rein-back

rein-backs (plural)
reinback (alternative)

(equestrianism) The two-beat movement in which a horse is asked to back up. The horse picks up and sets down its feet almost in diagonal pairs, and moves straight backwards with the line of the forelegs following those of the hind legs.


banana slice

(golf) Synonym of slice (“shot that curves unintentionally”)


Texas wedge

(golf, slang) The putter, when used to take a shot that is not on the green.


advance the ball

en-verb

advance the ball (third-person singular simple present advances the ball, present participle advancing the ball, simple past and past participle advanced the ball)

advances the ball (present singular third-person)
advancing the ball (participle present)
advanced the ball (participle past)
advanced the ball (past)

Osweiler finished the game 22 for 41 for a measly 131 yards. He was sacked just once but spent the evening throwing short, ineffective passes that did little to advance the ball.

2016 October 25, Matt Bonesteel, “The Texans have a Brock Osweiler problem”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 2019-01-02:

(sports, of ball games) To move the ball closer to the goal.


race of truth

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possession arrow

en-noun

possession arrow (plural possession arrows)

Faced with all that countervailing authority, the best respondent could realistically hope for is that we declare §101(27) a jump ball. And under our clear-statement rule, a jump ball is as good as a possession arrow favoring the party opposing the abrogation of sovereign immunity.

2023, Lac Du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. Coughlin (U.S. Supreme Court No. 22–227), Justice Gorsuch (dissenting opinion)

(basketball) An arrow that determines which side possesses the ball in cases where it is otherwise unclear. In such cases, possession of the ball is awarded to the team that is moving in the direction of the possession arrow on offense.


Chinese homer

Chinese home run
Chinese home run#English

(US, baseball, slang) Synonym of Chinese home run


Granby roll

Named for Granby High School in Norfolk, Virginia, where it was popularized by coach Billy Martin, Sr.

(wrestling) A reversal performed from an inferior position, usually when the top wrestler has a hold upon the lower wrestler's waist from the side or when moving to "take the back". The bottom wrestler rises slightly and cross-steps under his own body, using it to post as they kick high with the other leg and perform a shoulder roll to the inside shoulder, achieving either an escape or a reversal with possible back points on the other wrestler.


fisherman buster

fisherman buster (plural fisherman busters)

(wrestling) A variation of the brainbuster in which the wrestler hooks the opponent's leg to lift them off the ground, and then performs a fisherman's suplex.


qualifying round

qualifying round (plural qualifying rounds)

(sports) A preliminary game in a cup competition after which the winner progresses to the championship competition.

selejtezőkör

A preliminary game designed to find a winner


GIDP

(baseball) Initialism of ground into double play: a double play initiated by a batter hitting a ground ball.


umpire-in-chief

(baseball) The umpire in charge of the entire game, in cases where there is more than one umpire.


front nine

(golf) The first nine holes of the 18 holes that make up a golf course.


back nine

(golf) The final nine holes of the 18 holes that make up a golf course.


celebrappeal

(cricket) An overenthusiastic appeal in the form of a celebration, without waiting for the umpire to give the batter out.


celebrappeal

en-verb

celebrappeal (third-person singular simple present celebrappeals, present participle celebrappealing, simple past and past participle celebrappealed)

celebrappeals (present singular third-person)
celebrappealing (participle present)
celebrappealed (participle past)
celebrappealed (past)

(cricket) The act of making a celebrappeal.


ice wagon

He can't hit a thing or he can't get it over the base, or he's an ice wagon on the bases, they say.

1914, William T. Ellis, "Billy" Sunday: The Man and His Message, Philadelphia, P.A.: Universal Book and Bible House, page 274:

A veteran first-baseman-catcher, Duke Jantzen, who had played briefly with the Texas Midland in 1896, was engaged as player-manager. Tall and ungainly, Jantzen could wallop a baseball over the outfielders, but he was an "ice wagon"—too slow to get past third.

1987, Bill O'Neal, The Texas League, 1888–1987: A Century of Baseball, Austin, T.X.: Eakin Press, →ISBN, page 290:


DPi

en-noun

DPi (countable and uncountable, plural DPis)

(motor racing) Initialism of Daytona prototype, international.: A racing prototype sports car classification. A derivative of IMSA DP (“Daytona prototypes”), with some homologation with FIA standards, for international racing suitable for both FIA and IMSA sanctioning.

Daytona prototype

(motor racing) A race car conforming to this class.


LMDh

LMDh (countable and uncountable, plural LMDhs)

(motor racing) Initialism of Le Mans-Daytona hypercar.: A classification of racing prototype sports cars for endurance racing, available under IMSA and FIA WEC sanctioned races.

Le Mans-Daytona hypercar

(motor racing) A race car of this class.


all-everything

Adam was a great soccer player. From the time he was four or five, he was just a beast. He was the kid that took every throw-in, every goal kick, every free kick, every penalty kick. When he became a teenager, he was a monster. He was all-everything.

2012, Simon Keith, Jason Cole, Tom Yaeger, Heart for the Game: The Incredible Saga of Simon Keith, Nexus Publishing, Inc., →ISBN, page 36:

Blazers / For those who sympathize for the all-everything player, this scenario is for you.

2019 January 15, Mike Botticello, “7 Teams We'd Like To See Anthony Davis Join”, in Complex, New York, N.Y.: Complex Networks, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-07-07:

(sports slang) Of a player: having an extremely broad range of skills.


mashie iron

(golf, dated) An obsolete golf club, the equivalent of a modern 4-iron.


drop handlebar

(cycling, chiefly in the plural) A type of curved handlebar typically used on racing bicycles.


Abalakov thread

Abalakov thread (plural Abalakov threads)

Invented by Soviet climber Vitaly Abalakov.

(climbing) A climbing aid consisting of a hook-like device that allows a length of cord or webbing to be threaded through two holes drilled in the ice.


outfield player

outfield player (plural outfield players)

(ball games) Any of the players on a team other than the goalkeeper.


Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method

An extension of the Duckworth-Lewis method by Australian statistician Steven Stern.

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


D/L/S

Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method
Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method


British Open

(golf) An informal name for the Open Championship, the oldest golf tournament in the world


pencil fever

(horse racing, slang, obsolete) The situation where punters discover that a horse is almost certain to lose, and so become eager to lay bets against it.


sudden victory

sudden victory (countable and uncountable, plural sudden victories)


shaftie

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(cycling, informal) Alternative form of shafty


shafty

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At the rear, you'll find a single, centrally mounted shock, the now-familiar single-sided swingarm and BMW's Paralever shaft-drive system, which does away with most of a shafty's chassis-jacking bugaboos.

1994, Cycle World Magazine, volume 33, number 1, page 49:

(cycling, informal) A bicycle that uses a driveshaft instead of a chain to transmit power from the pedals to the wheel.


get the thumb

en-verb

get the thumb (third-person singular simple present gets the thumb, present participle getting the thumb, simple past got the thumb, past participle (UK) got the thumb or (US) gotten the thumb)

gets the thumb (present singular third-person)
getting the thumb (participle present)
got the thumb (past)
got the thumb (UK participle past)
gotten the thumb (US participle past)

From the “point thumb over shoulder” motion prescribed in many sports as the referee signal to indicate that a player or coach has been ejected.

Rogers got the thumb for shoving the linesman after being called offside.

(sports) To be ejected from a game or match.


deep diving

Coordinate term: technical diving

(underwater diving) Underwater diving to a depth beyond the norm accepted by the associated community.


deep diver

(underwater diving) A person who engages in deep diving.


omegaball

en-noun

omegaball (countable and uncountable, plural omegaballs)

omegaballs (plural)
omega-ball (alternative)
omega ball (alternative)
OmegaBall (alternative)

From omega + ball. From being the ultimate in soccer variants.

(sports) A variant of soccer (“association football”), played on a round pitch with more than two teams, and associated goals.


steinholding

From stein (“beer mug”) + holding. Calque of German Maßkrugstemmen.

stein-holding (alternative)
stein holding (alternative)

(sports) A competitive sport developed from the game.


fanzone

fanzones (plural)
fan zone (alternative)

From fan + zone: Originally a capitalized brand name for an official version of the sports venue and for the website.

The site is now highly interactive and features a “fanzone” page with arcade-like games, fan bulletin board and chat rooms, social media links to content on Facebook and Twitter, RSS feeds, video and audio archives, […]

2011, Linda E. Swayne, Mark Dodds, Encyclopedia of Sports Management and Marketing, page 976:

Each football game was covered by ten cameras and was supplemented by such innovations as instant highlights of a game in progress, the player-cam, the fanzone commentary, the clean feed without commentary and, for the Ryder Cup, the option of the American commentary.

2016, Geoff Ward, Peter J. Anderson, The Future of Journalism in the Advanced Democracies, page 161:

A fanzone format includes fan access with contributors via Skype, in addition to the usual methods, such as SMS text, email, and Twitter.

2016, M. Milne, The Transformation of Television Sport: New Methods, New Rules, page 70:

On the football (soccer) pitch these include: regular viewing angle; bird's-eye view; goal-to-goal; 'player-cam'; highlights reel; and 'fanzone'.

2016, Rob Conkie, Writing Performative Shakespeares, page 69:

The fanzone allows users to post content including videos, text, audio files, and photographs to extra Time servers based in London to be shared among other fans of sporting clubs,

2019, Andrew Murray, Information Technology Law: The Law and Society, page 272:

(sports) A website that allows fans to chat, post commentary, link to feeds of games, etc, as well as the option to view fan commentary from such a site.

Zenit St Petersburg won the match but the major news story came from Rangers supporters' behaviour in a 'fanzone' erected at Manchester's Piccadilly Gardens.

2009, International Review for the Sociology of Sport - Volume 44, page 381:

Then we resumed watching it on big screens again, even bigger screens, in parks and fanzones, even in our team's home stadium when they were playing somewhere far away.

2014, Rob Steen, Floodlights and Touchlines: A History of Spectator Sport:

It also included attending eight World Cup games, including the Japan–US final, and watching most of the rest in large public fanzones.

2018, David Kilpatrick, The State of the Field: Ideologies, Identities and Initiatives:

Some of the fighting even sparked off back in downtown Warsaw in the Plac Defilad, where tournament organizers had constructed a fanzone which saw both Russians and Poles conversing and drinking sideby-side peacefully throughout the day.

