clutch artist

Roddy Osborne had set up the score with a 32-yard pass to "clutch artist" Don Watson.

1956 October 28, Dave Campbell, “Trib classic: Baylor's 1st top-10 showdown”, in Waco Herald-Tribune, retrieved 2015-03-03:

Shaq has perhaps the next great point guard in the NBA in Cleveland Cavaliers clutch artist Kyrie Irving.

2013 February 15, Josh Hill, “NBA Rising Stars Challenge 2013: Team Chuck Or Team Shaq?”, in Fansided, retrieved 2015-03-03:

The Chicago Blackhawks . . . will have a slew of decisions to make and contracts to sign. . . . [T]eam captain Jonathan Toews and designated clutch artist Patrick Kane need extensions.

2014 June 3, Rob Winn, “Decisions Await The Blackhawks This Offseason”, in Chicagoist, retrieved 2015-03-03:

Joe Johnson is still a fourth-quarter clutch artist.

2015 January 10, “How Many NBA Playoff Spots Are Still Up for Grabs?”, in yackityyacksports.com, retrieved 2015-03-03:

(idiomatic, sports) A player who performs especially well in crucial situations.


speed bag

speed bags (plural)
speedbag (alternative)
speed-bag (alternative)

(boxing) A small air-filled punching bag anchored at the top to a rebound platform parallel to the ground.


swingout

(dance) The principal dance move in Lindy Hop


Lindy Hop

Lindy Hops (plural)
lindy hop (alternative)
Lindy hop (alternative)
lindy-hop (alternative)
lindyhop (alternative)

(dance) An American form of dance, from the 1920s, accompanied by jazz music.


frozen rope

(basketball) A shot, especially a free throw, with little or no arc.


Chinese home run

en-noun

Chinese home run (plural Chinese home runs)

Either from supposed tendency of early 20th-century Chinese immigrants to the United States to do minimally acceptable work for minimal compensation, or a possible corruption of "Chaney's home run" from such a hit by a batter with that name that ended a game when the ball could not be found.

Chinese home run: 1. A derogatory term for a home run hit over the portion of the outfield fence closest to home plate, often one that lands just inside (or hits) the foul pole in a ballpark with small dimensions.

2011, Paul Dickson, The Dickson Baseball Dictionary, W.W. Norton & Co., pages 182-184:

(derogatory, dated) A home run hit to the minimum distance possible, usually just over the outfield fence closest to home plate.

Hal was too small to play, but he sat far out in foul territory, sucking on his blueberry Popsicle and chasing what the big kids called "Chinese home runs." (Cited at Dickson, above. He further quotes correspondence from King that indicates that his understanding of this term was that it applied to a foul ball over the backstop)

1985, Stephen King, “The Monkey”, in Skeleton Crew, Putnam, page 163:

(New England) A foul ball hit high and far, usually over the back of the plate.


bladejob

professional wrestling
professional wrestling

(professional wrestling) An act of blading, or intentionally cutting to provoke bleeding.


summit fever

Now that we were so close on Kilimanjaro, summit fever was taking me again.

2010, Daniel Dorr, Kissing Kilimanjaro:Leaving it All on Top of Africa, →ISBN:

(mountaineering) The compulsion to reach the summit of a mountain at all costs.


sports drink

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(sports) A drink whose purpose is to replenish the body's water and energy levels when doing exercise.


tandem bicycle

(cycling) A bicycle or tricycle in which two people sit one behind the other, both able to pedal but only the person in front being able to steer.


target man

target men (plural)
targetman (alternative)

For Galaxy coach Bruce Arena, however, it was further evidence his decision to add the former San Jose Earthquakes target man was on the money. Despite the precision passing of Robbie Keane and the pace of Gyasi Zardes up front, Gordon can still come on late for LA to go route one and chuck it in the mixer, or at least make the most out of set-pieces like corners.

2015 March 16, Richard Whittall, Graham Parker, “Turf war escalates as New York City FC makes home debut in week two”, in The Guardian:


go up for

en-verb

go up for (third-person singular simple present goes up for, present participle going up for, simple past went up for, past participle gone up for)

goes up for (present singular third-person)
going up for (participle present)
went up for (past)
gone up for (participle past)

the keeper went up for a caught behind

(cricket, informal) Of the fielding side, to appeal for the batsman or batswoman to be out.


cup final

(sports) The final of a cup competition.


lead climbing

(climbing) A climbing technique, in which the climber places anchors while ascending a rock.


lead climb

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

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

(climbing) To climb by placing anchors while ascending a rock.


lead climber

(climbing) One who climbs with the use of anchors.


hip lock

(wrestling) A lock in which a close grip is obtained and a fall attempted by a heave over the hip.


Cooperstown

(baseball, slang) The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, located in the New York town.


infight

infight (third-person singular simple present infights, present participle infighting, simple past and past participle infought)

infights (present singular third-person)
infighting (participle present)
infought (participle past)
infought (past)

Apparently a back-formation from infighting, perhaps continuing Middle English infighten (“to attack”), from Old English infiht, infeoht (“an attack made upon a person by another in the same house or between members of a household”), equivalent to in- + fight.

Be prepared to slip and duck his jab to infight or to counter with a quick punch to the head or body.

2004, Mark Hatmaker, Doug Werner, Boxing Mastery: Advanced Technique, Tactics, and Strategies from the Sweet Science, →ISBN, page 213:

Even if you're giving up reach in order to infight, standing at the end of your opponent's punch (impact position) isn't the way to do it.

2007, Alan Lachica, Doug Werner, Boxing's Ten Commandments, →ISBN, page 29:

Walker tried hard to close with his opponent, and infight, but by using both hands to good advantage Fus. Scott held his own.

2003, Peter B. Kyne, Captain Scraggs; Or, the Green-Pea Pirates, →ISBN, page 252:

"In a minute," said the commodore faintly. "He's so good I hate to hurt him. But I'll infight him to a finish."

1929, St. George's Gazette - Volume 47, page 247:

(boxing) To box while extremely close to an opponent


anchor shot

(billiards) A shot made with the object balls in an anchor space.


anchor space

(billiards) In the balk-line game, any of eight spaces, 7 × 3½ inches, lying along a cushion and bisected transversely by a balk line. Object balls in an anchor space are treated as in balk.


Kopite

From kop + -ite. In 1906, the banked stand at one end of the team's ground was formally named after Spion Kop, a hill in KwaZulu-Natal where many Liverpudlians were killed in the Second Boer War.

(informal, soccer) A fan of the English football team Liverpool F.C..

(informal, soccer, derogatory) A fan of Liverpool F.C. who exhibits loutish behaviour, football hooliganism, or poor sportsmanship.


EFC

(soccer) Initialism of Everton Football Club.


keikogi

(clothing, martial arts) A set of uniform worn while training in some Japanese martial arts


big show

He was thirty-one when he finally made it to the big show, having labored in the minors since 1924.

2010, Ted Taylor, The Ultimate Philadelphia Athletics Reference Book 1901-1954, page 70:

These Swedes also had a ticket to the big show of hockey, after their high school careers.

2011, Robert Montes, White Mexican, page 316:

(sports) The major leagues, as compared to minor leagues.


javelinist

To the right another trainer leans on his stick watching two more athletes, first a discus thrower, holding the discus in both hands in front of him, second a javelinist tightening the thong of his weapon in his outstretched right hand; he stands frontal.

1973, Royal Irish Academy, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, page 386:

Popular athletes took the form of the long striding Akalonu to the record breaking javelinist; Sesan.

2014, Oji Azuka, chapter 5, in A Binary Book, page 172:


javelin thrower

en-noun

javelin thrower (plural javelin throwers)

(athletics) An athlete who competes in the javelin throw.


(sports) Abbreviation of second overtime period.


(sports) Abbreviation of first overtime period.


(sports) Abbreviation of third overtime period.


Banglawash

New Zealand cricket team in Bangladesh in 2010–11

From Bangla + wash. Coined in October 2010 by commentator Athar Ali Khan, who used the term to describe a 4–0 victory against New Zealand.

It gave their fans enormous belief, and it also made them hungry for more. For more Banglawashes.

2015 June 24, Agency, “India vs Bangladesh”, in Sunvilla Samachar, year 1, number 151, Ahmedabad, archived from the original on 2015-12-01, page 3:

Even though the spectators want nothing less than a Banglawash in the ODIs and T20Is, the reality is a bit different. Against a formidable side like South Africa, the chances of that happening is very low.

2015 June 28, Minhaz Uddin Khan, “Over-enthusiasm undermining Tigers' success”, in Dhaka Tribune, volume 3, number 76, page 26:

(cricket, informal) A whitewash by the Bangladesh national cricket team.


Banglawash

en-verb

Banglawash (third-person singular simple present Banglawashes, present participle Banglawashing, simple past and past participle Banglawashed)

Banglawashes (present singular third-person)
Banglawashing (participle present)
Banglawashed (participle past)
Banglawashed (past)

The Tigers have made us proud by defeating the Black Caps in seven ODIs in a row and Banglawashed them once again in the three match ODI series yesterday at Fatullah (Sunday).

2013 November 6, Mazhar Uddin, quoting a fan, “Fans queue overnight for tickets”, in Dhaka Tribune, volume 1, number 223, page 13:

After 'Banglawashing' Pakistan, Bangladesh have now thrashed India to win their three-match One-Day International (ODI) series 2-0 with one match to go.

