from Latin honor.

(countable, bridge, card games) honor (in bridge: an ace, king, queen, jack, or ten, especially of the trump suit; in some other games: an ace, king, queen, or jack)


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.

(ambitransitive, 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)


reverse dunk

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


slam dunk

slam dunks (plural)
slam-dunk (alternative)
slamdunk (alternative)

(basketball) An impressively forceful dunk.


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.


SF

en-noun

SF (countable and uncountable, plural SFs)

→ Japanese: エスエフ, SF (SF)

(basketball) Initialism of small forward.


bestiary

Borrowed from Medieval Latin bēstiārium, from Latin bēstia (“beast, animal”). By surface analysis, beast + -ary.

(gaming) A list or guidebook of the monsters to be found in a roleplaying game.


cryptogram

cryptograms (plural)
cryptogramme (alternative)

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You already know this if you are an amateur codebreaker. On the comics pages of many newspapers, you will find a little puzzle known as a cryptogram. It's usually a famous quotation that has been encrypted in a very straightforward way […]

2007, Charles Seife, Decoding the Universe, Penguin, →ISBN:

(games) A type of word puzzle in which text encoded by a simple cipher is to be decoded.


गज

gaja (romanization)
गजः (nominative singular)
गजौ (dual nominative)
गजा1 (dual nominative)
गजाः (nominative plural)
गजासः1 (nominative plural)
गज (singular vocative)
गजौ (dual vocative)
गजा1 (dual vocative)
गजाः (plural vocative)
गजासः1 (plural vocative)
गजम् (accusative singular)
गजौ (accusative dual)
गजा1 (accusative dual)
गजान् (accusative plural)
गजेन (instrumental singular)
गजाभ्याम् (dual instrumental)
गजैः (instrumental plural)
गजेभिः1 (instrumental plural)
गजाय (dative singular)
गजाभ्याम् (dative dual)
गजेभ्यः (dative plural)
गजात् (ablative singular)
गजाभ्याम् (ablative dual)
गजेभ्यः (ablative plural)
गजस्य (genitive singular)
गजयोः (dual genitive)
गजानाम् (genitive plural)
गजे (locative singular)
गजयोः (dual locative)
गजेषु (locative plural)

Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀕𑀅 (gaa)

Pali: gaja

→ Thai: คชา (ká-chaa), คช (kót)

→ Acehnese: gajah

→ Balinese: ᬕᬚᬄ (gajah)

→ Banjarese: gajah

→ Toba Batak: ᯎᯐ (gaja)

→ Bikol Central: gagdya

→ Cebuano: gadya

→ Chinese: 伽耶 (qiéyé)

→ Gorontalo: gaja

→ Hiligaynon: gadyo

→ Hindi: गज (gaj)

→ Ilocano: gadia

→ Javanese: ꦒꦗꦃ (gajah)

→ Kannada: ಗಜ (gaja)

→ Ledo Kaili: gaja

→ Kapampangan: gagdia

→ Madurese: ꦓꦙ (ghajha)

desctree

→ Malay: gajah
Indonesian: gajah
→ Bikol Central: gadyâ
→ Cebuano: gadyâ
→ Maguindanao: gajah
→ Tagalog: gadya
→ Tausug: gadja

→ Malayalam: ഗജം (gajaṁ)

→ Minangkabau: gajah

→ Old Gujarati: गज (gaja)

→ Marwari: गज (gaj) (learned)

→ Molbog: gaja

→ Brooke's Point Palawano: gadya

→ Sasak: gajah

→ Sika: glajak

→ Sundanese: ᮌᮏᮂ (gajah)

→ Tagalog: gadya

→ Tamil: கஜம் (kajam)

→ Telugu: గజము (gajamu)

→ Tulu: ಗಜ (gaja)

→ Urdu: گج (gaj)

→ Waray-Waray: gadya

→ Wolio: gaja

→ English: gaja (learned)

Of uncertain, possibly substrate, origin.

(chaturanga) gaja, a chaturanga piece ancestral to the bishop in chess


FT

en-noun

FT (countable and uncountable, plural FTs)


todo

Borrowed from Spanish todo. Doublet of todas.