2021, Kausik Bandyopadhyay, Face to Face: Enduring Rivalries in World Soccer:

(sports) A venue created for fans of a team, including large screens for watching the game, team-oriented merchandise, and, optionally, other attractions and activities.


spaghetti stringing

(tennis) A style of stringing a tennis racket with two sets of main strings and five parallel pairs of cross strings that are not interwoven with those main strings, designed to impart maximum spin to the ball.


spaghetti-strung

(tennis) Of a tennis racket: strung according to the spaghetti stringing method.


spaghetti string

spaghetti string (plural spaghetti strings)

(tennis) A string forming part of a tennis racket strung according to the spaghetti stringing method.


air integration

(underwater diving) A feature on dive computers that measures, displays, and monitors pressure in one or more diving cylinders.


blue-chipper

(sports, informal) A talented collegiate athlete who is targeted by professional sports teams.


flat stick

flat sticks (plural)
flatstick (alternative)

As I walked (it was time for a break) off the fourteenth green, it hit me what I'd just done: I'd just birdied five holes in a row while running—without a putter. I've never birdied those holes consecutively before or since that moment, and I've played them dozens of times with my trusty flatstick in the bag and plenty of time to read the green.

2007, Christopher Smith, I've Got 99 Swing Thoughts but "Hit the Ball" Ain't One, New York, N.Y.: Crown Publishers, →ISBN, page 21:

Cameron Smith's 150th Open Championship came, above all else, with his putter. And deservedly so. His flat stick caught fire on Sunday, helping him onto five birdies to start the back nine and a 64 seize the trophy from Rory McIlroy's grasp.

2022 July 17, Luke Kerr-Dineen, “How the beer-loving Cameron Smith lost weight — and gained distance”, in Golf Magazine, New York, N.Y.: EB Golf Media LLC, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-12-06:

(golf) A golf club intended for putting; a putter.


peanut ball

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(athletics, exercise) An exercise ball comprised of two bulbous lobes and a narrower connecting portion, used in posture exercises, promoting labor, etc.


permabulk

en-verb

permabulk (third-person singular simple present permabulks, present participle permabulking, simple past and past participle permabulked)

permabulks (present singular third-person)
permabulking (participle present)
permabulked (participle past)
permabulked (past)

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I love permabulking stories. I was a permabulker myself at one point and I am fully convinced the reason I have problem fat areas–the lower back, love handles, and lower glute areas–is because I permabulked. Something about permabulking, I don’t KNOW, but believe it creates problems down the road, sometimes long term, difficult problems. I think it screws up skin tautness and makes dieting in the future problematic.

(bodybuilding, slang, intransitive) To bulk for an indefinite period of time, often with no regard for calories or nutrients.


permabulk

Here in the meanwhile of the permabulk, eating around 4000kcal a day.

(bodybuilding, slang) An extended period of bulking.


permabulking

(bodybuilding, slang) The act of bulking indefinitely.


permabulker

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From perma- + bulker or from permabulk + -er.

(bodybuilding, slang) A person that bulks for an indefinite period of time, often disregarding calories and nutrients.


chart caller

chart callers (plural)
chart-caller (alternative)
chartcaller (alternative)

The chartcallers' routine goes something like this: When the horses come onto the track, chartcallers jot down equipment information -- which runners are wearing blinkers, bandages on their forelegs, special horse shoes. While this is going on, they memorize and match the color of each jockey's silks to his mount's name. Or, as is the case with Feustle and most newer chartcallers, the number on the saddle cloth.

2003 May 16, John Scheinman, “Chartcallers, Setting the Track Record”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-08-18:

When Jim Bishop was an Equibase chartcaller himself several seasons back, he would sometimes stray from the pre-programmed database comments and get creative with his past performance charts. For sorry horses such as Regal Bishop, he liked to utilize his favorite selfcoined disparity: Appeared to dislike racing.

2007, T. D. Thornton, Not by a Long Shot: A Season at a Hard Luck Horse Track, New York, N.Y.: PublicAffairs, →ISBN, page 42:

The technology has been sufficiently accurate that Equibase has changed its method of charting races at tracks using the system. Historically, the details of every race have been gathered by a chart-caller who watches the action through binoculars and calls out numbers to a partner. Now Trakus produces the charts, though the data still requires oversight and tweaking by Equibase personnel.

2012 February 8, Andrew Beyer, “New racing technology could offer vast amounts of data to handicappers”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-08-18:

Another, Jamie Zoeller, was a Pavement superfan. He met Nastanovich at a bar in Chicago in the '90s, and Nastanovich told him about his Derby house. Nastanovich (now a chart caller at Prairie Meadows racetrack in Altoona, Iowa) wrote down the address on a bar napkin, and Zoeller carried it around in his wallet until one day he made it, in 1999.

2021 May 1, Melissa Hoppert, “At This Kentucky Derby Party House, Everyone Is ’Like Family’”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-04-28:

(horse racing) A person who is responsible for systemically recording the performance of the racehorses throughout a horse race.


penalty card

(sports) A card shown or presented by an official to indicate that a player has committed an offense.


ego lifting

(weightlifting, informal) The act of lifting more than one can fully handle, often in an attempt to show off.


clerk of the course

en-noun

clerk of the course (plural clerks of the course or clerks of courses)

clerks of the course (plural)
clerks of courses (plural)

(horse racing) An official responsible for track management and raceday preparation at a racecourse.

(motor racing) An official responsible for various aspects of circuit operation, such as overseeing track conditions, communicating with course marshals, and dispatching safety and rescue teams.


string saver

(tennis) Each of the small pieces of plastic or other material placed at the intersections of strings of a tennis racket, to reduce friction and extend the racket's life.


Sdrol

sdrol (alternative)
s-drol (alternative)
S-Drol (alternative)

(bodybuilding slang) The anabolic steroid Methyldrostanolone, also known as Superdrol


Adrol

adrol (alternative)
a-drol (alternative)
A-Drol (alternative)
Drol (alternative)
drol (alternative)

(bodybuilding slang) The anabolic steroid Oxymetholone, also known as Anadrol


Dbol

dbol (alternative)
D-Bol (alternative)
D-bol (alternative)

(bodybuilding slang) The anabolic steroid methandrostenolone, also known as Dianabol


newbie gains

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(bodybuilding, slang) Rapid increases in muscle mass when a person begins training.


RUFC

Ramsbottom United F.C.
w:Ramsbottom United F.C.

(soccer)
Initialism of Ramsbottom United F.C..

Retford United F.C.
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(soccer)
Initialism of Retford United F.C..

Rochester United F.C.
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(soccer)
Initialism of Rochester United F.C..

Rossendale United F.C.
w:Rossendale United F.C.

(soccer)
Initialism of Rossendale United F.C..

Rotherham United F.C.
w:Rotherham United F.C.

(soccer)
Initialism of Rotherham United F.C..


folf

On-campus folf consists of making your own course using landmarks, such as statues, buildings and the like as goals. Off campus, there are organized folf courses, such as the one at Riverview Country Club.

2004 July 4, Chris Dreyer, “'Folf': New, improved golf game putts around”, in The Gonzaga Bulletin:


ego lifter

(weightlifting, informal) A person who engages in ego lifting.


pas de trois

pas de trois (plural)
pas-de-trois (alternative)

Borrowed from French pas de trois (literally “step of three”).

bor

(dance) A dance performed by three dancers.


pas de quatre

pas de quatre (plural)
pas-de-quatre (alternative)

Borrowed from French pas de quatre (literally “step of four”).

(dance) A dance performed by four dancers.


outfighter

The longer, more bladed stance is a more mobile in-and-out platform. Any traditional outfighter in boxing that you study will use a long, bladed stance like a fencer at least while they are working on the outside.

2018 September 27, Jack Slack, “Koreshkov Vs. Lima III is the Sleeper Fight of the Weekend”, in VICE, archived from the original on 2023-09-09:

(boxing) A boxer who tends to keep a relatively large distance from their opponent.


cluster set

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(bodybuilding) A set of repetitions of an exercise with measured interrepetition / intraset rest periods.


giant set

(bodybuilding) A superset of at least three different exercises.


fin chop

(surfing) An injury caused by the fin of a surfboard.


palmball

(baseball) A change-up pitch in which the baseball is held tightly in the palm or between the thumb and ring finger, then thrown like a fastball.


FFC

(soccer) Initialism of Fulham Football Club.


fo'-fo'

fo'-fo's (plural)
fo' fo' (alternative)
fo-fo (alternative)
fo fo (alternative)

From the non-rhotic accents of African-American Vernacular English.

Look, I gotcha caught up with the drunk flow / Fuck tae kwon do, I tote da fo'-fo' / For niggas gettin' mad cause they bitch chose me / A big black motherfucker with G ya see

2007, The Notorious B.I.G. (lyrics and music), “Want That Old Thing Back”, in Greatest Hits, performed by w:The Notorious B.I.G., w:Ja Rule, and w:Ralph Tresvant, w:Bad Boy Records; w:Atlantic Records:

I jus' thought I'd let you kno' / When I'm rollin with a black fo' fo' / I ain't that nigga

2007, Twista (lyrics and music), “I Ain't That Nigga”, in Adrenaline Rush 2007, Atlantic Records:

Checking gas with a loaded fo'-fo' when he rollin', po-po / On his shoulder, so he's slow, but he's goin', wouldn't you?

2014, clipping. (lyrics and music), “Intro”, in CLPPNG, performed by Daveed Diggs, Sub Pop Records:

Pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling

(hip-hop slang, African-American Vernacular) Pronunciation spelling of forty-four: a .44 caliber gun, especially the .44 Magnum.


pisted

Some ski instructors are allowed to take groups off-piste too, so long as they don't travel across glaciers, but the tour hosts and reps who commonly show skiers around pisted runs within large resorts are definitely not allowed to go off-piste […]

2014, Alun Richardson, Rucksack Guide - Ski Mountaineering and Snowshoeing, page 126:


Pinoy step

(basketball, Philippines) A basketball move in which an offensive player picks up their dribble, does a pump fake, then proceeds to drive with the last two remaining legal steps to make an actual shot.


casual water

(golf) A temporary accumulation of water which does not constitute a regular hazard of a golf course.


CAF Champions League

(soccer) An annual African football (soccer) competition.


three stars

(ice hockey, US, Canada) The three best players in a game as chosen by a third party.


pec bounce

en-verb

pec bounce (third-person singular simple present pec bounces, present participle pec bouncing, simple past and past participle pec bounced)

pec bounces (present singular third-person)
pec bouncing (participle present)
pec bounced (participle past)
pec bounced (past)

(slang, bodybuilding, intransitive) To flex or pose well-developed pectoral muscles.


pec bounce

(slang, bodybuilding) An instance or act of flexing or posing one's well-developed pectoral muscles.


maingaining

(bodybuilding) Maintaining a similar body fat while gradually increasing muscle mass over time.


flag on the play

Here we go at last. It's Iona's ball on their own 10 yard line; they are in punt formation — wait — there's a flag on the play.