2015 June 22, Sandipan Banerjee, “Bangladesh should now get the respect which they truly deserve”, in CricketCountry.com, archived from the original on 2017-08-22:

(cricket, informal, of the Bangladesh national cricket team) To whitewash.


Baltimore chop

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(baseball) A ball hit forcefully into the ground near home plate, producing a bounce high above the head of a fielder; technique that was intentionally employed during the dead-ball era of Major League Baseball, but today occurs infrequently and usually unintentionally


dormy

Encyclopaedia of Sport
A player who is dormy cannot be beaten, and at the worst must halve the match.

1937, P. G. Wodehouse, 'Lord Emsworth and Others', Overlook, Woodstock: 2002, p 110.
I could see that Hemingway, confident that he would be dormy one, was a good deal shaken at coming to the eighteenth all square.


tac-au-tac

From French riposter du tac au tac (“to parry”), where tac imitates the sound made by the steel.

bor

(fencing) The parry which is connected with a riposte.

(fencing) A rapid series of attacks and parries in which neither fencer gains a point.


punt-out

(American football) A punt made from the goal line by a player of the side which has made a touchdown to one of his own side for a fair catch, from which an attempt to kick a goal may be made.

(rugby, obsolete) A kick back into play from the touch line, after the ball had gone into touch. It has been replaced by the lineout/line-out

(soccer, obsolete) A method of returning the ball into play, similar to a goal kick


grid girl

From the fact that the hostesses appear on the grid at the start of motor races.

(motor racing) A hostess at a motor racing event.


ball hog

"Ball hog!" Linda Shanklin howled from the stands. "Pass the ball!"

2015 June 16, Baxter Holmes, “Iguodala NBA's no-stats Finals MVP”, in ESPN:

(sports, idiomatic, informal) In team sports, a player who keeps the ball to themselves, rather than passing it.


cross-handed

Just then, a sailor, who had crossed the channel, and was making rapid headway, by rowing cross-handed, emerged from behind a merchant vessel which was moored at the wharf.

1844, Rufus Dawes, Nix's Mate: An Historical Romance of America, →ISBN:

(rowing) Facing forward and pushing the oars away from the body on the power stroke (rather than facing backward and pulling the oars on the power stroke).


dead-handed

en-adj

dead-handed (comparative more dead-handed, superlative most dead-handed)

more dead-handed (comparative)
most dead-handed (superlative)
deadhanded (alternative)

Then simply hit a dead-handed chip, with the hands, wrists and arms all swinging together as if in a solid block.

1984, George Peper, Golf's Supershots: How the Pros Played Them - How You Can Play Them, →ISBN:

(golf) Having very little wrist or hand action.


Trudgen stroke

(swimming) Synonym of trudgen (“type of swimming stroke”)


cross-buttock

(wrestling) A throw in which the wrestler turns his left side to his opponent, places his left leg across both legs of his opponent, and pulls him forward over his hip.


home-and-away

the practicalities of how a play-off system could work: whether it should take the form of a home-and-away knockout system, similar to that in the Football League, or incorporate seeding

2010 February 10, David Conn, “Premier League plans play-off for last Champions League place”, in The Guardian:

2013 February 21, Peter Whyke, The Guardian "'There are still people coming to our house for autographs 50 years on'"
Ahead of it we thought, as with any cup tie, that we had a 50-50 chance especially being at home in the first leg as finals then were played on a home and away basis.

(British English, sports) Of a series of two matches: having one game played at each competitor's home ground.


home-and-home

The USA won the home-and-home series with the Italians, entering the World Cup through a side door

2012 January 17, Vicki Michaels, “After 'humbling' loss, U.S. women's soccer team is cautious”, in USA Today:

(Canada, US, sports) (British, obsolete) Of a series of two games: having one game played at each competitor's home ground.


home-and-home

BYU will host Mississippi State on October 15, 2016. Mississippi State will host the second half of the home-and-home on October 14, 2017.

2015 March 20, Kevin McGuire, “Dates set for BYU-Mississippi State home-and-home series”, in NBC Sports:

(Canada, US, sports) A home-and-home series.


level-handed

...however incredulous most of us then were as to the chances of success the Colonials would have, all heartily applauded the pluck of young Australia in coming so far to play the game, level-handed, against the well-seasoned skilled cricketers of old England.

2014, John Stern, Marcus Williams, The Essential Wisden: An Anthology of 150 Years of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, →ISBN:

I have got a single-wicket match on with Jackson " — he was the great bookmaker known as " Jock of Fairfield "— " for ,£5." I said : " You are surely not going to play him level-handed?

1894, Henry Custance, Riding Recollections and Turf Stories, page 119:


moundsman

Managed and shortstopped by George Wright and full of league stalwarts—Joe Start, Paul Hines, and Jim O'rourke—they also had 1-year-old phenom Monte Ward as primary moundsman (teams now generally used multiple pitchers).

2017, Brandon Isleib, Playing for a Winner, page 77:


platoon system

(baseball) A method of sharing playing time, whereby two players are selected to play a single defensive position.


spot stroke

(billiards) The pocketing of the red ball in a top corner pocket from off its own spot so as to leave the cue ball in position for an easy winning hazard in either top corner pocket.


loose-handed

loose-handed (comparative more loose-handed, superlative most loose-handed)

more loose-handed (comparative)
most loose-handed (superlative)

In which method of receiving the puck—with a fixed stick or a loose-handed stick—do you apply a bigger force to the puck?

2013, Robert Gardner, The Physics of Sports Science Projects, →ISBN, page 90:

Then some sand wedges—loose-handed flop shots, cut shots, back in stance, forward in stance, different kinds of lies in the sand bunker.

2004, Jerry Travis, Match Play, →ISBN, page 75:

With the currently popular loose-handed grip, the wrist maintains a certain amount of flexibility.

1961, Edmund H. Burke, Field and Target Archery, page 36:

In the very first place, cultivate a “loose-handed” way of hitting the ball— the arm should never be rigid and should snap the ball rather like a willow withe than strike it stiffly, as with a baseball bat.

1920, Bernarr Macfadden, Macfadden's Encyclopedia of Physical Culture: A Work of Reference:


drop science

en-verb

drop science (third-person singular simple present drops science, present participle dropping science, simple past and past participle dropped science)

drops science (present singular third-person)
dropping science (participle present)
dropped science (participle past)
dropped science (past)

Her rapid-fire delivery and syncopation allows her to coast past hardcore beats as she drops science with her new school feminism.

1992, SPIN, volume 8, number 4, page 49:

His back catalog inspired 2005's self-published gem Rakim Told Me: Hip-Hop Wax Facts Straight From the Original Artists, a collection of legendary rap acts dropping science on their most celebrated records.

2007, Urb, volume 17, numbers 148-150, page 52:

(slang, hip-hop) To show off one's talent and ability, as if to educate others.


RX

en-noun

RX (countable and uncountable, plural RXs)

(motor racing) Abbreviation of rallycross. (a motorsport)


heelish

en-adj

heelish (comparative more heelish, superlative most heelish)

more heelish (comparative)
most heelish (superlative)

The heelish pair plotted to make everyone believe that their partnership was on its way out.

2002, Robert Picarello, Monsters of the Mat:

Grant argues that many takers are good at hiding their unpleasant side from potential benefactors... But that isn’t the entire story. It turns out that undisguised heelish behavior can often help you get ahead.

2015 June 21, “Why It Pays to Be a Jerk”, in The Atlantic:

(professional wrestling) Exhibiting the characteristics of a heel.


game, set, match

"Game, set and match to Byrd!" announced Westcott above the applause. "Byrd wins the School Championship!"

1915, Ralph Henry Barbour, chapter 13, in Left Tackle Thayer:

(sports, tennis) Victory at the conclusion of a tennis match.


pit boss

pit bosses (plural)
pit-boss (alternative)

In that same race, the first use of two-way radio-to-pits communication was logged. Al Stevens, who operated a radio dispatch service in Maryland, kept in contact with his pit boss, Cotton Bennett, throughout the race.

2009, Gerry Souter, The Earnhardts: A Biography, →ISBN, page 29:

(motor racing) The supervisor of the maintenance pit crew of a driver.


isolation play

Sure, there is room to be critical. He's holding on to the ball too much. He's settling for isolation plays too often.

2015 June 10, David Thorpe, “Top 10 Postseason MVPs: LeBron No. 1”, in ESPN:

(basketball) A goal attempt that does not result from a direct pass.


high challenge

ANOTHER PENALTY: Frickson Erazo with a high challenge in the area on the onrushing Lizio and Aguilar blows up for a spot kick.

2015, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

In the ninth minute, Mile Jedinak was booked for a high challenge on Christian Cueva, who was looking to break in the middle of the park.

2018 June 26, “Guerrero, Carrillo Score as Peru Spoils Australia Knockout Stage Bid”, in Sports Illustrated:

Chris Duvall was handed a straight red for a high challenge on Andrea Pirlo.

2016 July 5, Ryan Brister, “MLS Week 17 Recap, Highlights: NYCFC take derby, more”, in Empire Of Soccer:

It occurred after Roldan mistakenly booked Cameroon's Sebastien Siani for a high challenge on Germany's Emre Can which had been committed by team-mate Ernest Mabouka.

2018 June 17, “Gareth Southgate's England squad arrive in Volgograd ahead of World Cup opener against Tunisia”, in Daily Mail:

Álvarez is deservedly booked for a high challenge on Neymar.

2018 July 2, “As it happened: Brazil v Mexico, World Cup last 16”, in The 42:

(soccer) A tackle that is high up the targeted player's shin/legs.