(gambling) entirely put as bet in a single game


todo

(gambling) act of betting all one's money in a single game


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.


half-court line

half-court line (plural half-court lines)

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


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


DFA

(baseball) Initialism of designated for assignment.


sweet sixteen

sweet sixteens (plural)
sweet 16 (alternative)

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old lady

Watch out for that old lady waiting for you.


miniature

/ˈmɪn(i)ət͡ʃʊəɹ/

/ˈmɪnɪt͡ʃəɹ/

Borrowed from Italian miniatura (“manuscript illumination”), from miniare (“to illuminate”), from Latin miniō (“to colour red”), from minium (“red lead”).

bor

(chess) A chess game which is concluded with very few moves.


गृह

gṛhá (romanization)
गृहम् (nominative singular)
गृहे (dual nominative)
गृहाणि (nominative plural)
गृहा1 (nominative plural)
गृह (singular vocative)
गृहे (dual vocative)
गृहाणि (plural vocative)
गृहा1 (plural vocative)
गृहम् (accusative singular)
गृहे (accusative dual)
गृहाणि (accusative plural)
गृहा1 (accusative plural)
गृहेण (instrumental singular)
गृहाभ्याम् (dual instrumental)
गृहैः (instrumental plural)
गृहेभिः1 (instrumental plural)
गृहाय (dative singular)
गृहाभ्याम् (dative dual)
गृहेभ्यः (dative plural)
गृहात् (ablative singular)
गृहाभ्याम् (ablative dual)
गृहेभ्यः (ablative plural)
गृहस्य (genitive singular)
गृहयोः (dual genitive)
गृहाणाम् (genitive plural)
गृहे (locative singular)
गृहयोः (dual locative)
गृहेषु (locative plural)

Ashokan Prakrit: *𑀕𑀭𑁆𑀳 (*garha) (see there for further descendants)

Dardic:

Kashmiri: گَرٕ (garụ), गरॖ (garụ)

Pali: gaha, ghara

→ Khmer: ឃរ (khɔɔ) (learned)

→ Bengali: গৃহ (grihô) (learned)

→ Hindustani: (learned)

Hindi: गृह (gŕh)

→ Kannada: ಗೃಹ (gṛha) (learned)

→ Malay: gerha (learned)

Indonesian: gerha

desc

→ Malayalam: ഗൃഹം (gr̥haṁ), കിരിയം (kiriyaṁ) (learned)

→ Nepali: गृह (gr̥ha) (learned)

→ Old Javanese: gṛha, gerha, greha, griya (learned)

Javanese: graha, griya

→ Indonesian: gerha, graha, greha, griya

→ Old Javanese: ghāra (“wife”)

desctree

Javanese: ꦒꦂꦮ (garwa, “wife”)
→ Indonesian: garwa
→ Sundanese: ᮌᮁᮝ (garwa)

→ Old Khmer: graha (learned)

Khmer: គ្រឹហា (krɨhaa)

→ Odia: ଗୃହ (gruha) (learned)

desc

→ Tamil: கிரகம் (kirakam), கிருகம் (kirukam)

→ Telugu: గృహము (gr̥hamu) (learned)

→ Thai: คฤห (krʉ́) (learned)

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ-der.
Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰr̥dʰás
Sanskrit गृह (gṛha)
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰr̥dʰás (“house”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰr̥dʰ-ó-s, from *gʰerdʰ- (“enclosure”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬜𐬀 (gər^əδa), Old Church Slavonic градъ (gradŭ, “city”), English yard.


remis

Das Spiel endete remis.

(chess, sports) in a draw; the result being a draw


SOS

(games) A children's game in which players take turns to place S's and O's on a grid, collecting points by creating an "SOS" sequence.


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.


twink

I certainly don't consider myself a twink; however it seems that anyone who doesn't agree with another's point of view is automatically labelled as such.

1997, Flower of the Night, “Looking for a mud”, in rec.games.mud.diku (Usenet):

You will not find any stock. You will not find any easy mobs. You will not find any +100 dam 'big swords of I win'. You will not find twink mudders. You will not hear about how Jim the Kewl dOOd scored last night at his sister's birthday party. You will not find bots.