1955, Natalie E. White, The Billion Dollar Saint: A Farce in Three Acts, Dramatists Play Service, →ISBN, page 29:

In the modern game there is perhaps no phrase more familiar than "Flag on the play!" It is an instant and unmistakable signal to every player, to the benches, and to the fans, that a penalty is about to be enforced by a game official.

2012, Robert J. Scott, Myles A. Pocta, Honor on the Line: The Fifth Down and the Spectacular 1940 College Football Season, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 146:

(American football slang) A penalty flag.


maingain

maingain (third-person singular simple present maingains, present participle maingaining, simple past and past participle maingained)

maingains (present singular third-person)
maingaining (participle present)
maingained (participle past)
maingained (past)

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(bodybuilding) To increase muscle mass while maintaining one's current body fat percentage.


dropset

dropset (third-person singular simple present dropsets, present participle dropsetting, simple past and past participle dropsetted)

dropsets (present singular third-person)
dropsetting (participle present)
dropsetted (participle past)
dropsetted (past)

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By starting out the dips with maximal load and decreasing it over time, Johnson is dropsetting the movement, enabling himself to continue churning out reps with decent form, and thus get the absolute most bang for his buck in the workout.

2022 November 7, Philip Ellis, “BWatch The Rock Torch His Triceps on Arm Day With These Weighted Dips”, in Men's Health:

The weighted bench dip can easily be dropsetted by quickly removing the 45lb plate(s) and continuing with bodyweight repetitions to overload the triceps.

2022 November 22, Scott J., “How To: Bench Dips”, in Ignore Limits:

The point of dropsetting is to provide extra stimulus to the muscle by extending the time the muscle is under tension.

2023 May 4, MGH, “Build Mass with Bodyweight Drop Set Workout Routine”, in Training Bodyweight:

(bodybuilding, transitive) To exercise with a drop set.


nucca

Yeah; this one goes out to all the true nuccas everywhere

1996, Heather B (lyrics and music), “What Goes On”, in Takin' Mine:

Baby got that twenty sack, baby got plenty that
Whatever you send us, my nucca, we gon' send it back

2006, The Game feat. Snoop Dogg & Xzibit (lyrics and music), “California Vacation”, in Doctor's Advocate:

[…] nuccas will holla.” Hot Shot smiled. “Nuccas, huh?” With a smirk on his face, Cotton said, “Yeah, since the N-word puts your panties in a bunch I thought I'd switch it to nucca. You like?” “Go get dressed, clown, so we can see what we[…]

2018 May 29, Clifford "Spud" Johnson, Won't Stop, Urban Books, →ISBN:

(euphemistic, slang, hip-hop) A bowdlerization of nigga.


dome piece

dome pieces (plural)
domepiece (alternative)
dome-piece (alternative)

From dome + piece. Possibly modelled on headpiece.

Killa Beez all over your fuckin' planet
36 chambers of death;
Three-hundred and sixty degrees of perfected styles
Choppin' off your motherfuckin' dome-piece

1993, Wu-Tang Clan (lyrics and music), “Clan in da Front”, in Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers):

guess who got shot in the dome-piece?
Jerome's niece, on her way home from Jones Beach

1994, Nas (lyrics and music), “One Love”, in Illmatic:

Feel the force of impact from the iron side of the gat as I attack the track
From the blind side of the pack, Starks, pass the chrome
Watch a nigga get blown out his motherfuckin' dome-piece
Deceased, laid to rest

1995, Raekwon feat. Masta Killa, RZA, Method Man & Ghostface Killah (lyrics and music), “Wu-Gambinos”, in Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...:

I steal lives like a stone thief, so leave me alone, chief
Or catch a buck shot to your dome piece

1995, Big L (lyrics and music), “All Black”, in Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous:

And there'll be no hand-holdin till the lah gets rolled
Keep yo steelo real so no lies get told
Glassy eyes, my Timbos, they beige and untied
Levi's with no crease, Colombia hair band circle in my dome piece


game sense

I've been practicing my mechanics, but my game sense is still trash.

Dorje took to the game not long after we arrived. Already a keen inline skater, he picked up the new skills quickly and suddenly found himself in the selection squad for a hockey tournament in Canada. For a twelve-year-old, Dorje's skills and game sense were good, but his fitness was lacking.

2007, Lincoln Hall, Dead Lucky: Life After Death on Mount Everest, New York, N.Y.: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, →ISBN, page 3:

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is a tactical, team-based, objective-driven first-person shooter that rewards cooperation and game sense over a positive kill/death ratio.

2015 August 22, Chloi Rad, “How to Watch Counter-Strike: Global Offensive”, in IGN, archived from the original on 2015-12-01:

Ishould say here that we've never met — never video chatted, even. So I don't have any beautiful scenes with him for you, no anecdotes that describe the kind of food he orders for dinner and what that says about his game sense, nothing about what it's like to play in a squad beside him, or what it might say about his character if he declined to revive me at a particularly crucial moment. Which probably makes me a lot like you, the person reading this.

2021 April 22, Bijan Stephen, “The Competitor”, in The Verge, archived from the original on 2023-06-03:

Heroes have been reworked across to board: ultimate ability charges have been reduced, there are fewer shields and crowd control abilities have been removed or greatly toned down, bringing "Overwatch 2" closer to being a competitive shooter that rewards sound fundamentals such as aim and game sense over grossly overtuned abilities.

2022 October 7, Jonathan Lee, “’Overwatch’ died for ’Overwatch 2.’ It was totally worth it.”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-10-17:

In the original Destiny, it was the raids, pinnacle six-player activities that challenged your patience, game sense, loadout, and team communication. The barrier for raids was so high that it was a frustrating pain point for many players, with many on social media lamenting that they felt like they couldn't ever run one.

2023 February 10, David Ahmadi, “How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Destiny 2's LFG”, in GameSpot, archived from the original on 2023-05-12:

Duncanas displays solid mechanical plays and a strong game sense, surprising players on Reddit. "This will be all of us when we are 57, still gaming and loving it. I just hope I retain most of my awareness," one player said. "I feel old out there just in my early 30s," another joked.

2023 May 31, Eva Martinello, “This 57-year-old streamer is way better at Apex Legends than you”, in Dot Esports, archived from the original on 2023-05-31:

(sports, video games) One's ability to understand a sport or competitive video game at a strategic level; situational awareness.


swordography

Blend of sword + choreography. By surface analysis, sword + -o- + -graphy.

surf

Do you know what? I had so much fun. The swordography... you know, I think we needed more swordography, to be honest. Loved the sword fight.

2023, 31:26 from the start, in Strictly Come Dancing, season 21, episode 3, spoken by Zara McDermott:

(theater, dance) Choreography using (prop) swords.


haul in

en-verb

haul in (third-person singular simple present hauls in, present participle hauling in, simple past and past participle hauled in)

hauls in (present singular third-person)
hauling in (participle present)
hauled in (participle past)
hauled in (past)

City and Pep Guardiola have cast a shadow over Arsenal in recent years, not least when they hauled them in at the critical point of last season's title race, but this victory will surely give the Gunners huge self-belief.

2023 October 8, Phil McNulty, “Arsenal 1-0 Manchester City”, in BBC Sport:

(sports) To force (a team) to stop scoring.


nod in

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

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

Davies, captain in the absence of the injured Aaron Ramsey, scored the opener as, completely unmarked just three yards out, he nodded in Broadhead's 22nd-minute corner.

2023 October 11, Dafydd Pritchard, “Wales 4-0 Gibraltar”, in BBC Sport:

(soccer, transitive, intransitive) To score with a header


mistackle

mistackle (third-person singular simple present mistackles, present participle mistackling, simple past and past participle mistackled)

mistackles (present singular third-person)
mistackling (participle present)
mistackled (participle past)
mistackled (past)

If the attacker tricks the defender into going for the tackle and she mistackles the ball, the attacker will most likely be in an advantageous position for a clear shot at the goal.

2015, Albert M. Luongo, Soccer Drills: Skill-Builders for Field Control, page 51:

If, for some reason, he mistackled the ball, you could be sure that the man was going to stay there and be planted square on his ass.

2016, George McDermott, Success In The Streets "The Great Save" A Survival Story:

However, consider the dramatic and very public case of the highly skilled international footballer, Eduardo da Silva of The Arsenal — who suffered a compound fibula fracture to his left leg and a dislocated ankle with medial ligament damage in Febrary 2008 when brutally mistackled in the away game at Birmingham City.

2018, John Spiers, Philip Booth, Neil Russel, Who Decides Who Decides?:

And, in what may seem a fusion of the previous two mistackling incidents, there was a third embarrassing episode.

2020, Eugene L. Wolfe, Boris Johnson in 100 Facts, page 47:

(sports) To tackle improperly, such as when it is not legal, or not in the correct manner.


mistackle

A mistackle counts two yards for the team with the ball.

1927 October, William Cletus Doyle, “Games for First Year Latin”, in The Classical Bulletin, volume 4:

Common errors leading to a mistackle:

1983, Ed Torba, The Boys Club Guide to Youth Football, page 166:

The defense had misreads and mistackles in abundance.

(sports) An illegal or badly executed tackle.


HWL

Hawaii Winter League
w:Hawaii Winter Baseball

(baseball, historical) Initialism of Hawaii Winter League.


Busby Babe

Named after Matt Busby, the manager of Manchester United Football Club.

Manchester United Football Club
Matt Busby


outjuke

outjuke (third-person singular simple present outjukes, present participle outjuking, simple past and past participle outjuked)

outjukes (present singular third-person)
outjuking (participle present)
outjuked (participle past)
outjuked (past)

He’s not faster than any of the linebackers or lineman, but that doesn’t keep him from trying to outrun and outjuke them all.

2017 August 12, Whirledworld, “Why Case Keenum Can — and Can’t — Be A Franchise Quarterback”, in PurplePTSD:

(transitive, sports) To perform better jukes on one's opponent.


scorigami

Blend of score + origami. Coined by SB Nation sportswriter Jon Bois in 2016.

The ‘bot makes this easier; scraping the NFL livescores page with some nifty Javascript, it tracks each game live for potential first-time scores; the most recent as of writing being the Chiefs beating the Texans 51-31. Not only that, but the ‘bot estimates the most likely possible scorigami scores of games in progress, keeping fans on tenterhooks until the final whistle is blown. Or is it a siren in NFL? Inquiring minds need to know.

2020 January 22, Lewin Day, “Scorigami Bot Charts NFL History In The Making”, in Hackaday:

While it might sound like a rare occurrence, there were three scorigamis in the 2022 regular season. Two of them came within four weeks of each other. There were six in the 2021 season, and the Indianapolis Colts were the winning team in two of those.