Duckworth-Lewis

Duckworth-Lewis method
Duckworth-Lewis method


volume shooter

When the 76ers drafted Iguodala ninth overall in 2004, many wanted him to be a me-first scorer and volume shooter just like the player who previously held the team's spotlight and bared [sic] the same initials: Allen Iverson.

(basketball) A player who takes a lot of shots.


underwater hockey

(sports) A sport in which two teams compete to manoeuvre a puck across the bottom of a swimming pool into the opposing team's goal by propelling it with a pusher.


backscreen

(basketball) Alternative form of back screen


outhomer

en-verb

outhomer (third-person singular simple present outhomers, present participle outhomering, simple past and past participle outhomered)

outhomers (present singular third-person)
outhomering (participle present)
outhomered (participle past)
outhomered (past)

Philadelphia has been outscored, 57-18, during the skid and has been outhomered, 19-2.

2015 June 17, The Associated Press, “Kris Bryant Hits Grand Slam as Cubs Romp, 17-0”, in New York Times:

(baseball) To score more home runs than another player.


butterflier

(swimming) Someone who competes in butterfly swimming.


shifter cart

(motor racing) A type of small personal vehicle used in racing.


set out one's stall

set out one's stall (third-person singular simple present sets out one's stall, present participle setting out one's stall, simple past and past participle set out one's stall)

sets out one's stall (present singular third-person)
setting out one's stall (participle present)
set out one's stall (participle past)
set out one's stall (past)

Probably a reference to someone setting out a stall (“bench or table for the sale of merchandise; small open-fronted shop”) and publicly displaying the goods they intend to sell.

(sports, originally cricket) To (decide to) play (especially to defend) in a determined manner.

puolustaa päättäväisesti

to (decide to) play (especially to defend) in a determined manner


Maracanaço

/ˌmæɹəkəˈnɑːsəʊ/

Borrowed from Portuguese Maracanaço, from Maracanã, the stadium that hosted the match.

OK. But will you, Mr Scolari, be able to make the Brazilians forget about O Maracanaço defeat?

2014, Luca Caioli, Neymar: The Making of the World’s Greatest New Number 10, Icon Books, →ISBN, page 198:

(soccer) The final match (Uruguay 2 – Brazil 1) in the 1950 FIFA World Cup.


round the wicket

Benaud, bowling round the wicket and pitching into the rough of Trueman's footholds, brought such a collapse that in 20 minutes to tea England virtually lost the game.

2011, Steven Lynch, Wisden on the Ashes: The Authoritative Story of Cricket's Greatest Rivalry:

around the wicket
around the wicket#English

(cricket) Alternative form of around the wicket


selectorial

No great selectorial issues have been decided.

2015 June 27, Vic Marks, “Australia’s Mitchell Marsh punishes Kent bowlers to disturb the peace”, in The Guardian:

(especially cricket) Relating to selection.


legside

Captain Simon Katich (35 off 26) swiped three legside sixes to keep the scoreboard ticking along until he was dismissed right at the halfway point of the innings to leave NSW at 5-67.

2009 January 17, AAP, “NSW earn top spot and home final after win over Victoria”, in Herald Sun:


marquee player

Without a doubt, Brees was a marquee player. Before the season even started 10 or 11 of our games already were designated as television games.

2006, Joe Tiller with Tom Kubat, Tiller: Not Your Average Joe, Champaign, IL: Sports Pub, →ISBN:

(sports) An outstanding athlete popular with audiences.

(sports) A player whose salary is exempt from capping.


b-girling

(dance) Breakdancing performed by a female.


b-boying

In b-boying culture, a group of b-boys or b-girls who dance and battle together are referred to as a crew.

2016, Sophy Smith, Hip-Hop Turntablism, Creativity and Collaboration, Routledge, →ISBN, page 10:


Serena Slam

From Serena (“Serena Williams”) + slam (“grand slam”).
From Serena Williams who achieved the feat (though she was not the first) and was greatly celebrated for it.

compound

(tennis) A type of grand slam in tennis, where a player is reigning champion of all the major tournaments at the same time, but not all the tournaments have occurred in the same tennis season/calendar year.

Tiger Slam

the same feat in golf, named after Tiger Woods

grand slam

a conventional grand slam requires the player to be reigning champion of all major tournaments in the same calendar year/sports season

grand slam

all of the major tournaments collectively

career grand slam

a player having won all major tournaments at least once in their playing career


fieldable

Mookie Wilson hit an easily fieldable weak ground ball that rolled between first baseman Bill Buckner's legs […]

2011, Richard M. Russell, A Brief History of the Boston Red Sox, page 173:


Atleti

(informal, soccer) Atlético Madrid, a soccer team from Madrid


sclaffer

At a foot and a half from the hole the clean putter often fails, from incapacity to graduate inches of weakness, whilst the sclaffer succeeds because he is dealing with coarser weight sensitiveness.

1887, Sir Walter Grindlay Simpson, The Art of Golf, page 154:


three-second rule

en-noun

three-second rule (plural three-second rules)

three-second rules (plural)
three seconds rule (alternative)

Any rule that prescribes or proscribes behavior in a three-second interval, especially

(basketball) A rule stating that no offensive player may remain in the free-throw lane, with or without the ball, for more than three seconds.


ten-second rule

ten-second rule (plural ten-second rules)

Any rule that prescribes or proscribes behavior during a ten-second interval, especially:

(basketball) The rule that a team must advance the ball over the center line within ten seconds of gaining possession. The 10-second interval is used in U.S. high school and college basketball; professional leagues use an 8-second limit.


tip drill

(basketball) A practice drill where a line of players improve their rebounding skills by catching a rebound in the air, tossing the ball back against the backboard before landing, and returning to the end of the line to go again.


sitzmark

(skiing) An indentation in the snow made by a fallen skier.


off time

off time (countable and uncountable, plural off times)

off times (plural)
off-time (alternative)
offtime (alternative)

It is suggested that Rule VIII (c) requires that the drivers be on the track 5 minutes before off time, not post time, and that since off time can not be known until the race actually starts, the rule is meaningless.

1958, Sidney O. Raphael, Petition against The State harness Racing Commission, page 75:

That meant if you didn't bet on the off time posted on the infield board the race went off anyways.

2009, Eli Schleifer With Robert Temple, The Pilgrims Would Be Shocked: The History Of Thoroughbred Racing in New England, →ISBN:

(motor racing) The point in time when the official starter signals that a race begins, as distinct from the time the race is scheduled to start (post time).


buck dance

buck dances (plural)
buckdance (alternative)
buck (alternative)

(dance, African-American Vernacular) A type of African American traditional clogging.


buck dance

en-verb

buck dance (third-person singular simple present buck dances, present participle buck dancing, simple past and past participle buck danced)

buck dances (present singular third-person)
buck dancing (participle present)
buck danced (participle past)
buck danced (past)
buckdance (alternative)
buck (alternative)

(dance, African-American Vernacular) To dance in a particular style of African American traditional clogging.


stringbed

A second limitation is the lack of measurement of both handgrip force and ball impact location in the stringbed.

2015 July 16, “Tennis Racket Vibrations and Shock Transmission to the Wrist during Forehand Drive”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(tennis, squash, racquetball) The matrix of strings within the oval frame of a racket


TUE

therapeutic use exemption
therapeutic use exemption#English

(sports pharmacology) Initialism of therapeutic use exemption.


therapeutic use exemption

en-noun

therapeutic use exemption (plural therapeutic use exemptions)

(sports pharmacology) An exemption which allows the use of a banned substance for therapeutic purposes so that a ban from competition will not result when testing yields a positive results.


eightsman

(rowing) A member of a team of eight rowers who propel the same boat.


toolsy

en-adj

toolsy (comparative toolsier, superlative toolsiest)

toolsier (comparative)
toolsiest (superlative)

From tools + -y, in reference to a five-tool player.

Bryce Petty (Baylor) is more toolsy than Grayson or Carden, but he has had some back injuries, and it shows when he moves around.

2015 February 17, “Beginner's Guide to Understanding the 2015 NFL Draft”, in Bleacher Report:

2016 June 4, “2013 MLB Draft Profile: Austin Wilson”, in Amazin' Avenue:

(sports) Of a player: having numerous skills and abilities.

Tabbed the No. 30 prospect in the Giants' system by Baseball America, which calls him "raw and toolsy. His best tool is his arm, and if he doesn't succeed in the field, he could ... move to the mound. He threw in the low 90s in workouts at Texas. ... One of the best defensive infielders in the system already, as his arm plays well at either (shortstop or third base). ... The best defensive third baseman in the organization."

2006 June 7, “Augusta pitcher is on the right track”, in The Augusta Chronicle:

He was considered very toolsy and athletic, but rather raw, best-known as a basketball player in high school.

2008 March 20, “Not a Rookie: Matt Kemp”, in SB Nation:

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

2008 June 11, “Breaking down the draft, Part 1”, in The Hardball Times:

Okay, this joke worked better when Jim Bowden was still the GM, with his fetish for toolsy outfielders and troubled second-chancers.

2009 August 2, “Michael Vick In MLB?”, in The Washington Post:

I think he might be a little bit toolsier than Dexter. He probably has a little more power.

2014 August 5, “Grand Junction Rockies broadcaster Adam Spolane on Hamlet Marte, Rockies' depth at lowest minor league levels”, in Purple Ros:

Mitchell was one of the more toolsy and projectable prep outfielders in this draft.