1997, Gov't Cheeze, “[AD/REQUEST] Builders and Players (twinks need not apply)”, in rec.games.mud.admin (Usenet):

Bind-on-account was an innovation that allowed players to transfer goods to their own twinks, but not to those of other players.

2015, Richard A. Bartle, MMOs from the Inside Out, page 154:

Characters who were obvious twinks, possessing equipment well beyond their means, were subject to public criticism.

2016, Timothy Rowlands, Video Game Worlds: Working at Play in the Culture of EverQuest, page 71:

(gaming, derogatory) A player (or character created by a player) in a multi-user dungeon or other roleplaying game who engages in obnoxious or abusive behaviour, especially one who uses a higher-level character to give advanced equipment to one of their own lower-level characters.


twink

en-verb

twink (third-person singular simple present twinks, present participle twinking, simple past and past participle twinked)

twinks (present singular third-person)
twinking (participle present)
twinked (participle past)
twinked (past)

Twinking happens in virtual worlds with PD, but not to the same extent.

2004, Richard A. Bartle, Designing Virtual Worlds, page 429:

However, the taboo surrounding twinking had all but disappeared by the time I started playing again in 2004.

2016, Timothy Rowlands, Video Game Worlds: Working at Play in the Culture of EverQuest:

He used real money to buy large amounts of in-game gold then 'twinked' his new character with the best gear, upgrading as his level rapidly increased.

2018, Adam Drake, Shadow For Hire Books 1-4:

That the twinked little brat doesn't want to mention that the only reason she won a single game was that daddy cut her a fat check.

2020, Alex Maven, ForeverQuest: Online Battle Arena:

(intransitive, gaming, derogatory) To engage in obnoxious or abusive behaviour in a multi-user dungeon or other roleplaying game, for example by griefing or by equipping a low-level character with advanced equipment from another player.


Zugzwang

de-noun

Zugzwang m (strong, genitive Zugzwangs or Zugzwanges, plural Zugzwänge)

Zugzwangs (genitive)
Zugzwanges (genitive)
Zugzwänge (plural)
Zugzwang (nominative singular)
Zugzwänge (definite nominative plural)
Zugzwangs (genitive singular)
Zugzwanges (genitive singular)
Zugzwänge (definite genitive plural)
Zugzwang (dative singular)
Zugzwange (dative singular)
Zugzwängen (dative definite plural)
Zugzwang (accusative singular)
Zugzwänge (accusative definite plural)

→ Armenian: Ցուգցվանգ (Cʻugcʻvang)

→ English: zugzwang

→ French: zugzwang

→ Russian: цугцва́нг (cugcváng)

From Zug (“move”) + Zwang (“compulsion”).

Kühe können entlang den Linien um ein Feld gezogen werden. Sie können nicht springen und nicht schlagen. Für beide Parteien gilt Zugzwang. Für den Leoparden gilt kein Schlagzwang.

2006, Claus Voigt, “Kühe und Leoparden [Cows and Leopards]”, in Asiatische Spiele [Asian Games], Humboldt, page 75:

Cows can be moved along the lines by one square. They cannot jump nor capture any piece. Both players are forced to make a move. The leopard is not forced to capture a piece if possible.

(games, especially chess) Synonym of Zugpflicht (“the rule that a player cannot forgo a move”)


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


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.


racial

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(gaming) A skill possessed by all characters of a certain race.


MUD

multi-user dungeon
multi-user dungeon#English

(video games, online gaming) Acronym of multi-user dungeon: an interactive online environment in which players may jointly engage in fantasy role-playing games.


ege

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


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.


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


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.


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


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.

(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.


reina

Inherited from Old Catalan reïna (with a shift in stress), from Latin rēgīna.


reina

→ Cebuano: rayna

→ Papiamentu: reina

→ Tagalog: reyna

Inherited from Old Spanish reyna (with a shift in stress), from Latin rēgīna. Compare Italian regina and Portuguese rainha.


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.