2023 February 12, Ben Fowlkes, “What’s A Scorigami And How Can You Get The Best Super Bowl Odds On It?”, in Legal Sports Report:

(sports) A scoring combination that has never happened before.


one-hit

one-hit (third-person singular simple present one-hits, present participle one-hitting, simple past and past participle one-hit)

one-hits (present singular third-person)
one-hitting (participle present)
one-hit (participle past)
one-hit (past)

The Dodgers beat Arizona on Thursday afternoon, 6-3, with Chris Heisey hitting a grand slam and five relievers combining to one-hit the Diamondbacks over the final four innings.

2015 September 24, Bill Shaikin, “Dodgers getting excited about possible division title after beating Arizona, 6-3”, in Los Angeles Times:

Wainwright’s gem came a night after Cardinals left-hander J.A. Happ and three relievers combined to one-hit the Pirates, who have lost seven straight games and 17 of their last 22.

2021 August 11, John Perrotto, “Wainwright pitches two-hit shutout, Cards top Pirates 4-0”, in The Seattle Times:

(transitive, baseball) To pitch so that the other team only makes a single hit.


440-yard dash

(athletics) A sprint race over 440 yards (402.336 m), corresponding to a quarter mile.


The “Boy Coach,” admitting to 32 years after nine seasons as mentor for west coast athletes, follows not the book that says the shot should be hurled a certain way and that a sprinter should run a certain number of 440s a week to develop stamina.

1929 July 4, Harry L. Borba, “The Superman of Track”, in The Vernon Daily Record, volume 4, number 209, Vernon, Texas, page 6:


weightman

weightmen (plural)
weight man (alternative)
weight-man (alternative)

Because track is in every sense a sport for the individual, Templeton gives his attention to the individual weight[-]man, sprinter and hurdler rather than to the class competing in any certain event.

(athletics) An athlete who competes in any of the field events that involve throwing a weight for distance (such as discus throw, hammer throw, and shot put).


backcourtmate

(basketball, rare) A fellow teammate on the backcourt.


mixed foursome

(sports) Two teams playing against each other, each consisting of one male and one female.


flip throw

(soccer) An unusual throw-in in which the player, during the run-up, plants the ball on the ground, flips over it, and uses the momentum gained from the flip to increase the velocity of the ball.


bulge the onion bag

bulge the onion bag (third-person singular simple present bulges the onion bag, present participle bulging the onion bag, simple past and past participle bulged the onion bag)

bulges the onion bag (present singular third-person)
bulging the onion bag (participle present)
bulged the onion bag (participle past)
bulged the onion bag (past)

[…] such as Provan or McAvennie scoring at Hampden or Larsson bulging the onion bag twice in Seville.

2012, Paul Larkin, Poles 'N' Goals and Hesselink, page 139:

[…] bulged the onion bag for the Blades, and Downes and Prendergast replied for the Owls.


card stunt

(sports) A planned, coordinated sequence of actions performed by an audience, whose members raise cards that, in the aggregate, create a recognizable image


tren goblin

(slang, bodybuilding) An avid user of trenbolone.


Ring a Ring o' Roses

Ring a Ring o' Rosie (alternative)
Ring around the Rosie (alternative)
Ring around the Rosy (alternative)
ring-around-the-rosy (alternative)

(music, dance, games) A traditional children's game involving dancing in a ring around a person in the middle.


O'Malley's Alley

After Walter O'Malley, American sports executive.

(baseball, slang, dated) The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.


Oklahoma drill

Oklahoma drills (plural)
Oklahoma Drill (alternative)

Named after the Oklahoma Sooners football team by coach Bud Wilkinson, creator of the technique.

Offensively, Dan Sullivan and Bob Vogel were strong blockers in the Oklahoma Drill and Mike Curtis and Ted Hendricks savage as defensive operators.

1972 July 25, “Colts' Bubba holds firm in contact squabble”, in The Baltimore Sun, page 26:

The 'Oklahoma Drill' used to be one of the highlights of the Steelers' training camp.

1992, Jim O'Brien, Whatever It Takes: The Continuing Saga of the Pittsburgh Steelers II, James O'Brien-Publishing, →ISBN, page 32:

To make it work, Wilkinson needed three interior down linemen who could do the work of four (or more) by exploding off the snap, reading the ball carrier and then, in tight quarters, shedding blocks to make tackles. In other words, he needed players who would excel at the Oklahoma drill.

2015 August 19, David Fleming, “Is the Oklahoma drill a rite of passage or everything to fear about football?”, in ESPN:

(American football) In gridiron football, a practice technique wherein two players run at each other within a narrow corridor with the aim of either tackling the opponent, driving them out of bounds, or scoring a touchdown.

Bud Wilkinson
Oklahoma Sooners football
Oklahoma drill


middle guard

It allows the middle guard of the defense to roam, and with the combined efforts of his teammates he will emerge your leading tackler game in and out.

1956, Jack C. Mitchell, Bernard A. Taylor, Umbrella Defenses, W. C. Brown Company, page 17:

The middle guard faced off consistently against the offensive center, with one or occasionally both hands in the dirt. On running plays, he bore the traditional run-stuffing responsibilities.

2022 April 25, George Bozeka, editor, The 1951 Los Angeles Rams: Profiles of the NFL's First West Coast Champions, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 285:

(American football) A defensive player positioned in the middle of the pitch, opposite the offensive center and between the defensive tackles; the nose guard.


nose tackle

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triple-team

triple-team (third-person singular simple present triple-teams, present participle triple-teaming, simple past and past participle triple-teamed)

triple-teams (present singular third-person)
triple-teaming (participle present)
triple-teamed (participle past)
triple-teamed (past)

(transitive, sports) In sports involving offensive and defensive teams, to use three defensive players to guard against the movements of a single offensive player.


smeb

smeb (third-person singular simple present smebs, present participle smebbing, simple past and past participle smebbed)

smebs (present singular third-person)
smebbing (participle present)
smebbed (participle past)
smebbed (past)

Valet the Expedition / Boss be workin' then I smebbed

1999 July 13, “Alright Cool”, in Sneakacydal, performed by Keak da Sneak:

(slang, hip-hop, rare) To drive, especially while drunk.


CESA

en-noun

CESA (countable and uncountable, plural CESAs)

(underwater diving) Initialism of controlled emergency swimming ascent.


courtesy turn

In the beginning, the Eight Chain thru is taught with smooth arm-around-waist courtesy turns at each end.

1969, Square Dance, volumes 24-25, page 40:

Many of the calls associated with square dance are also heard in contra dance, but the latter is often associated with more courtesy turns (in which the gent moves backward, allowing the lady to turn around) and less swinging.

2015, Simon J. Bronner, Encyclopedia of American Folklife, page 266:

Women meet in center, clasp right hands, pass right shoulders, and give left hand to opposite man. Man puts his right arm around woman's waist and turns her with a courtesy turn.

2015, Anne M. Pittman, Marlys S. Waller, Cathy L. Dark, Dance a While, page 546:

(dance) A square dancing and contra dancing move in which the man puts his arm around the waist of the woman and turns her around by moving backwards while she moves forward.


ladies' chain

(dance) A figure in square dance, in which the women cross to the opposite side, taking each other's right hands as they go, and their left hands are then taken by the men on the opposite side.


muscle ass

muscle ass (countable and uncountable, plural muscle asses)

(slang, vulgar, bodybuilding) Well developed gluteal muscles.


NDL

no-decompression limit
w:Decompression theory

(underwater diving) Initialism of no-decompression limit.


MSDT

(underwater diving) Acronym of Master Scuba Diver Trainer.


OWD

OWD (countable and uncountable, plural OWDs)

(underwater diving) Acronym of Open Water Diver.


AOWD

AOWD (countable and uncountable, plural AOWDs)

Advanced Open Water Diver
w:Advanced Open Water Diver

(underwater diving) Acronym of Advanced Open Water Diver.


EANx

(underwater diving) Acronym of enriched air nitrox.


Vardrid

(humorous, derogatory, soccer) La Liga club Real Madrid, regarded as being unfairly favored by VAR.


bump and run

(motor racing) A technique for passing another vehicle, mainly used in stock car and touring car racing, in which the trailing car intentionally strikes the rear bumper of the car in front, forcing the driver to slow down or adjust the steering.

(American football) A strategy used by defensive backs, in which a defender lined up directly in front of a wide receiver attempts to impede him with arms, hands, or the entire body and disrupt his intended route.

(golf) A low-trajectory shot intended to get the ball rolling along the fairway and up onto the green, like a chip shot but played from a greater distance.


neezy

From nigga + -eezy (suffix forming hip-hop-sounding words).

af

-eezy<pos:suffix forming hip-hop-sounding words>

Fo' sheezy, my neezy.

Now, all my neezies up the Neckish(?) yeah they roll wit us

2001 July 31, “Roll Wit Us”performed by Tha Dogg Pound:

"Everything that glitters ain't gold my neezy. Money ain't shit if you don't know what to do with it...do you think the police be robbing niggas just for money? Everything they do is about control," Cream stated belligerently.

2004, Marcus Spears, Payback's a Bitch: A Novel, Bridgeport, C.T.: 4 Word Press, →ISBN, page 124:

(African-American Vernacular, slang, especially hip-hop) Nigga.


serape effect

(sports, kinesiology) A rotational trunk movement that increases the power output of the human body.


zombie dance

Michael Jackson's Thriller (music video)

(dancing in the style of a zombie): Popularized by Michael Jackson in the music video Thriller (1983).

The Minneapolis police did not share the fun spirit at a "zombie dance party” held in ]uly 2006 in Minneapolis, arresting six people dressed as zombies for carrying devices that looked like WMDs—which turned out to be backpacks with homemade stereos in them so the zombies could dance.

2008, Shawn McIntosh, Marc Leverette, Zombie Culture: Autopsies of the Living Dead, page 15:

Through the zombie dance sequence, Gaga shows us that poignancy, pathos and pain ultimately lead to the discovery of the beauty found within our agonizing life experiences.”

2013, Amber L. Davisson, Lady Gaga and the Remaking of Celebrity Culture, page 12:

Before he can answer, everyone starts busting zombie moves—because who doesn't love a zombie dance?

2016, Pete Kalu, Zombie Xl: The Boy Who Got Sick of Warming the Bench:

In 2007, more than three hundred inmates, many of whom were imprisoned for murder, performed a truncated version of Jackson's zombie dance from "Thriller."

2017, Sarah Juliet Lauro, Zombie Theory: A Reader:

(dance) A type of dance in which participants use dance moves that mimic the undead, often combined with a masquerade and costumes.

The repetition of moves from the zombie dance in the quotidian market scene and in the ag'ya illustrates the influence or integration of elements of vodou culture in the everyday.