2015 June 8, “Mitch Hansen profile: A closer look at Dodgers' 2nd-round pick”, in SB Nation:

...the toolsy Jones was somewhat of a cult favorite among the prospect-watching set.
Now, three years later, Wilson is back as one of the toolsier college bats in the class. And he certainly looks the part, strong and athletic, with the ability to hit for power and run well.

2015 July 30, “Pirates trade JaCoby Jones for Joakim Soria”, in Bucs Dugout:

(baseball) Able to hit for a high batting average and for power, to run the bases well, to throw well, and to field well.


Big Drum

(music, dance, Caribbean) A genre of music and dance, and an associated festival tradition, found in many islands of the Lesser Antilles.


TBL

Tampa Bay Lightning
w:Tampa Bay Lightning

(ice hockey) Initialism of Tampa Bay Lightning.


aerophore

Predecessor of modern scuba was the 1865 aerophore invention of Rouquayrol and Denayrouze.

1992, Richard A. Clinchy, Glen H. Egstrom, Lou Fead, Jeppesen's Open Water Sport Diver Manual, →ISBN, page 53:

Benoit Rouquayrol (a French mining engineer) and Auguste Denayrouze (a French naval officer) invented the aerophore in 1865. Their creation is considered the source of modern scuba equipment.

2010, Dennis Graver, Scuba Diving-4th Edition, →ISBN, page 3:

The aerophore consisted of two main components — an air-filled canister about the size and shape of a lawn mower engine, which the diver wore on his back, and a new creation, a "regulator," which automatically adjusted the pressure of the air in the tank to that of the water surrounding it.

2015, Stephen Harrigan, Water and Light: A Diver's Journey to a Coral Reef, →ISBN, page 190:

(underwater diving, historical) A predecessor of the aqualung, invented by Benoit Rouquayrol and Auguste Denayrouze 1865


through the gate

(cricket, slang) Through a gap between the bat and the batsman's shin pad.


longball

Wells, in the three hole, extended his streak of at-bats without a home run to 134, the longest longball drought of his career.

2009 June 14, RICHARD GRIFFIN, “Janssen struggles as Marlins take another”, in Toronto Star:


yuko

As with yukos, kokas are not accumulative, so no amount of kokas are deemed equal to or greater than a yuko.

2008, Roy Inman, The Judo Handbook, page 25:

(judo) The score for a throw that lands the opponent on his or her side.


man in motion

(American football) A single player on offense (always a backfielder) who is moving backwards or parallel to the line of scrimmage at the snap.

(Canadian football) Any player on offense (always a backfielder) who is moving backwards, forwards or parallel to the line of scrimmage at the snap.


tumble turn

(swimming) A turn used to reverse the direction in which the person is swimming.


tagball

(sports, games) a game/sport similar to paintball, where one tags out opponents with rubber balls fired from air pistols or paintball guns, without the mess of paint, akin to dart tag


dart tag

(sports, games) A game/sport similar to paintball using suction darts fired from air pistols to tag out one's opponents; the variant game/sport that uses soft-headed tag darts instead of suction cups.


wheelchair rugby

Blend of wheelchair basketball + rugby from its development from wheelchair basketball for play by quadriplegics, instead of paraplegics; and its rough aggressive play reminiscent of rugby.

(sports) A variation of rugby played by players in wheelchairs, primarily players with some disability. It is a full-contact sport and is played on a hardwood court with a ball similar to a basketball.

pyörätuolirugby

the variation of rugby played by players in wheelchairs


beanbag race

(games, motor racing) A novelty race in which each competitor must balance a beanbag on their head while running.


undroppable

He will react in the way he generally does, training feverishly over the weeks ahead and attempting to make himself undroppable for the game on Merseyside.

2015 August 24, Guardian sport, “Premier League: 10 talking points from this weekend’s action”, in The Guardian:

(sports) Unable to be dropped (from a team selection)


undroppable

United have two midfield undroppables vs RB Leipzig

2020 December 7, Elliott Jackson, “Gary Neville names Bruno Fernandes concern at Manchester United”, in Manchester Evening News:

(sports) A player who is unable to be dropped (from a team selection)


away from home

(UK, sports) Away; at the venue of an opposing team or competitor.


on the road

(US, Canada, sports) At the venue of an opposing team or competitor.


chossy

chossy (comparative more chossy, superlative most chossy)

more chossy (comparative)
most chossy (superlative)

(climbing, of rock) Unsuitable for rock climbing, e.g. because it is too soft, unstable, or overgrown.


TP

en-noun

TP (countable and uncountable, plural TPs)


Western roll

(sports) A high jump technique, developed from the existing straddle


spitballer

(baseball) A pitcher who moistens the ball with saliva before throwing it.


overgrip

(weightlifting, gymnastics) pronated grip


pop fly

(baseball, slang) A pop-up; a fly ball to the infield or the shallow outfield.


cup tie

cup ties (plural)
cup match (alternative)


triple-header

triple-headers (plural)
tripleheader (alternative)
triple header (alternative)

(sports) Three games played one after another between the same teams.


Christmas tree formation

Christmas tree formation (plural Christmas tree formations)

An overhead diagram of the formation has a pointed shape, like a Christmas tree.

(soccer) A formation consisting of four defenders, three central midfielders, two attacking midfielders, and one striker.


draftmate

And when it came time for a question-and-answer session with the six prospects in town for the draft, the children tossed Long softball questions as his draftmates had to sweat out the tough ones.

2008 April 25, Mike Ogle, “Top N.F.L. Pick Exhales; Others Hold Breath”, in New York Times:


touch 'em all

en-verb

touch 'em all (third-person singular simple present touches 'em all, present participle touching 'em all, simple past and past participle touched 'em all)

touches 'em all (present singular third-person)
touching 'em all (participle present)
touched 'em all (participle past)
touched 'em all (past)

(baseball, slang) To touch all four bases after hitting a home run, hence to hit a home run.


knee-buckler

(baseball, slang) A curveball (or occasionally a knuckleball) that fools the hitter, causing his or her knees to buckle (i.e. bend).


polka-like

en-adj

polka-like (comparative more polka-like, superlative most polka-like)

more polka-like (comparative)
most polka-like (superlative)
polkalike (alternative)

The members’ real innovation is their embrace of a Finnish polkalike genre called humppa, which sounds — well, like it sounds, more or less.

2007 September 22, Kelefa Sanneh, “Finnish Folk-Metal, in Swedish, Plus Trolls”, in New York Times:


candombe

en-noun

candombe (countable and uncountable, plural candombes)


tyre barrier

(motor racing, British spelling) alternative form of tire barrier


racing driver

(motor racing) a person whose profession is driving racing cars.


body press

(wrestling) A splash; a move where the wrestler jumps forward from a raised platform such as the top turnbuckle, landing stomach first across an opponent lying on the ground below.


demicharacter

From demi- + character, as a calque of French demi-caractère.

But other passages of “Concerto DSCH” have strong elements of what ballet folk define as both demicharacter and character dance.

2008 May 31, Alastair Macaulay, “Riding the Emotions of a Ratmansky Ballet”, in New York Times:


cross-check

en-verb

cross-check (third-person singular simple present cross-checks, present participle cross-checking, simple past and past participle cross-checked)

cross-checks (present singular third-person)
cross-checking (participle present)
cross-checked (participle past)
cross-checked (past)

(ice hockey) To commit the infraction of checking an opponent by using the shaft of one's stick with both hands.


VSC

virtual safety car
virtual safety car#English

(motor racing) Initialism of virtual safety car.


virtual safety car

en-noun

virtual safety car (plural virtual safety cars)

(motor racing) A racing condition where the race steward declares that all race cars must run a similar pace and must not exceed a certain speed, so that they will appear to each follow their own personal imaginary safety car, theoretically maintaining race separations without change, and where they cannot overtake each other.

full-course yellow

a race condition where all race cars must slow down and where they cannot pass each other, indicated with waving yellow flags along the entirety of the circuit


touch map

(sports) A visual representation of all the points on the pitch where a given player touched the ball during the game.


outtackle

en-verb

outtackle (third-person singular simple present outtackles, present participle outtackling, simple past and past participle outtackled)

outtackles (present singular third-person)
outtackling (participle present)
outtackled (participle past)
outtackled (past)

(transitive, sports) To surpass in tackling.


goalkicking

(rugby) The goalkicker's task of kicking for penalties and conversions.


EPL

(soccer) Initialism of English Premier League.

(ice hockey) Initialism of English Premier League.


HIA

head injury assessment
head injury assessment#English

(rugby) Initialism of head injury assessment.


bad hop

(baseball) A ball that bounces in front of an infielder in an unexpected way, often as a result of imperfections in the field or the spin on the ball.


kisbet

From Turkish kispet, from Arabic كِسْوَة (kiswa).

(fashion, wrestling) A pair of loose-fitting leather trousers worn by wrestlers in Turkish oil wrestling competitions.


halfway line

halfway lines (plural)
half-way line (alternative)

Roberts scored a superb goal from the halfway line, lobbing the goalkeeper.

(sports) The line separating the two halves of a pitch, either side of which the teams must stand before the beginning of the game.


puckstopping

He couldn't protect the lead, the OT produced his most confident puckstopping of the night and the shootout, well, he didn't win it and didn't make a save.