فيل

ar-noun

فِيل • (fīl) m (dual فِيلَان (fīlān), plural فِيَلَة (fiyala) or فُيُول (fuyūl) or أَفْيَال (ʔafyāl), feminine فِيلَة (fīla))

فِيل (canonical)
fīl (romanization)
فِيلَان (dual)
فِيَلَة (plural)
فُيُول (plural)
أَفْيَال (plural)
فِيلَة (feminine)
فِيل (indefinite informal singular triptote)
الْفِيل (definite informal singular triptote)
فِيل (construct informal singular triptote)
فِيلٌ (indefinite nominative singular triptote)
الْفِيلُ (definite nominative singular triptote)
فِيلُ (construct nominative singular triptote)
فِيلًا (accusative indefinite singular triptote)
الْفِيلَ (accusative definite singular triptote)
فِيلَ (accusative construct singular triptote)
فِيلٍ (genitive indefinite singular triptote)
الْفِيلِ (definite genitive singular triptote)
فِيلِ (construct genitive singular triptote)
فِيلَيْن (dual indefinite informal singular triptote)
الْفِيلَيْن (definite dual informal singular triptote)
فِيلَيْ (construct dual informal singular triptote)
فِيلَانِ (dual indefinite nominative singular triptote)
الْفِيلَانِ (definite dual nominative singular triptote)
فِيلَا (construct dual nominative singular triptote)
فِيلَيْنِ (accusative dual indefinite singular triptote)
الْفِيلَيْنِ (accusative definite dual singular triptote)
فِيلَيْ (accusative construct dual singular triptote)
فِيلَيْنِ (dual genitive indefinite singular triptote)
الْفِيلَيْنِ (definite dual genitive singular triptote)
فِيلَيْ (construct dual genitive singular triptote)
فِيَلَة (ar-infl-a broken-form indefinite informal plural triptote)
فُيُول (ar-infl-a broken-form indefinite informal plural triptote)
أَفْيَال (ar-infl-a broken-form indefinite informal plural triptote)
الْفِيَلَة (ar-infl-a broken-form definite informal plural triptote)
الْفُيُول (ar-infl-a broken-form definite informal plural triptote)
الْأَفْيَال (ar-infl-a broken-form definite informal plural triptote)
فِيَلَة (ar-infl-a broken-form construct informal plural triptote)
فُيُول (ar-infl-a broken-form construct informal plural triptote)
أَفْيَال (ar-infl-a broken-form construct informal plural triptote)
فِيَلَةٌ (ar-infl-a broken-form indefinite nominative plural triptote)
فُيُولٌ (ar-infl-a broken-form indefinite nominative plural triptote)
أَفْيَالٌ (ar-infl-a broken-form indefinite nominative plural triptote)
الْفِيَلَةُ (ar-infl-a broken-form definite nominative plural triptote)
الْفُيُولُ (ar-infl-a broken-form definite nominative plural triptote)
الْأَفْيَالُ (ar-infl-a broken-form definite nominative plural triptote)
فِيَلَةُ (ar-infl-a broken-form construct nominative plural triptote)
فُيُولُ (ar-infl-a broken-form construct nominative plural triptote)
أَفْيَالُ (ar-infl-a broken-form construct nominative plural triptote)
فِيَلَةً (accusative ar-infl-a broken-form indefinite plural triptote)
فُيُولًا (accusative ar-infl-a broken-form indefinite plural triptote)
أَفْيَالًا (accusative ar-infl-a broken-form indefinite plural triptote)
الْفِيَلَةَ (accusative ar-infl-a broken-form definite plural triptote)
الْفُيُولَ (accusative ar-infl-a broken-form definite plural triptote)
الْأَفْيَالَ (accusative ar-infl-a broken-form definite plural triptote)
فِيَلَةَ (accusative ar-infl-a broken-form construct plural triptote)
فُيُولَ (accusative ar-infl-a broken-form construct plural triptote)
أَفْيَالَ (accusative ar-infl-a broken-form construct plural triptote)
فِيَلَةٍ (ar-infl-a broken-form genitive indefinite plural triptote)
فُيُولٍ (ar-infl-a broken-form genitive indefinite plural triptote)
أَفْيَالٍ (ar-infl-a broken-form genitive indefinite plural triptote)
الْفِيَلَةِ (ar-infl-a broken-form definite genitive plural triptote)
الْفُيُولِ (ar-infl-a broken-form definite genitive plural triptote)
الْأَفْيَالِ (ar-infl-a broken-form definite genitive plural triptote)
فِيَلَةِ (ar-infl-a broken-form construct genitive plural triptote)
فُيُولِ (ar-infl-a broken-form construct genitive plural triptote)
أَفْيَالِ (ar-infl-a broken-form construct genitive plural triptote)

desc

فیل / фил / fil

→ Azerbaijani: فیل / фил / fil (fil)

fil / фил / פאִל

→ Judeo-Tat: fil / фил / פאִל (fil / фил / fil)