2006, Journal of Haitian Studies - Volumes 12-13, page 20:

Figure 4: Zombie dances at Cumina ceremonies 3: the possessed hurling himself through the dancing crowd blindly

2010, John Blacking, Joann W. Kealiinohomoko, The Performing Arts: Music and Dance, page 300:

The beginning of the zombie dance is driven by the hypnotic rhythms of multiple drums.

2011, Stephanie Leigh Batiste, Darkening Mirrors:

For example, the 2017 documentary short Kale Zonbi or whipping Zombie represents images of what are described in promotional materials as "a ritual dance, slaves and masters: it's the zombie dance.

2023, Lucy Swanson, The Zombie in Contemporary French Caribbean Fiction, page 169:

(dance) A ritual Caribbean dance in which participants enter a trance state and symbolically die and are born again.


LAA

(sports) Initialism of Los Angeles Angels.

Latrobe Athletic Association
w:Latrobe Athletic Association

(sports, historical) Initialism of Latrobe Athletic Association.


timeless Test

(cricket) A match of cricket which is played under no limitation of time, until one side wins or the match is tied.


elapsed time

en-noun

elapsed time (countable and uncountable, plural elapsed times)

With a bit of tuning, these cars can run 12-second ETs (elapsed times).

(sports, especially drag racing) The duration of time that has passed between the commencement of the event and its completion, irrespective of any time-outs, half-time breaks, or other interruptions.


soloable

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(climbing) Able to be climbed on one's own, without a team.


bottom time

bottom time (countable and uncountable, plural bottom times)

(underwater diving) The total amount of time, calculated in minutes, from the beginning of a descent underwater to the beginning of an ascent above-water.


misty flip

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(skateboarding, snowboarding, sports) An off-axis backside 540° rotation performed in freestyle sports such as snowboarding, skateboarding, and trampolining.


kick returner

(American football, Canadian football) A player who catches a kicked or punted ball and attempts to advance it towards the goal.


distance line

(underwater diving) a rope used by scuba divers as a means of returning to a safe starting point in conditions of low visibility, water currents or where pilotage is difficult.


penetration line

penetration line (plural penetration lines)


A-League

the A-League (canonical)
A-Leagues (plural)

(soccer) the top professional men's soccer league in Australia and New Zealand

(soccer) any of the three leagues that fall under the A-Leagues banner (the men's, women's and youth leagues)


W-League

(soccer) the A-League Women (the top professional women's soccer league in Australia and New Zealand; equivalent to the A-League for men)


volzing

Named after American pole vaulter David Volz, born 1962, who developed the technique.

(sports) In pole vault: the action of steadying the bar, or replacing it back on its pegs, in midair.


logo 3

logo 3s (plural)
logo three (alternative)

From the logo of the home team commonly painted in the center circle.

At various points in the game, James would pull up from more than 30 feet away and launch an uncontested 3-pointer—known as a “logo 3” because he would often be on or in line with the midcourt logo when he shot it.

2021 January 12, Sean Deveney, “Lakers’ LeBron James Slammed for Taking Late-Game ‘Logo 3’”, in Heavy:

Bigger logos allow more “Logo 3s,” and in a way, it could be a good marketing strategy.

2022 January 31, Ernesto Soliven, “The sneaky secret about the increase in Logo 3s”, in Basketball Network:

2022 October 23, Ricky O'Donnell, "LeBron James bricked a logo 3 so badly people are calling it the worst shot of his career" SB Nation

The senior has been a dynamic scorer throughout her career, hitting memorable logo 3s and racking up points in bunches.

2024 January 31, Chantel Jennings, Ben Pickman and others, "When will Caitlin Clark break the women’s college basketball all-time scoring record?" The Athletic (New York Times)

(basketball, informal) a three-point shot from in or near the center circle


play-calling

But some bad breaks, good defense from the Chiefs and conservative play-calling meant the 49ers offense stalled and Kansas City was able to rally.

2024 February 12, Ben Morse and Steve Almasy, “Kansas City Chiefs defeat San Francisco 49ers in OT in Super Bowl LVIII, become first back-to-back NFL champions in 19 years”, in CNN.com:

(American football) Alternative form of playcalling


sprocket wheel

(cycling) A wheel consisting of cogs or sprockets that interacts with the links of a chain or pitched blocks on a cable.


open-wheel

(vehicles, automotive, motor racing) Referring to a vehicle in which the wheels are outside the vehicle's main body, and usually having only one seat.


shotgun start

/ˈʃɒtɡʌn stɑːt/

/ˈʃɑtɡʌn stɑɹt/

From the first reported use of this format in 1956, wherein a shotgun was fired to alert all players from each of the 18 holes that the tournament had started.

Also, since the players teed off simultaneously, the infamous "shotgun start," with several foursomes at each tee box, the tournaments ran notoriously slow.

2011 October, Mike Nettleton, Shotgun Start, Krill Press, →ISBN:

In a classic shotgun start, 18 groups play, with one group starting on each hole, but, more often, there will be two groups starting on the par-fours and par-fives.

2011 January 21, Bill Mallon, Randon Jerris, Historical Dictionary of Golf, Scarecrow Press, →ISBN, page 267:

A shotgun start begins at the clubhouse and has all participants leaving at the same time to travel to a designated starting hole to await the starting gun/noise.

2011 August 8, Linda E. Swayne, Mark Dodds, Encyclopedia of Sports Management and Marketing, SAGE Publications, →ISBN:

After the Dom Perignon toast and shotgun start, approximately 30 foursomes will head out to play two best balls on one of the most prestigious courses in the Cincinnati area.

2009 January, “The Russ Wiles Memorial Golf Tournament”, in Cincinnati Magazine, page 155:

A shotgun start format is usually employed for a golf tournament of 120-144 golfers on 18 holes. Each foursome is assigned a starting hole and begins the tournament at that hole.

2013 March, Frank MacGrath, The Complete Handbook for Planning, Implementing and Sustaining A Successful Fundraising Golf Tournament, Civil Sector Press, →ISBN, page 48:

(golf) A tournament format in which all groups of contestants tee off simultaneously from different holes.


front lever

Coordinate term: back lever

(gymnastics, calisthenics) A static hold normally performed on a horizontal bar, consisting in hanging horizontally and straight with the front of the body facing upwards.


mini-cut

mini-cuts (plural)
minicut (alternative)

(bodybuilding) A shorter but relatively more aggressive dieting period (approaching 2–6 microcycles in length and 25–30 % calorie deficit).


cornerball

(sports) A game somewhat resembling dodgeball, traditionally played in Pennsylvania German communities.


the laws of thermodynamics

the laws of thermodynamics pl (plural only)

/ðə ˈlɔːz əv ˌθɜː(ɹ)mədaɪ̯ˈnæmɪks/

Variant of the first law of thermodynamics, conservation of energy within an isolated system.

Although no clear experimental error has been demonstrated, critics continue to maintain that something must be wrong because the laws of thermodynamics would be violated [5], that “a calorie is a calorie” [6].

2004 December 8, Eugene J Fine, Richard D Feinman, “Thermodynamics of weight loss diets”, in Nutrition & Metabolism, volume 1, number 15, →DOI:

Most people go wrong by misinterpreting the laws of thermodynamics.
The Law of Thermodynamics proves that:
 To build muscle, you must store energy or increase muscle protein.
 To lose fat, you must burn energy or reduce stored body fat.
The mistake? To assume that:
 You must be in an energy surplus to build muscle.
 You must be in an energy deficit to lose fat.

2021 September 6, Tom MacCormick, “The Body Recomposition Handbook”, in T-Nation:

These results indicate that people with relatively low and relatively high body-fat can gain fat-free mass to a pretty similar degree in response to resistance training. However, very lean people should accept that fat mass will probably need to increase a little bit to facilitate muscle gain, and they may need to get up to a slightly more comfortable body-fat level before lean mass gains really start to accumulate (for example, every single person under 8% body-fat at baseline had some degree of fat gain, and only one of them gained more than 1kg of fat-free mass). In contrast, people with higher baseline body-fat have a greater capability to “recomp” and are more likely to simultaneously lose a little bit of fat while gaining muscle. It’s important to recognize that these results do not conflict with the laws of thermodynamics or the concept of energy balance dictating weight changes; they simply reflect the fact that the body has both short-term and long-term sensors of energy availability which can influence the regulation of anabolic processes, and that muscle hypertrophy and fat storage are influenced by some distinct regulatory mechanisms.

2022 May 30, Eric Trexler, “Should You Cut Before You Bulk?: How Body-Fat Levels Affect Your P-Ratio”, in Stronger By Science:

(bodybuilding, slang) The dieting maxim that one needs a calorie deficit to lose body-fat and surplus calories to gain muscle.

first law of thermodynamics
laws of thermodynamics


off-trail

(skiing) Synonym of off-piste (“not prepared or designated for skiing”)


broscientist

Blend of broscience + scientist, equivalent to bro + scientist.

A broscientist generally derives results from trial and error, evolving a program and diet based on body feedback. They are pragmatic in nature, caring not so much about the science backing the process, but more about bottom line results.

2013 July 1, Steve Shaw, “Why Broscience Works: Muscle Building Art Versus Science”, in Muscle & Strength:

If you have a routine and like it, keep doing it. Nothing wrong with lifting and then doing cardio. Some people (broscientists) claim that cardio after lifting increases the amount of fat that someone burns.

2014 June 12, u/greentea1985, “Workout questions? Cardio vs lifting”, in r/Fitness:

This kid is more natty than whole foods, people who don’t believe this is attainable naturally is just an ignorant butthurt broscientist who doesn’t stick to macros.

2018 August 30, u/HDShep, “16 year old vegan at my gym been training for 1 week, natty or juice guys?”, in r/nattyorjuice:

(bodybuilding, slang, rare) Somebody who derives his training convictions from broscience.


defensive line

(American football, Canadian football) The players of the team not possessing the ball who are positioned at the line of scrimmage.


pyramid up

en-verb

pyramid up (third-person singular simple present pyramids up, present participle pyramiding up, simple past and past participle pyramided up)

pyramids up (present singular third-person)
pyramiding up (participle present)
pyramided up (participle past)
pyramided up (past)

(bodybuilding) To lift weights in increasing increments.


sleeper build

en-noun

sleeper build (countable and uncountable, plural sleeper builds)

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(bodybuilding, slang) A physique that may not appear attractive or appealing at first glance, only until it is flexed or uncovered.


AAFC

All-America Football Conference
w:All-America Football Conference

(American football) Initialism of All-America Football Conference.


rebump

en-verb

rebump (third-person singular simple present rebumps, present participle rebumping, simple past and past participle rebumped)

rebumps (present singular third-person)
rebumping (participle present)
rebumped (participle past)
rebumped (past)

The next day we were able to rebump Merton before they caught Lincoln, so could only row over, but on Wednesday we bumped Lincoln in the Gut.