2009 February 20, Damien Cox, “Valuable learning experience for young Pogge”, in Toronto Star:

(ice hockey) The state of being a goalkeeper


payoff pitch

(baseball, slang) A pitch thrown on a count of three balls and two strikes.


bonus baby

(baseball) A baseball player who is given a large bonus when joining a professional league for the first time.


bogeyland

Even worse than the sand, though, was the grassy bank that comes down between the bunkers, where the rough was so thick it amounted to bogeyland.

2009 June 20, Charles Mcgrath, “Where Golf's Best Looked Their Worst”, in New York Times:

(golf, colloquial) Part of the terrain of a golf course, or (figurative) a situation, that leads to a player achieving no better than a bogey.


Stimpmeter

Blend of Stimpson + meter; it was designed by golfer Edward S. Stimpson, Sr. in 1935.

(golf) A device that measures the speed of a golf course's putting green by applying a known force to a golf ball and measuring the distance travelled.


postshot

“Most golfers have a preshot routine but need a postshot routine, too.

2009 June 29, Bill Pennington, “The Key Is to Relax, Visualize and Refrain From Felony Assault”, in New York Times:

(sports) After a shot is taken (as in golf, snooker, etc.).


speed stack

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

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

(sports) to stack and unstack nesting cups in a competitive manner for the sport of speed stacking


speed stack

(sports) a triangular stack of cups created by speed stacking


speed stacker

(sports) a person who practices or competes in speed stacking


cup stacking

(sports) a sport where the goal is to quickly stack and unstack nesting cups between triangle stacks and columns of nested cups


piling on

A fighting tactic wherein multiple people attack another.

(American football) An illegal strategy wherein players tackle an opposing player.


hidden-ball trick

en-noun

hidden-ball trick (plural hidden-ball tricks)

hidden-ball tricks (plural)
hidden ball trick (alternative)

(baseball) A fielding play where the fielders deceive the baserunners as to the location of the ball, allowing one of the fielders to attempt to tag a runner out without the runner being aware of it.


nontender

en-verb

nontender (third-person singular simple present nontenders, present participle nontendering, simple past and past participle nontendered)

nontenders (present singular third-person)
nontendering (participle present)
nontendered (participle past)
nontendered (past)

In Los Angeles, where Turner signed after being nontendered by the Mets in December 2013, he has evolved past a cliché.

2015 October 13, Seth Berkman, “Former Met Justin Turner Provides Offensive Lift for Dodgers”, in New York Times:

(transitive, baseball) To fail to tender a contract to (a player).


turn two

turn two (third-person singular simple present turns two, present participle turning two, simple past and past participle turned two)

turns two (present singular third-person)
turning two (participle present)
turned two (participle past)
turned two (past)

(idiomatic, baseball) To complete a double play.


blindside flanker

en-noun

blindside flanker (plural blindside flankers)

The position of the blindside flanker depends on the proximity of a touch line, so if the scrum takes place close to the left-hand touch line, the blindside flanker will be closest to that touch line.

2015, Ann Waterhouse, Rugby Made Simple, Meyer & Meyer Verlag, →ISBN, page 23:

(rugby) a forward in rugby union, usually number 6, who binds to the scrum on the side closest to the side line.


in-goal

(rugby) a part of the playing area between each goal line and the corresponding dead ball line where players can score a try


chairmanager

Notoriously, Barry Fry spent nine years from 1996 to 2005 as chairmanager of Peterborough United, presiding over one promotion and two relegations.

2015 October 21, John Ashdown, “Football’s unbreakable records and the teams who can’t play each other”, in The Guardian:

(informal, soccer) A person who (temporarily) holds the position of both chairman and manager of a club


supercoach

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

Griffin spent four years at Red Hill and was moved aside ahead of the 2015 season to make way for returning supercoach Wayne Bennett.

2015 October 21, “Penrith Panthers name coach Anthony Griffin as Ivan Cleary's replacement”, in The Guardian:

(informal, sports) A coach who has had great success in the past


find another gear

en-verb

find another gear (third-person singular simple present finds another gear, present participle finding another gear, simple past and past participle found another gear)

finds another gear (present singular third-person)
finding another gear (participle present)
found another gear (participle past)
found another gear (past)
find a new gear (alternative)

But the Devils found another gear in the third period and found the energy that had been lacking throughout a sluggish second period.

1999 March 26, Tarik El-Bashir, “Hockey: The Devils Tighten Their Grip On First”, in New York Times, retrieved 2015-10-24:

[I]f the 24-year-old Djokovic wants to replicate or even surpass his 2011 results, he'll have to keep finding another gear.

2012 January 29, Courtney Nguyen, “Challenged again, Novak Djokovic finds another gear in Australian Open final”, in Sports Illustrated, retrieved 2015-10-24:

Swimmers talk about finding another gear when they need it.

2012 July 30, Mark Sappenfield, “Ryan Lochte finishes fourth as other swimmers steal the Olympic show”, in Christian Science Monitor, retrieved 2015-10-24:

Trailing Kostelic by .017 seconds after her first run, Paerson found another gear on her second trip down the deteriorating course to finish with a combined time of 1min 38.65sec—almost a half-second clear of her Croatian rival.

2014 January 9, “Skiing: Paerson finds top gear to pip Kostelic”, in Independent, UK, retrieved 2015-10-24:

(idiomatic, sports) To suddenly achieve an extra burst of athletic performance, especially after a sustained period of competitive exertion.


gegenpressing

From German, popularised by Ralf Rangnick (1958–), German football manager.

Not the kind of player you’d associate with the frenzied gegenpressing for which Jürgen Klopp’s name is a byword, the striker’s non-future with Liverpool is expected to be thrashed out by his agent Mino Raiola and Klopp in what the Rumour Mill imagines will be a fairly short conversation.

2015 October 26, Barry Glendenning, “Football transfer rumours: Pep Guardiola to manage Chelsea?”, in The Guardian:

(soccer) A tactic in which a team, after losing possession of the ball, immediately attempts to win back possession, rather than falling back to regroup.


CHA

(sports) Abbreviation of Charlotte (in North Carolina).


figure of eight

en-noun

figure of eight (plural figures of eight)

figures of eight (plural)
figure-of-eight (alternative)

(climbing, caving) A device for abseiling, so-called for its shape.


CBM

contra body movement
w:contra body movement

(dance) Initialism of contra body movement.


FG%

field goal percentage
field goal percentage#English

(basketball) Abbreviation of field goal percentage.


FT%

free throw percentage
free throw percentage#English

(basketball) Abbreviation of free throw percentage.


free throw percentage

free throw percentage (plural free throw percentages)

(basketball) A statistic computed by dividing a player or team's made free throws by the total number of free throws he or it attempted.


field goal percentage

field goal percentage (plural field goal percentages)

(basketball) A statistic computed by dividing a player or team's made field goals by the total number of field goals he or it attempted.


boardsman

The overall record for the team was also broken that night when the Royal boardsmen grabbed 71 bouncebacks.

1958, February 21, Pittston Gazette, page 6:

Willie Murrell, the fluid 6-6 frontliner, is the ’Cats No. 1 point producer with an 18.3 average. His 9.1 mark also tops the boardsmen.

1963, January 12, The Kansas City Times, page 23:

Michael Whitley of Ohlone led all boardsmen with 6 rebounds.

1984, February 9, Santa Cruz Sentinel, page 30:

(basketball) A basketball player who specialises in rebounds.


IARU

(rowing) Initialism of Irish Amateur Rowing Union.


puckhandler

He was a great goaltender but a poor puckhandler.

Even the defencemen, most of whom are smart, mobile puckhandlers, pinch in more often.

2009 April 7, Paul Hunter, “Devils aim to exorcise demons”, in Toronto Star:

(ice hockey) A player skilled or involved in puck-handling.


nontouchdown

Houston's Mike Renfro tries to hold the football as Steelers defender Ron Johnson looks over his shoulder on a controversial nontouchdown play in the 1979 AFC Championship game.

The crowd of more than 110,000 cheered raucously — perhaps the loudest nontouchdown applause of the afternoon.

2015 November 7, Marc Tracy, “Slippery Rock’s Tie to Michigan Is All in the Name”, in New York Times:

(sports) Not being or not relating to a touchdown.


ridgehand

a ridgehand strike

(martial arts, chiefly attributive) A striking surface formed by tucking the thumb of the hand into the palm.


run of the ball

run of the ball (plural runs of the ball)

runs of the ball (plural)
run of the balls (alternative)

(snooker, pool, billiards) A run of good luck; a situation where a player is able to make his or her desired shots without difficulty.


move the chains

en-verb

move the chains (third-person singular simple present moves the chains, present participle moving the chains, simple past and past participle moved the chains)

moves the chains (present singular third-person)
moving the chains (participle present)
moved the chains (participle past)
moved the chains (past)

(American football) To alter the position of the device, a chain holding two sticks ten yards apart, used to initially determine the position of the line crossing which yields a first down for the offense, which may be moved by penalties or by the offense gaining a first down.

(American football, by extension) To convert a play that would result in said chains being moved.


powerslam

(wrestling) A bodyslam move in which the wrestler falls face-down on top of the opponent.


powerslam

powerslam (third-person singular simple present powerslams, present participle powerslamming, simple past and past participle powerslammed)

powerslams (present singular third-person)
powerslamming (participle present)
powerslammed (participle past)
powerslammed (past)

(wrestling, transitive) To perform such a move upon.


drag parachute

drag parachutes (plural)
drag chute (alternative)

The jet dragster has been clocked at 232.24 miles per hour. . . . The car is stopped by a drag parachute.