→ Central Kurdish: فیل (fîl)

→ Middle Armenian: ֆիլ (fil)

Armenian: ֆիլ (fil)

→ Old Norse: fíll

Faroese: fílur

Icelandic: fíll

⇒ Old Norse: fílsbein (“ivory”)

Icelandic: fílsbein

Danish: filsben

desctree

→ Ottoman Turkish: فیل (fil), ֆիլ (fil) — Armeno-Turkish
Turkish: fil
→ Albanian: fil
→ Laz: ჶილი (fili)
→ Serbo-Croatian: fȉl /фи̏л

desc

⇒ Ottoman Turkish: فیل دیشی (fildişi, “ivory”)

Turkish: fildişi

→ Romanian: fildeș

фѝлдиш / fìldiš

→ Serbo-Croatian: фѝлдиш / fìldiš

→ Greek: φίλντισι (fílntisi)

desctree

→ Persian: فیل (fil)
→ Bashkir: фил (fil)
→ Yagnobi: фил (fil)
→ Chechen: пийл (piı̇l)
→ Georgian: ჶილი (fili) — Fereydan
→ Hindi: फ़ील (fīl)
→ Kazakh: піл (pıl)
→ Kyrgyz: пил (pil)
→ Northern Kurdish: fîl
→ Pashto: پيل (pil)
→ Tajik: фил (fil)
→ Tatar: фил (fil)
→ Turkmen: pil
→ Urdu: فیل (fīl)
→ Uyghur: پىل (pil)
→ Uzbek: fil

→ Old Spanish: alfil (“bishop (chess)”)

Spanish: alfil

→ Asturian: alfil

→ Galician: alfil

→ Catalan: alfil

desc

عَظْم اَلْفِيل

⇒ Arabic: عَظْم اَلْفِيل (ʕaẓm al-fīl, “ivory”)

→ Old Spanish: almalfil

Spanish: marfil

→ Galician: marfil

→ Catalan: marfil

→ Old Galician-Portuguese: marfil, almafil

Portuguese: marfim

From Middle Persian pyl (/pīl/), from Akkadian 𒄠𒋛 (/pīru/), related to Egyptian ꜣbw Ab-b-w-E26 (root of English elephant).
Cognate with Aramaic פִּילָא (pīlā) and Hebrew פיל (píl). Compare also Old Armenian փիղ (pʻił), Persian پیل (pil), Sanskrit पीलु (pīlu).

(chess) bishop (use the dual to pluralize)


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.


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.


Sau

From Middle High German sū, from Old High German sū, from Proto-West Germanic *sū. Cognate with German Sau.


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.


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.

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 entrar, from Latin intrāre. Cognate with English enter.


pasko

From Spanish pascua, from Vulgar Latin pascua, from Latin pascha, from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha, “Passover”), from Aramaic פסחא (paskha), from Hebrew פסח (pesakh).


meld

en-verb

meld (third-person singular simple present melds, present participle melding, simple past and past participle melded)

melds (present singular third-person)
melding (participle present)
melded (participle past)
melded (past)

The verb is probably borrowed from Dutch melden (“to announce; to let (someone) know, report; (specifically) to declare in a card game”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *melþōn (“to announce, declare; to inform”), and Proto-Indo-European *meldʰ- (“to ask; to pray; to speak”).
The noun is derived from the verb.
Cognates
* Dutch melden
* Old English meldian (“to announce, declare; to inform, notify”) (Middle English melden (“to accuse, inform against; to announce, declare”))

свалям

(transitive) to announce or play (a combination of cards); (intransitive) to announce or play a combination of playing cards

Especially in games of the rummy family:

(transitive) To announce or play (a combination of playing cards) and thus score points.

(intransitive) To announce or play a combination of playing cards and thus score points.