1884, The Oxford Magazine, volume 2, page 268:

(rowing, transitive) To catch (a boat) again, in a bumps race.


Deflatriots

2015 January 21, Billy Gates, “New England Deflatriots? NFL finds Patriots deflated 11 balls in 'Deflategate' AFC title game: report”, in The Oregonian:

(US, sports, derogatory) The New England Patriots, in relation to the Deflategate scandal.


more plates, more dates

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(bodybuilding, slang) A physique of a male that is well-developed is more attractive to the opposite sex.


curls for the girls

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(slang, bodybuilding) Well-developed biceps as a result of bicep curl exercises are attractive to the opposite sex.


bicep curl

(bodybuilding, weightlifting) A weight training exercise in which a person bends their arm towards their body at the elbow in order to increase strength in the upper arm.


mook jong

mook jongs (plural)
mook yan jong (alternative)

Derived from Cantonese 木人樁 /木人桩 (muk6 jan4 zong1)

der+

(martial arts) A type of wooden dummy designed to be kicked and punched in Wing Chun kung fu training.


HPNS

high-pressure nervous syndrome
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(underwater diving) Initialism of high-pressure nervous syndrome.


trensomnia

I had trensomnia but didn't give a damn. I would walk into the gym alive and ready to go all out... Loved that compound, just hated then pip it would leave me with.

2012 August 30, PillarofBalance, The Iron Den:

Just wondering if any labs carry Valium or Xanax to help with trensomnia. I've seen some but they don't look legit. Anyone? Unisom doesn't always get the job done.

2014 December 12, Bigbird138, Evolutionary.org:

noother sides - just a bit warm and sweaty. - never dealt with trensomnia before do I just ride it out?

Even if you run Trenbolone at a lower dosage, we have seen people still suffer from this issue. Since trenbolone is one of the harshest steroids out there, you will be leaving a ton of both strength and muscle gains on the table if you cannot get a good night’s sleep due to Trensomnia.

(Can we date this quote?), George Spellwin, “N2sleep for Trensomnia”, in EliteFitness.com:

(bodybuilding) Insomnia as a side effect of trenbolone.


dim mak

(martial arts) Any of various martial arts techniques reputed to kill using seemingly less than lethal force targeted at a specific area of the body.


paddle scoop

(cricket) An unorthodox modern cricketing shot in which the player's body is positioned square-on with the ball, both feet pointing towards the bowler, and the player uses the bat to deflect the ball over the batter's leg side shoulder, thus guiding it towards the fine leg region.


Marillier shot

Named after Zimbabwean batsman Dougie Marillier, said to have developed the shot.


long snapper

Fans rarely see the name of the long snapper, but he's the next most important player on special teams behind the punter or kicker.

2012, Greg Jacobs, The Everything KIDS' Football Book:

Lonnie was the long snapper for both of Adam Vinatieri's clutch field goals in the "Snow Bowl" against the Oakland Raiders in 2002 and for his 48-yard game-winning kick in Super Bowl XXXVI.

2013, Rick Gonsalves, Placekicking in the NFL: A History and Analysis, page 235:

My suggestion was to go ahead and walk-on and try out as a kicker but to tell them that he was also a long snapper.

2019, Don Osborne, Was It All Just for Kicks?:

(American football) A center who is skilled in throwing a long snap.


long snap

When I was playing professionally and I wasn't starting, I'd come in and do the long snaps.

2004, Joseph Blotner, Real Football: a Biography, page 372:

The long snap typically travels anywhere from 12 and 15 yards, depending on the alignment of the punter.

2006, Coach Education, Coaching Football Technical & Tactical Skills:

But Paco's long snap from center was high, and the holder, Joey Gallagher, couldn't get the ball down in time for Adam to kick it!

2011, Ronde Barber, Tiki Barber, Go Long!:

In Baltimore's 33 to 14 rout of New England in the AFC's Wild Card playoff game on January 9, 2010, he got off nine perfect long snaps, 3 for extra points, 2 for field goals, and 4 for punts.

2013, Rick Gonsalves, Placekicking in the NFL: A History and Analysis, page 237:

(American football) An underhand pass from the center to the punter.


long snap

en-verb

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

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

These days every team has someone on the roster whose only job is to long snap.

2007, John Feinstein, Next Man Up: A Year Behind the Lines in Today's NFL:

"I learned by watching my father do it," Zak explained. "I also knew the importance of it, so I learned how to long snap on my own. […]"

Tom always wanted to learn how to long snap.

(American football) To throw a long snap.


back lever

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Coordinate term: front lever

(gymnastics, calisthenics) A static hold normally performed on a horizontal bar, consisting in hanging horizontally and straight with the front of the body facing downwards.


Iron Mike

(slang, baseball) A machine for pitching baseballs for practise purposes.


dragback

(soccer) The act of drawing the ball backward with one's sole.


safetyman

(American football, dated) safety (position)


be left at the post

be left at the post (third-person singular simple present is left at the post, present participle being left at the post, simple past was left at the post, past participle been left at the post)

is left at the post (present singular third-person)
being left at the post (participle present)
was left at the post (past)
been left at the post (participle past)

(idiomatic, sports, informal) To be beaten from the beginning of a competition or race.


Dorito body

en-noun

Dorito body (countable and uncountable, plural Dorito bodies)

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(slang, bodybuilding) A physique in which the shoulders are wide but the waist is small, rendering the upper body into the shape of a Dorito.


midfielding

(sports, rare) The act of playing as a midfielder.


tee time

tee time (countable and uncountable, plural tee times)

(golf) The designated location on a golf course where players must be present in order to begin their rounds.

(golf) The designated time in which a game of golf commences.


passing game

(sports, athletics) The skill or ability to pass a ball in a game.

(sports, American football) A type of play involving one player throwing the ball to a teammate.


split-time

split-time (countable and uncountable, plural split-times)

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(cycling) The amount of time required for a cyclist to complete a fixed distance.


breakfall

(martial arts) A technique to minimize impact and injury when falling or being thrown to the ground.


line brawl

Immediately after the puck dropped, the Rangers and Devils got into a heated line brawl. It started with an expected bout between Matt Rempe and Kurtis MacDermind, but it escalated quickly, as every skater on the ice found a fighting partner.

(ice hockey) An incident in which all of the skaters on the ice are involved in fights at the same time.


speed climbing

(climbing) A discipline of climbing focusing on speed. In competitions, climbers race to the top of a standardized climbing wall.


speed climber

(climbing) A climber who takes part in speed climbing


time check

(sports, cycling, motor racing) An instance of checking the amount of time required to cover a specific distance, occurring at a prearranged point in a race.


pull hitter

(baseball) a batter who usually hits the ball to the side of the field from which they bat.


quietway

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Hope came when the street was designated part of a so-called ‘quietway’, a London-wide initiative to create a network of continuous routes on side roads, particularly intended for less experienced riders, or older people, or children.” This in part involves using already-quiet streets, but also seeking to reduce car use on other residential roads. As part of this, residents of my street were consulted on the idea of blocking off the road to all but bikes at one end, thus cutting traffic levels by about 95 per cent. A majority agreed.

2017, Peter Walker, Bike Nation: How Cycling Can Save the World, Random House, page 125:

(London, cycling) A low-traffic cycle route aimed at less confident cyclists or those who want to travel at a more gentle pace.


battle rope

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First introduced into the fitness industry. Coined in 2010.

Yet, doing just a couple of different battle rope workouts made my forearms run for their money.

2022 March 23, Matt Kollat, “To improve grip strength, I tried battle rope workouts – and they are ultra-efficient”, in T3:

(exercise, neologism) A thick, heavy rope that is used when doing exercises to increase strength


Red Roses

The Red Roses extended their championship winning record to 29 games, as John Mitchell's ruthless side struck five first-half tries before Assia Khalfaoui's second-half red card.

2024 April 27, Alastair Telfer, “England beat France to seal Grand Slam hat-trick”, in BBC Sport:

(rugby) The England women's national rugby union team


game time

game time (countable and uncountable, plural game times)

(sports, games) The time at which an event or match commences, or is scheduled to commence.


fully automatic time

fully automatic time (countable and uncountable, plural fully automatic times)

(sports, track and field) A form of race timing in which the clock is automatically activated by the starting device, and the finish time is either automatically recorded, or timed by analysis of a photo finish.


swimrun

(sports) A multisport competition which involves participants running and swimming over a race course that involves multiple swim and run stages.


river bugging

(sports) A whitewater sport where a single person navigates a stretch of river in a craft known as a river bug.


river bug

The swim fins and paddle mitts are the only means of steering and propulsion as no paddle is carried on a river bug. Bugging is done “feet first” which helps the user push off rocks, etc. whilst navigating the rapids of a river. The river bug was inspired by the desire to improve on the practice of descending a river on an inner tube.

2012, Melville Saayman, editor, Introduction to Sports Tourism and Event Management, Sun Press, page 341:

(sports) A one-person craft used in river bugging which resembles an armchair.


times on base

(baseball) The cumulative total number of times a batter has reached base as a result of a hit, base on balls, or hit-by-pitch.


time fault

For instance, a refusal was three points, but as it generally took the rider precious seconds to get his horse over the refused fence, a time fault of four points could be expected.

2001, Laura Moore, Ride a Dark Horse, page 286:

If the rider is over the time allowed he or she is penalized 1⁄4 time fault for every second over the limit.

2010, Bradley Berner, Blood on the Irons:

If I went over by a tenth of a second, I got a time fault and some other horse would be the last qualifier for the Grand Prix.

(equestrianism) A penalty given in which a rider does not complete the course in the time allowed that is set by the course designer.


dial-in time

dial-in time (countable and uncountable, plural dial-in times)

(motor racing) The amount of time the driver estimates that it will take their car to cross the finish line, used to establish a handicap start in a bracket race.


anchor point

Tournament archers generally use a lower anchor point, with the string hand under the chin.

1997, M. R. James, G. Fred Asbell, Dave Holt, Bowhunting Equipment and Skills, page 83:

Low groups can come from a mis-set sight, dropping your bow arm because of fatigue, a broken serving causing your nocking point to elevate, a loose aperture or scope, or half a dozen form flaws (such as a misplaced anchor point).

2004, Steve Ruis, Claudia Stevenson, Precision Archery, page 59:

To this point you have been using an under-chin anchor point. You have been anchoring your string hand under your jaw bone.