1962 July 27, “Jet-Powered Dragster”, in Spokane Daily Chronicle, retrieved 2015-11-13, page 12:

As planned, within seconds of touching down, the space craft released a 40-foot-wide drag parachute to help slow it down.

1992 May 17, “Shuttle Uses Parachute to Chalk Up Another First”, in New York Times, retrieved 2015-11-13:

The aircraft is designed to use a drag parachute as a brake, but Mr Prothero didn't have time to deploy it.

2009 September 8, “Retired RAF pilot saves bomber from air show disaster”, in Telegraph, UK, retrieved 2015-11-13:

(aeronautics, motor racing) A parachute deployed behind an aircraft, space shuttle, or motor vehicle as a braking device.


atomweight

en-noun

atomweight (countable and uncountable, plural atomweights)

(uncountable, martial arts, combat sports) The weight class below strawweight of less than 105 lbs.


go hard or go home

en-verb

go<goes,,went,gone> hard or go<goes,,went,gone> home

go hard or go home (third-person singular simple present goes hard or goes home, present participle going hard or going home, simple past went hard or went home, past participle gone hard or gone home)

goes hard or goes home (present singular third-person)
going hard or going home (participle present singular third-person)
went hard or went home (past present singular third-person)
gone hard or gone home (participle past present singular third-person)

"Probably top five I would have to do, I’m guessing, to get into the Tour Championship. So it’s either that or a couple weeks off. Go hard or go home."

2009 September 10, Larry Dorman, “Golf: Players Competing With a Sense of Urgency”, in New York Times, retrieved 2015-11-17:

He strikes me as more of a go hard or go home athlete, an impression reinforced by reports of aggressive and competitive behaviour.

2013 August 19, Catriona Menzies-Pike, “Does being a fitness fanatic make you a good politician?”, in Guardian, UK, retrieved 2015-11-17:

Those kind of predictions are for the weak. We believe in going hard or going home. So these are real predictions—not probabilities.

2014 October 3, Jordan Heath-Rawlings, “Unlikely Predictions: Eastern Conference”, in sportsnet.ca, Canada, retrieved 2015-11-17:

Members of the Newcastle University trampolining team went hard or went home when they took part in a 24-hour sponsored bounceathon.

2015 January, Edward Jones, “Fundraising efforts had us bouncing off the wall”, in The University Paper: Newcastle Edition, UK, retrieved 2015-11-17, page 39:

(often imperative, usually sports) To face a challenge by making a bold, superior effort, lest one give up and forgo the opportunity.


ball out

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

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

Derived from ball (“to play basketball”) + out.

The Lakers were behind the whole game until they started balling out in the last quarter.

The defensive tackle is an intriguing pick because you know he will ball out this season.

2019 September 3, Jeff Fedotin, “How Oddsmakers See The Kansas City Chiefs: The Story Of The Season In 3 Bets”, in Forbes, archived from the original on 2020-02-25:

The crowd gave Thomas a standing ovation after balling out... and that's when IT started to tear up and get in his feels.

2021 August 11, “Isaiah Thomas Breaks Down After Dropping 81 In Pro-Am Game, 'World Gave Up On Me'”, in TMZ, archived from the original on 2022-12-04:

"I think every single person on the team said, 'Man, get out of here with that. You balled out and you did your thing,'" said Raiders receiver Davante Adams, who was on the receiving end of seven Stidham passes for 153 yards and two touchdowns.

2023 January 1, Paul Gutierrez, “'You couldn't tell he was a backup': Jarrett Stidham earns Raiders' respect in first start”, in ESPN, archived from the original on 2023-01-02:

Mitchell unsurprisingly balled out in his return, dropping 46 points, grabbing six rebounds and adding five assists.

2023 January 12, Isabel Baldwin, “Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell shares heartwarming reunion with young, longtime Jazz fan, who waited for him outside the arena at every game during his five years in Utah”, in The Daily Mail, archived from the original on 2023-01-15:

One particularly notable person, NBA star LeBron James, took note of Purdy balling out as the 49ers advanced to the Divisional Round: […]

2023 January 14, Robert Zeglinski, “49ers' Brock Purdy had priceless reaction to learning LeBron James loved his playoff debut”, in USA Today, archived from the original on 2022-02-17:

(sports, slang) To play or perform extremely well.


HWB

Hawaii Winter Baseball
w:Hawaii Winter Baseball

(baseball, historical) Initialism of Hawaii Winter Baseball.


throw dirt on

throw dirt on (third-person singular simple present throws dirt on, present participle throwing dirt on, simple past threw dirt on, past participle thrown dirt on)

throws dirt on (present singular third-person)
throwing dirt on (participle present)
threw dirt on (past)
thrown dirt on (participle past)

Maybe we were a little too quick to throw dirt on this game.

(sports, elections) To pronounce finished, to call


SMB

surface marker buoy
w:surface marker buoy

(underwater diving) Initialism of surface marker buoy.


kit man

(sports) A man in charge of the equipment in a sports team


salad bowl

(tennis) The silver bowl awarded to the winners of the Davis Cup.


screwgie

screwgies (plural)
scroogie (alternative)


footfault

footfault (third-person singular simple present footfaults, present participle footfaulting, simple past and past participle footfaulted)

footfaults (present singular third-person)
footfaulting (participle present)
footfaulted (participle past)
footfaulted (past)

(tennis, intransitive) To commit a foot fault.


alactic

(sports) of a short-duration anaerobic activity that does not produce lactic acid


technical area

It was a victory that clearly meant so much to Van Gaal as the normally impassive manager raced from his seat in the technical area to celebrate Lingard's winner.

2016 May 22, Phil McNulty, “Crystal Palace 1-2 Manchester United”, in BBC:

(soccer) A specified area by the pitch that the coach and technical staff should not leave during the game.


second-division

(sports, chiefly baseball, of a team or club) Being in the second division (the bottom half of the standings).


second division

en-noun

second division (plural second divisions)

Let me pause to explain “second division” to those for whom the term has little or no significance. For the first half of the twentieth century the classic, constant number of baseball teams in a league was eight. Not six, not ten, not twelve, not fourteen. Eight. […] Even if a club failed to win the pennant, it was important to finish second, third or fourth—that is, in the upper half or first division of the league. […] “First division” came to mean something admirable, “second division” was denigrating.

1991, Robert W. Creamer, Baseball and Other Matters in 1941, page 37:

(US, chiefly baseball, dated) The half of the standings containing the teams with the worst records.


first division

(US, chiefly baseball, dated) The half of the standings containing the teams with the best records.


triple option

(American football) A formation that allows the quarterback to pass the ball or to give the ball to the fullback or to one of two running backs.


nickelback

nickelbacks (plural)
nickel back (alternative)

Blend of nickel + cornerback. Modelled on quarterback: both the quarter (“25 cents”) and the nickel (“5 cents”) are American coins, though quarterback was not named for the coin. Coined due to the nickelback's role as the fifth defensive back on the field, thus the connection to the 5-cent nickel.

(American football) A fifth defensive back (in addition to two cornerbacks and two safeties) who is deployed for additional pass coverage.


dimeback

dimebacks (plural)
dime back (alternative)

Blend of dime + cornerback. Modelled on quarterback: both the quarter (“25 cents”) and the dime (“10 cents”) are American coins, though quarterback was not named for the coin. Coined due to the dimeback being one additional defensive back more than the nickelback, since the 10-cent dime is more than the 5-cent nickel. See more at nickelback.

(American football) A sixth defensive back (in addition to two cornerbacks, two safeties and a nickelback) who is deployed for additional pass coverage.


uchi mata

(judo) A judo throw that uses the thigh to unbalance the opponent.


pinsetting

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(bowling) The clearing and resetting of fallen pins in tenpin bowling.


stretch four

From the concept of a "four" (or "4"), the standard numeric designation for the power forward in play diagrams, being able to "stretch" a defense by forcing it to guard the player beyond the three-point line.

(basketball) A power forward able to shoot three-pointers.


Power Five

(American football) The five college football conferences (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC) that traditionally contain the strongest programs, and whose champions are guaranteed berths in one of the six bowl games associated with the College Football Playoff.


play to the whistle

en-verb

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

plays to the whistle (present singular third-person)
playing to the whistle (participle present)
played to the whistle (participle past)
played to the whistle (past)

(sports) To continue playing until the referee has blown his whistle to stop play


SNB

Saint John, New Brunswick
w:Saint John, New Brunswick

(sports) Abbreviation of Saint John, New Brunswick.


super cup

super cups (plural)
supercup (alternative)

(soccer) A competition featuring a single game between winners of different cups


passing shot

(tennis) A shot that passes the opponent because it is out of reach


FFM

en-noun

FFM (countable and uncountable, plural FFMs)

(underwater diving) Initialism of full face mask.


vaulting box

(gymnastics) A layered wooden box that is padded with leather, used in gymnastics.


kangaroo stoppie

kangaroo stoppie (plural kangaroo stoppies)

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(cycling) A trick involving coming to a stop by rearing up and riding on only the front wheel, then rotating about the vertical axis on that front wheel, to turn about and face the other way, when finally landing the rear wheel.

handbrake turn

a similar maneuver in a car, involving stopping with a flip around to face the opposite direction


farm league

The Yankees entered the farm league business in 1929 when they purchased Chambersburg in the Class D Blue Ridge League.

2005, Lance A. Berger, Management Wisdom From the New York Yankees' Dynasty, →ISBN:

Still, the Colonial League experiment was successful enough in its first season for the Federals to become interested in pursuing it as a farm league for its excess players.

2009, Robert Peyton Wiggins, The Federal League of Base Ball Clubs, →ISBN, page 229:

Now, understand, you would probably go in the farm league before going up in the majors.

(baseball) One or more minor league teams owned by a baseball franchise and used as a training and testing ground for rookies, who, if they perform well, move on to play in the main major league team.

Now the CEO of Isiah International Inc. has his sights set on nothing short of establishing an official farm league for the NBA, establishing a system similar to the one which currently operates in Major League Baseball.

1999 November, “It's a whole new league”, in Black Enterprise, volume 30, number 3, page 28:

Scenarios were floated that the CFL and WLAF would merge or that the CFL would revert to a fall schedule and become a farm league for the NFL.

2005, Steve O'Brien, The Canadian Football League, →ISBN:

Heading into their third year, a minor league coach judged the Capitals to be an “average hockey team”—by the standards of a farm league club.

2015, Chris Elzey, David K. Wiggins, DC Sports: The Nation’s Capital at Play, →ISBN, page 237:

(sports, by extension) A minor league team from which scouts recruit players for the major league.


dying quail

(baseball, idiomatic) A pop fly which is hit weakly and falls in front of the outfielders.


bisquer

Starting the game as a twelve bisquer in 1908, the progress of Miss W. A. Blood, the eldest of the trio, was nothing beyond the normal […]

1913, Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News, volume 79, page 68:

Compilation of "hints" to Long-Bisquers who need to amend their tactical shortcomings, told with professional authority.

1992, Nancy L. Rhoades, Croquet: An Annotated Bibliography, page 21:

(sports, in combination) A person given a certain number or kind of bisques or advantages.


special teamer

(American football) A member of a special team.


Gucci

Likely from an expansion of the Italian luxury fashion brand Gucci, which shares a similar sound with "good"; developed in the 2000s.

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I'll make it look easy, believe me, we gucci

2016, Gustav Åhr, Jazz Butler, Braden Morgan, Benjamin Gibbard, Jimmy Tamborello (lyrics and music), “White Tee” (track 10), in Crybaby, performed by Lil Peep and Lil Tracy:

When he hung up, he said, "It's all Gucci." / "It's what?" / "It's Gucci. Everything's all right." / "Make sure it stays Gucci."

2016, Jerry E. Strahan, Lucky Dogs: From Bourbon Street to Beijing and Beyond, University Press of Mississippi, →ISBN, page 233:

Yeah, it's all gucci it's all gucci / It's all grand

2018, Nate Good (lyrics and music), “Come Down” (track 1), in Come Down, performed by Nate Good:


nonhandicap

a nonhandicap race


smallball

There was no heroic ending — Toronto's Joey Votto coming up a triple shy of hitting for the cycle, and some brilliantly executed smallball saw to that — as the visitors claimed victory to avoid being swept in the three-game series.

2009 June 26, Mark Zwolinski, “Blue Jays rally gets wasted”, in Toronto Star:

(baseball) A style of play that scores a large number of runs, one base at a time.


stickhandler

(ice hockey, field hockey, lacrosse) A player who is skilled in stickhandling.


linksy

en-adj

linksy (comparative more linksy, superlative most linksy)

more linksy (comparative)
most linksy (superlative)

Ames agrees with the general early assessment of Turnberry, that it's not quite completely linksy, with some forced carries, particularly on the par-3s, and requires particularly straight driving because the rough is up (and usually wet) and 22 new bunkers have been added, many at go-or-no-go distances, to swallow up the timid or at least steer them the long way around.

2009 July 15, Dave Perkins, “Ames ready to break out”, in Toronto Star:

(golf) Characteristic of a links (golf course situated on dunes near the sea).


upback

But long snapper Steve Schmidt hit upback Bryan Crawford with the snap and Jason Arakgi recovered for the Lions at the Argo eight.

2009 September 20, Chris Zelkovich, “Disastrous start too much for Argos”, in Toronto Star:

(American football) A blocking back who lines up approximately 1-3 yards behind the line of scrimmage in punting situations.


bio-mechanical

Even in a bike park scenario, we must be prepared and capable of dealing with mechanicals and bio-mechanicals; a broken chain can easily be mended and a long walk therefore avoided.

2012, Clive Forth, Mountain Biking Pocket Guide, →ISBN, page 43:


tailride

en-verb

tailride (third-person singular simple present tailrides, present participle tailriding, simple past tailrode, past participle tailridden)

tailrides (present singular third-person)
tailriding (participle present)
tailrode (past)
tailridden (participle past)

(intransitive, surfing) To manoeuvre a surfboard from the rear end


triple A

(sports) pertaining to AAA class sports leagues

Alternative form of AAA
pertaining to AAA class sports leagues


triple A

(sports) A level of sporting expertise for rating leagues, the level just below super or elite or major leagues; the highest level of minor league


Selection Monday

en-noun

Selection Monday (plural Selection Mondays)

(US, basketball) The Monday in March on which the teams that participate in the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament are selected.

NCAA basketball tournament selection process


technical submission

technical submission (plural technical submissions)

(martial arts) A submission declared by a referee in cases when a participant has sustained an injury or becomes unconscious


dogfall

dogfalls (plural)
dog-fall (alternative)

Lucky Ned Pepper said, “What is your intention? Do you think one on four is a dogfall?”

(wrestling) A fall in which both wrestlers touch the ground at the same time; hence, in extended use, any tie or stalemate.


cricketana

(cricket) Items relating to the game of cricket, especially collectibles.


warm the bench

en-verb

warm the bench (third-person singular simple present warms the bench, present participle warming the bench, simple past and past participle warmed the bench)

warms the bench (present singular third-person)
warming the bench (participle present)
warmed the bench (participle past)
warmed the bench (past)

I spent the whole game warming the bench – I didn't get to play at all.

(sports, colloquial) To remain out of play during a game or match; to act as a substitute.


ride the bench

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

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

I spent the whole game riding the bench – I didn't get to play at all.


five-hole

five-holes (plural)
five hole (alternative)
5 hole (alternative)

From traditional ice hockey instruction on shooting and scoring at the hockey net goal and goalie, where the fifth target is the central space underneath the goaltender.

(ice hockey) The space between a goaltender's legs.


go five-hole

go five-hole (third-person singular simple present goes five-hole, present participle going five-hole, simple past went five-hole, past participle gone five-hole)

goes five-hole (present singular third-person)
going five-hole (participle present)
went five-hole (past)
gone five-hole (participle past)

(ice hockey) To shoot the puck into the goal between the goaltender's legs.


one-timer

(soccer, ice hockey) A shot, made from a teammate's pass, which is not stopped before shooting.


Shim Sham

(dance) A tap dance routine that originated in the United States in the 1920s.


bottom bracket

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Holonyms: spindle, bearing

Crucial to the crankset is the bottom bracket. Of all the bearings on a bike, the bottom bracket is the one that has to bear the heaviest load. Not only does the bottom bracket have to spin while you pedal, but it takes the force of all the twisting and turning that occurs during pedaling.

2009, Dennis Bailey, Keith Gates, Bike Repair and Maintenance For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:

(cycling) A bicycle part that connects the crankset (chainset) to the frame and allows the crankset to rotate freely.


neighborhood play

en-noun

neighborhood play (plural neighborhood plays)

(baseball) A force play where a fielder does not touch second base while holding the ball.


donkey drop

(cricket) A pitch of the ball that aims to land it on the stumps from as great a height as possible, preferably with the ball descending behind the batsman standing at the crease.


deadleg

deadlegs (plural)
dead-leg (alternative)
dead leg (alternative)

Deadleg drills can also be performed by having one leg serve as the dealeg (hips and knees stiff, ankles dorsiflexed, active ground contact with the foot and the heel adhering o the credit card rule) and having the opposite leg perform other drills, such as A-skips, B-skips or straight-leg skips.

2017, Clive Brewer, Athletic Movement Skills: Training for Sports Performance, →ISBN, page 202:

(sports) A movement in which the hips and knees are kept straight and stiff and the ankle is flexed.


swing through

en-verb

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

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

(baseball, idiomatic) To swing and miss at a pitch.


at 'em ball

at 'em balls (plural)
at'em ball (alternative)
at-'em ball (alternative)

Because such a ball is hit straight at 'em (at them).

If opposing hitters consistently hit balls at -Fielders, the fortunate pitcher is said, to be possessed of an "at 'em ball."

1996, Mike Whiteford, How to Talk Baseball, →ISBN, page 76:

(baseball, slang) A hard-hit batted ball hit straight at a fielder in the air for an out.


aero bar

(cycling) An extension of a bicycle's handlebars, allowing the rider to rest his/her elbows and benefit from improved aerodynamics.


groupo

From group + -o, probably adapted from Italian gruppo, name of the first Campagnolo groupsets.

These new groupos advance Campy's battle for market share with Japanese component manufacturers […]

Most roadies go for Shimano or Campagnolo groupos.

2006, Marla Streb, Bicycling Magazine's Century Training Program:

(cycling, colloquial) Synonym of groupset


CCR

closed circuit rebreather
w:Diving rebreather

(underwater diving) Acronym of closed circuit rebreather.


zooter

From zoot (“rush, scoot”) + -er (agent noun suffix).

suffix

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

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

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


handcyclist

(sports) A person who rides a handcycle or who competes in handcycling.


handcycling

(sports) The sport of riding and racing handcycles.


run the table

en-verb

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

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

(snooker, pool) To succeed in potting all of one's balls in a single turn.