2006, Kathleen Haywood, Catherine Lewis, Archery: Steps to Success, page 67:

(archery) A point on the body, such as the chin or the corner of the mouth, that an archer touches with the string hand when the bow is fully drawn, in order to maintain a consistent draw.


step time

step time (countable and uncountable, plural step times)

(medicine, sports medicine) Of a gait cycle, the moment in time from the initial contact of one foot to the moment in time of the initial contact of the opposite foot.


intermediate time

intermediate time (countable and uncountable, plural intermediate times)

(cycling) A type of race or ride where the objective is to complete a course in the fastest average speed.


riding time

riding time (countable and uncountable, plural riding times)

(wrestling) The elapsed time that counts in favor of a wrestler gaining control of an opponent on the mat.


playing time

playing time (countable and uncountable, plural playing times)

(sports, athletics) The total amount of time a team member is granted to play during a game or match.


regulation time

regulation time (countable and uncountable, plural regulation times)

(sports) The normal duration of a game or match, before the addition of any extra time.


push time

push time (countable and uncountable, plural push times)

As I tried to protect my head from skidding on the ice at eighty miles an hour, I though to myself, this sucks, our push time better be fast!

2018, Johnny Quinn, PUSH: Breaking through the Barriers, page 151:

(sports) The elapsed time from the moment someone pushes a bobsled to start a course until it reaches the finish line.


interval time

interval time (countable and uncountable, plural interval times)

(motor racing) The difference of time between two racecars on the track.


skull session

(sports, business, slang) A meeting for the purpose of brainstorming or developing a strategy.


bullet climb

en-verb

bullet climb (third-person singular simple present bullet climbs, present participle bullet climbing, simple past and past participle bullet climbed)

bullet climbs (present singular third-person)
bullet climbing (participle present)
bullet climbed (participle past)
bullet climbed (past)

(climbing) To climb Mount Fuji during the night, in order to see the sunrise at the peak.


bullet climb

(climbing) The act of climbing Mount Fuji during the night, in order to see the sunrise at the peak.


selling-plater

(horse-racing) Synonym of plater (“a horse that runs chiefly in selling plates”)


Seleção

(soccer) the Brazil national football team


learn Chinese

learn Chinese (third-person singular simple present learns Chinese, present participle learning Chinese, simple past and past participle learned Chinese or learnt Chinese)

learns Chinese (present singular third-person)
learning Chinese (participle present)
or learnt Chinese (Chinese literary participle past)
or learnt Chinese (Chinese literary past)

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From the phrase "Get ready to learn Chinese, buddy," originating from an image macro falsely quoting NBA Commissioner Adam Silver in reference to controversy surrounding player Kyrie Irving, suggesting that Irving should be exiled to lower-tier Chinese league.

Our best starting line up against 18th in League 1, we either win 5-0 or every single one of those players need to start learning Chinese.

Absolute ass bowling. no swing at all, 115kph bouncers to short ball veterans. Always ruins the pp spell of Tushar. I expected so much from him, really disappointed. Better turn the things around or learn Chinese

“Every single hater who told me to learn Chinese, I’m glad because I’m going to Shanghai” Asuna shut the haters down 🔒

(sports, slang, derogatory) To quit or transfer from a major professional sports league, suggesting a player does not deserve their current place.


everydays

(softball) A softball drill in which players practise skills relating to their specific positions.


Vuck

Shortened form of "Victory". Popularised by a Melbourne Victory fan podcast, For Vuck's Sake (derived from the vulgar expression "for fuck's sake").

(informal, Australia, soccer) A supporter of Melbourne Victory (an Australian soccer club based in Melbourne)


BVB

(soccer) Initialism of Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund.


Série A

(soccer) the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (the highest division of professional football in Brazil)


Brasileirão

From Portuguese Brasileirão (“Big Brazilian”).


targa timing

(motor racing) A system of timing formerly used in car rallying.


Championship

(soccer) the EFL Championship (the second-highest division of English football)

(soccer) the Scottish Championship (the second-highest division of Scottish football)


League One

(soccer) the EFL League One (the third-highest division of English football)


League Two

(soccer) the EFL League Two (the fourth-highest division of English football)


farmers' league

en-noun

farmers' league (plural farmers' leagues)

Derived from the humorous perception that players in a league referred to as a "farmers' league" are part-time footballers, and who also have other jobs unrelated to sports such as farming.

(informal, humorous, soccer, sometimes derogatory) a league with a perceived lack of talent and good players

farmarliga

football league with a perceived lack of talent


Burger League

In reference to American fast food chains.

(neologism, soccer, informal, humorous, sometimes derogatory) Major League Soccer (the MLS); the national professional soccer league in the United States


Camel League

Blend of (offensive) camel (“Middle Eastern person”) + Saudi Pro League

blend

(soccer, offensive) Saudi Pro League (the highest division of football in Saudi Arabia).


ultraendurance

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If you follow long-distance races, you might be thinking, wait—males are outperforming females in endurance events! But this is only sometimes the case. Females are more regularly dominating ultraendurance events such as the more than 260-mile Montane Spine foot race through England and Scotland, the 21-mile swim across the English Channel and the 4,300-mile Trans Am cycling race across the U.S.

2023 November 1, Cara Ocobock, Sarah Lacy, “The Theory That Men Evolved to Hunt and Women Evolved to Gather Is Wrong”, in Scientific American:

(athletics) Involving sustained or consistent activity for a very long time.


(informal, sports) Abbreviation of NCAA Division I, the highest level of intercollegiate athletics in the United States.


parafencing

(disability, sports) The disability-adapted form of fencing.


pararowing

(disability, sports) The disability-adapted form of rowing.


sit off

en-verb

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

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

I thought we sat off them in the second half of the game.

(sports, transitive) To give less than full effort; to let off on energy or pressure.


square around

square around (third-person singular simple present squares around, present participle squaring around, simple past and past participle squared around)

squares around (present singular third-person)
squaring around (participle present)
squared around (participle past)
squared around (past)

(baseball, of a batter) To shift to a position to ready to bunt, i.e. by moving to face the pitcher and hold the bat laterally above the home plate.


swing away

swing away (third-person singular simple present swings away, present participle swinging away, simple past and past participle swung away)

swings away (present singular third-person)
swinging away (participle present)
swung away (participle past)
swung away (past)

(baseball, of a batter) To swing at a pitch, as opposed to bunting; to take a full swing.


hit away

hit away (third-person singular simple present hits away, present participle hitting away, simple past and past participle hit away)

hits away (present singular third-person)
hitting away (participle present)
hit away (participle past)
hit away (past)

(baseball, of a batter) Alternative form of swing away


pyramid down

pyramid down (third-person singular simple present pyramids down, present participle pyramiding down, simple past and past participle pyramided down)

pyramids down (present singular third-person)
pyramiding down (participle present)
pyramided down (participle past)
pyramided down (past)

(bodybuilding) To lift weights in decreasing increments.


get up into

get up into (third-person singular simple present gets up into, present participle getting up into, simple past got up into, past participle got up into or gotten up into)

gets up into (present singular third-person)
getting up into (participle present)
got up into (past)
got up into (participle past)
gotten up into (participle past)

You need to get up into him or he's gonna keep sinking baskets.

Go for it, get up into the ball!

(originally African-American Vernacular, now chiefly basketball) To move close enough to (someone or something) to guard them, stop them from scoring or passing, etc.


walk down

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

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

He's relentlessly walking him down.

(boxing, transitive) To continually advance (on an opponent) and punch (the opponent) in order to control the fight and dominate the opponent, while shrugging off the opponent's punches.


lip out

lip out (third-person singular simple present lips out, present participle lipping out, simple past and past participle lipped out)

lips out (present singular third-person)
lipping out (participle present)
lipped out (participle past)
lipped out (past)

(golf, of a ball) To touch the rim of a hole but not go in.


key on

key on (third-person singular simple present keys on, present participle keying on, simple past and past participle keyed on)

keys on (present singular third-person)
keying on (participle present)
keyed on (participle past)
keyed on (past)

(sports) To anticipate a play by watching and analyzing the movements of one's opponent(s).


brush back

brush back (third-person singular simple present brushes back, present participle brushing back, simple past and past participle brushed back)

brushes back (present singular third-person)
brushing back (participle present)
brushed back (participle past)
brushed back (past)

(transitive, baseball) To throw a brushback pitch at (a batter).


slug out

slug out (third-person singular simple present slugs out, present participle slugging out, simple past and past participle slugged out)

slugs out (present singular third-person)
slugging out (participle present)
slugged out (participle past)
slugged out (past)

He slugged out a homerun in the second inning.


ISAC

Idol Star Athletics Championships
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(athletics) Initialism of Idol Star Athletics Championships (Korean biannual Athletics gathering).


ball down

ball down (third-person singular simple present balls down, present participle balling down, simple past and past participle balled down)

balls down (present singular third-person)
balling down (participle present)
balled down (participle past)
balled down (past)

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(slang, bowling, intransitive) To switch away from a stronger bowling ball.


qualify out

qualify out (third-person singular simple present qualifies out, present participle qualifying out, simple past and past participle qualified out)

qualifies out (present singular third-person)
qualifying out (participle present)
qualified out (participle past)
qualified out (past)

He qualified out before the Olympics even started.

(intransitive, sports) To be removed from a competition by not qualifying.


seat out

seat out (third-person singular simple present seats out, present participle seating out, simple past and past participle seated out)

seats out (present singular third-person)
seating out (participle present)
seated out (participle past)
seated out (past)

(equestrianism, veterinary medicine) To modify a horseshoe to relieve pressure from the sole.


trick up

trick up (third-person singular simple present tricks up, present participle tricking up, simple past and past participle tricked up)

tricks up (present singular third-person)
tricking up (participle present)
tricked up (participle past)
tricked up (past)

(transitive, golf) To add tricks to a course or hole, including hazards in full golf and barriers in minigolf.


grind up

grind up (third-person singular simple present grinds up, present participle grinding up, simple past and past participle ground up)

grinds up (present singular third-person)
grinding up (participle present)
ground up (participle past)
ground up (past)

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He's grinding up the skate park.

(transitive, skateboarding) To skateboard on a surface or in a location.


finger roll

(basketball) a layup shot where the ball is rolled off the tips of the player's fingers.


off the heezy

From off the hook + -eezy (suffix forming hip-hop-sounding words).

af

Bruh I used to get inbtrouble for doing "off the heezies"😂

2019 September 24, @d0nde3zy, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-06-18:

(basketball, slang) A basketball move in which the ball is bounced off of an opponent's head.


head

I'm shocked, shocked, to find that gambling is going on in here

Said by Capt. Louis Renault in the 1942 film Casablanca, immediately prior to receiving his cut of the gambling.

(politics, sports) Said in reference to the hypocrisy of officials who are supposed to police illicit activities but engage in those activities themselves.


Cinderella team

en-noun

Cinderella team (plural Cinderella teams)

(sports) An underdog or lesser-known team that unexpectedly achieves significant success by outperforming a higher-seeded opponent.


high-seeded

en-adj

high-seeded (comparative higher-seeded, superlative highest-seeded)

higher-seeded (comparative)
highest-seeded (superlative)

(sports) Of a team, ranked or rated high in a given locale or region.


low-seeded

low-seeded (comparative lower-seeded, superlative lowest-seeded)

lower-seeded (comparative)
lowest-seeded (superlative)

(sports) Of a team, ranked or rated low in a given locale or region.


collar up

en-verb

collar up (third-person singular simple present collars up, present participle collaring up, simple past and past participle collared up)

collars up (present singular third-person)
collaring up (participle present)
collared up (participle past)
collared up (past)

(transitive, equestrianism) To apply a harness to a horse.


knockout stage

(sports) a stage of a tournament where only the winner of each match advances to the next round and losers are eliminated, often preceded by a group stage


Ipam

ipam (alternative)
IPAM (alternative)
iPam (alternative)

You need to stack it with CJC 1295 or something similar. Using Ipam on Its own is not effective and you’re wasting your money.

2024 March 17, Kumar Rathi, “Ipamorelin Peptide: Dosage, Benefits, Side Effects”, in Muscle + Brawn:

(bodybuilding slang) Clipping of ipamorelin.


cork out

cork out (third-person singular simple present corks out, present participle corking out, simple past and past participle corked out)

corks out (present singular third-person)
corking out (participle present)
corked out (participle past)
corked out (past)

He corked out a home run.

(transitive, baseball) To hit the ball, especially powerfully, with a particular result.


center stick

(juggling) The baton in a devil sticks set.


dish off

dish off (third-person singular simple present dishes off, present participle dishing off, simple past and past participle dished off)

dishes off (present singular third-person)
dishing off (participle present)
dished off (participle past)
dished off (past)

(sports, intransitive, basketball, ice hockey) To pass the ball or puck.


field out

field out (third-person singular simple present fields out, present participle fielding out, simple past and past participle fielded out)

fields out (present singular third-person)
fielding out (participle present)
fielded out (participle past)
fielded out (past)

Hernandez fielded out in the third inning.

(intransitive, baseball) To go out as a result of a ball caught by the centerfield, left field or right field player.


open play

We've struggled to score goals in open play since early March which contributed to our promotion hopes falling away last season.

2010 November 2, Phil Merrick, Bleed White: The fall and rise of Leeds United... to be continued, AuthorHouse, →ISBN:

A dropped goal is a kick at goal in open play and can be taken from anywhere on the pitch and by any player within the team.

2015 August 27, Gavin Hickie, Eilidh Donaldson, Rugby Revealed: Reaching Your Rugby Potential, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 222:

Orient's tended to result from set pieces, whilst Ebbsfleet's came from open play.

2020 August 6, Steve Leach, Twenty Football Towns, Saraband, →ISBN:

(sports, especially soccer and rugby) The period of play outside set pieces; the phase where possession can change by passing and tackling.


bunny hopper

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


heel out

heel out (third-person singular simple present heels out, present participle heeling out, simple past and past participle heeled out)

heels out (present singular third-person)
heeling out (participle present)
heeled out (participle past)
heeled out (past)

(American football, dated) To kick a ball backwards.


AMAC

w:Atlantic Mediterranean Activities Conference

(sports) Acronym of Atlantic Mediterranean Activities Conference.


read the green

read the green (third-person singular simple present reads the green, present participle reading the green, simple past and past participle read the green)

reads the green (present singular third-person)
reading the green (participle present)
read the green (participle past)
read the green (past)

(idiomatic, golf) To determine the slope of a golf green and to analyze its surface, in order to determine its effect on the golf ball as it travels toward the target.


VHT

en-noun

VHT (countable and uncountable, plural VHTs)

*(motorsport): Genericization of a trademark. The trademark derives from an initialism of very+high+traction phrase.
*(taxation): Abbreviation; Initialism of vacation home tax, from vacation home+tax.

(motor racing) A substance laid down atop the surface of a drag strip to increase the surface grip available to a dragster's tires, to enable quicker acceleration, faster speed, and lower strip times.


sweeper-keeper

sweeper-keepers (plural)
sweeper keeper (alternative)

With teams playing in a more compact fashion and defenders pushing up without the safety of a sweeper behind them, the keeper's role has evolved to that of a sweeper-keeper. Gone are the days when a keeper could remain in his sixyard box and just play his line.

2004 03, Jacob Daniel, The Complete Guide to Coaching Soccer Systems and Tactics, Reedswain Inc., →ISBN:

Sweeper keepers have high “soccer IQs” and know how to “read” the game brilliantly. They are able to play with their feet and head with equal skill to any defender.

2017 July 15, Paul Challen, What Does a Goalkeeper Do?, The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc, →ISBN, page 22:

It was a rule that made all keepers potential sweeper-keepers, and van der Sar was one of the very best around.

2021 February 18, Leo Moynihan, Thou Shall Not Pass: The Anatomy of Football’s Centre-Half, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 104:

(soccer) A hybrid of goalkeeper and sweeper roles – a goalkeeper who leaves the penalty area to start attacks.


try-off

It had nothing to do with their defensive pattern or any strategy it was about backing your instincts, and for Ma'a to finish the try off like that was pretty special.

2016, Tony Johnson, Lynn McConnell, Behind the Silver Fern: Playing Rugby for New Zealand:

On the try-off Watkins made 168 ft., the longest flight for the day.

1910, Aeronautics: The American Magazine of Aerial Locomotion, page 157:

In the try-off for the grand championship, the Kansas Hereford yearlings were granted the royal purple.

1922, A Review of the International Live Stock Exposition, page 114:

As an example of the best kind of spirit which can exist among competing teams and the pleasantest kind of atmosphere which can be created in one of these try-offs, we take off our hat to the W.O.D.L. Festival and to its winning team.

1938, Curtain Call - Volumes 10-11, page 14:

It's logical that 2,000 models every year fight, scratch and claw their way up to the try-off elimination when it comes time to choose the new Miss Rheingold.

1948, “The Rheingold Maidens”, in Sales Management, volume 60, page 8:

In this case—and again as an advanced development feasibility program—at the present time TI and the Martin Co. are under contract for a competitive tryoff along with Dahlgre as an in-house laboratory.

1975, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services, Fiscal Year 1976 and July-September 1976 Transition Period Authorization for Military Procurement, Research and Development, and Active Duty, Selected Reserve, and Civilian Personnel Strengths:

(sports, athletics) An elimination round between competitors who are tied; especially one that takes a different form than previous steps of the competition.


XCO

XCO (countable and uncountable, plural XCOs)

(cycling) Short for Cross-Country Olympic.


green FN

Fadeaway
Family Guy
Know Your Meme
NBA 2K
Peter Griffin

Abbreviation of green fuck nigga. In reference to the NBA 2K basketball simulation video game series, wherein the quality of a player's shot is measured in colours—green denoting the highest quality shot. Online Internet meme documentation website Know Your Meme first attests the word in early 2023 on the video-sharing service TikTok, but popularised in late February 2024 via an Internet meme depicting Family Guy character Peter Griffin shooting a basketball while fading away in mid-air.

(chiefly Internet slang, sports) Said after an exceptional, fantastic shot (“the act of launching a ball or similar object toward a goal”) or throw, especially in basketball.


XCM

XCM (countable and uncountable, plural XCMs)

(cycling) Short for Cross-Country Marathon.


roidtranny

/ˈɹɔɪdˌtɹæn.i/

From roid + tranny, based on the perceived similarities between ergogenic use of anabolic steroids and muscle dysmorphia on the one hand, and transgender hormone therapy and gender dysphoria on the other.

(4chan, derogatory, offensive, bodybuilding) A bodybuilder who uses anabolic steroids.

ergogenic use of anabolic steroids
muscle dysmorphia
transgender hormone therapy


green circle

(skiing) On a trail map, an indicator of a ski slope of the least difficulty, that is usually wide, open, and groomed, with a gradient of 0–25%.


blue square

(skiing) On a trail map, an indicator of a ski slope of intermediate difficulty, steeper and narrower than a green circle, and with a gradient of 25–40%.


double black diamond

double black diamond (plural double black diamonds)

(skiing) On a trail map, an indicator of the most difficult and dangerous terrain designed for expert skiers and snowboarders, with a gradient of greater than 60%.


rush goalie

association football
association football

(sports, soccer) A variation of association football where the goalkeeper's role is more flexible than usual.


kip up

en-verb

kip up (third-person singular simple present kips up, present participle kipping up, simple past and past participle kipped up)

kips up (present singular third-person)
kipping up (participle present)
kipped up (participle past)
kipped up (past)

(sports, acrobatics) To perform a kip-up manoeuvre.


kiss out

kiss out (third-person singular simple present kisses out, present participle kissing out, simple past and past participle kissed out)

kisses out (present singular third-person)
kissing out (participle present)
kissed out (participle past)
kissed out (past)

(billiards) To err resulting in the interaction between the cue ball and another ball(s) causing the shot to miss.


human flag

(gymnastics, calisthenics) A feat of strength where the body is parallel to the ground supported by a vertical bar.


cheat curl

For example, a cheat curl is one whereby you lean forward as you start to curl the barbell, bend your arms, and then as the weight rises you lean rearwards to take advantage of the momentum.

1985, Robert Kennedy, Reps!: The World's Hottest Bodybuilding Routines!, page 17:

A cheat curl is more similar to an Olympic lift like a snatch than it is a bodybuilding exercise .

2008, Ron Harris, Real Bodybuilding: Muscle Truth from 25 Years in the Trenches, page 71:

So in order to properly perform a barbell cheat curl, you want to use body movement to add some momentum to the bar to get it past the sticking point of the exercise where the elbows are bent 90 degrees.

2011, Nick Nilsson, The Best Arm Exercises You've Never Heard Of:

(weightlifting) A curl that is similar to the move used to train the biceps, except that at the point when the elbows are bent 90 degrees, the weightlifter moves the hips forward, shifting the weight of the barbell back to the biceps.


road cycling

(sports) The most widespread form of cycling in which cyclists ride on paved roadways.


kayak cross

From kayak + cross. From using kayak boats on a cross-country course. Patterned after similar sports such as skicross, snowboardcross, icecross, BMX (“bicycle motocross”), motocross (“MX”), supercross (“SX”).

(sports) A watersports discipline, a variant of kayak slalom, where multiple competitors are on-course at the same time, instead of singly, on a whitewater course with downstream and upstream gates, which competitors must pass on the correct side in the correct direction, competing head-to-head, in kayaks. The sport is similar to the wintersports of skicross, snowboardcross, icecross (skating), and the cyclesport of BMX racing.


wheel lock

Coordinate term: frame lock

(cycling) A low security mechanism mounted on the frame that immobilizes the rear wheel of a bicycle by moving a steel bolt through the spokes to prevent motion.