Ger

(soccer) A person associated with Rangers F.C., as a player, fan, coach etc.


prize pool

The prize pool is $600. The 1st place gets $300, the 2nd place gets $200 and the 3rd place gets $100.

This is a satellite tournament. The prize pool consists of 18 entries to a tournament with a more expensive buy-in.

(games, gambling, sports) The total amount of money that is distributed among the winners in a tournament.


chain suck

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(cycling) The tendency of a chain to stick to chainrings and be sucked up into the bicycle instead of coming off the chainring, especially if it is worn or if conditions are dirty.


chain slap

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(cycling) The slapping sound of the bicycle's chain against the chainstays while riding over rough terrain.


ghost goal

(ball games) An apparent goal in which it is not clear whether or not the ball crossed the goal line.


LOD

en-noun

LOD (countable and uncountable, plural LODs)

Position: Intro, Left-Open, M on outside, M's L and W's R hands joined, both facing LOD.

1962, Sets in Order: The Magazine of Square Dancing - Volume 14, page 37:

Beginners will often use a box step or not get too involved in the LOD until they get a feel of matching their steps with the musical measures.

2012, Raoul Weinstein, Become a Man of Confi-Dance, →ISBN:

If the dance floor is very crowded and you cannot travel forward in a counterclockwise direction around the perimeter of the room, or in the LOD, the leader needs to select from the stationary variations that are known so far.

2013, Judy Patterson Wright, Social Dance: Steps to Success, →ISBN, page 297:

(dance) Initialism of line of dance; a counterclockwise direction for circuiting the dance floor.


follow a wheel

en-verb

follow a wheel (third-person singular simple present follows a wheel, present participle following a wheel, simple past and past participle followed a wheel)

follows a wheel (present singular third-person)
following a wheel (participle present)
followed a wheel (participle past)
followed a wheel (past)

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He didn't know how to follow a wheel.

2013, Herbie Sykes, Maglia Rosa 2nd Edition: Triumph and Tragedy at the Giro D'Italia:

But beware if you don't master the group-riding skills: if you are afraid to follow a wheel, or when you are not completely stable.

2015, Suze Clemitson, Ride the Revolution: The Inside Stories from Women in Cycling:

(cycling) To match the pace of riders who are setting the tempo.


wheelsuck

wheelsuck (third-person singular simple present wheelsucks, present participle wheelsucking, simple past and past participle wheelsucked)

wheelsucks (present singular third-person)
wheelsucking (participle present)
wheelsucked (participle past)
wheelsucked (past)

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Here we have several World Championships every week. There is 'Hill Worlds', and then some other ones. What happens a lot of time^([sic]) is that only a few people who race show up, and you can have your way with the majority of Freds who do the ride (Hill Worlds is fun because people can't wheelsuck).

2001, Andrew Albright, “World Championships (was Re: What is John Eustice cycling backround? ^([sic])”, in rec.bicycles.racing (Usenet):

(cycling, intransitive) To sit on the rear wheel of others in a group or on another rider, enjoying the draft but not working.


hunger knock

(cycling, colloquial) Sudden fatigue as a result of glycogen depletion from not having taken in enough nutrition.


half-wheel

half-wheel (third-person singular simple present half-wheels, present participle half-wheeling, simple past and past participle half-wheeled)

half-wheels (present singular third-person)
half-wheeling (participle present)
half-wheeled (participle past)
half-wheeled (past)

Nobody half-wheels Bob and gets away with it. Bob kept forcing the pace by trying to ride next to him, and the pace escalated for almost an hour until Jock finally had to drop back.

1992, Davis Phinney, Training for Cycling: The Ultimate Guide to Improved Performance:

A less structured daily goal for the first example might be to just enjoy a nice talking pace throughout the ride, avoiding the urge to attack your comrades or follow attacks by your comrades and also avoiding half-wheeling.

2010, Robert Panzera, Cycling Fast, page 194:

(cycling) To maintain a distance of half a wheel in front of another rider, regarded as poor etiquette.


laughing group

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king of the mountains

en-noun

king of the mountains (plural kings of the mountains)

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(cycling) The title given to the best climber in a road race.


neopro

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(cycling) A professional in his or her first year.


on the rivet

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When riding at maximum speed, a racer often perches on the front tip of the saddle, where the shell of an old-style leather saddle would be attached to the saddle frame with a rivet.


bit and bit

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puncheur

(cycling) A rider who specializes in rolling terrain with short but steep climbs.


drop dimes

en-verb

drop dimes (third-person singular simple present drops dimes, present participle dropping dimes, simple past and past participle dropped dimes)

drops dimes (present singular third-person)
dropping dimes (participle present)
dropped dimes (participle past)
dropped dimes (past)

Sophomore quarterback Sefo Liufau was dropping dimes all over the field, and the CU defense had held the Rams to a mere two yards passing.

2014 August 30, Jared Funk-Breay, “Rocky Mountain sigh: Buffs fall to Rams in 2014 Showdown”, in CUIndependent:

For now, though, Bishop figures to continue dropping dimes and making her teammates better, though Groveston believes the relationship between Bishop and her recipients goes both ways.

2016 April 13, Brady McAtamney, “GVSU's Bishop sits fourth in single season assists”, in Grand Valley Lanthorn:

It wasn't long before Jokic was dropping dimes, blocking shots, leading the break, and running the offense out of the elbow for Denver.

2016 April 13, Daniel Lewis, “And We Bid You Goodnight: Kick rocks, Denver Nuggets”, in Hardwood Paroxysm:


strike out the side

strike out the side (third-person singular simple present strikes out the side, present participle striking out the side, simple past and past participle struck out the side)

strikes out the side (present singular third-person)
striking out the side (participle present)
struck out the side (participle past)
struck out the side (past)

(baseball) To record all three outs in an inning with a strikeout.


steez

Blend of style + ease, respelled phonetically.

You know my steez / Let em know, do your thing, God

1998, “You know my steez”, in Moment of Truth, performed by Gang Starr:

Gun in my sleeve 'cause nowadays homicide is my steez.

2006, “Battle Cry”, in The Torture Papers, performed by Army of the Pharaohs:

Are you gay for Steve? I think you may be, and that would be alright. But let a bitch know just what your steez is, so I know if I should shave tonight.

2011, “You, Me, and Steve”, in All Over Your Face, performed by Garfunkel & Oates:


winner's circle

(horse racing) An enclosed area next to a racetrack where the winning horse and jockey are brought for photographs and awards.


drive-through penalty

en-noun

drive-through penalty (plural drive-through penalties)

drive-through penalties (plural)
drive through penalty (alternative)

(motor racing) A type of in-race penalty sanction against a driver or a team for in-race infractions, which results in the driver having to leave the track and drive through the pit lane at the reduced pit-lane speed before rejoining the track.


stop-and-go penalty

stop-and-go penalty (plural stop-and-go penalties)

stop-and-go penalties (plural)
stop and go penalty (alternative)

(motor racing) A type of in-race penalty sanction against a driver or a team for in-race infractions, which results in a driver having to leave the track and make a pit stop without servicing the car.


splash-and-go

splash-and-gos (plural)
splash and go (alternative)

(motor racing) Synonym of splash-and-dash


sausage kerb

sausage kerbs (plural)
sausage curb (alternative)

From sausage + kerb, from its sausage-like shape.

(motor racing) A type of kerb and speed bump found on motor-racing tracks, having a smooth profile similar to half a sausage split lengthwise and laid out with the cut side down.


LMP

(motor racing) Initialism of Le Mans Prototype.


tubulars

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(cycling) Bicycle tires with the inner tube permanently stitched inside the casing.


tubies

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sew-ups

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turbo trainer

(cycling) A trainer equipped with a fan to simulate pedal resistance and airflow.


tumbling mat

(gymnastics) A padded mat used in gymnastics.


BDN

Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
w:en:Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

(sports) Abbreviation of Brandon. (Brandon, Manitoba, Canada)


soft break

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general classification
general classification

(cycling) A breakaway that is allowed to go from the peloton in a stage race because it poses no strategic threat to any of the main contenders in the general classification.


steerer tube

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(cycling) The part of the fork that is inserted into the head tube of the frame, and is used to attach the fork to the frame using a headset.


head tube

(cycling) The part of a tubular bicycle's frame in which the front fork steerer tube is mounted.


sit in the wheels

en-verb

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

sits in the wheels (present singular third-person)
sitting in the wheels (participle present)
sat in the wheels (participle past)
sat in the wheels (past)

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Yes, you /can/ win by sitting in the wheels consistently and never doing any work. But it isn't admirable.

2010, Simon Brooke, “Re: SPOILER (stage 8) - days when you wish the stage was 5k longer....”, in uk.rec.cycling.moderated (Usenet):


service course

(cycling) A location where bicycles are maintained between races.


pedal squares

pedal squares (third-person singular simple present pedals squares, present participle pedaling squares, simple past and past participle pedaled squares)

pedals squares (present singular third-person)
pedaling squares (participle present)
pedaled squares (participle past)
pedaled squares (past)

(cycling) To pedal in an ungainly, choppy fashion without fluid rhythm.


swing off

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

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

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When the sleigh rider takes up chase, attack him again as soon as he's finished his effort, whether it be because he's caught the breakaway rider, has swung off for someone else to take pace, or is just plain slowing down from fatigue.

(cycling, intransitive) To steer one's bicycle to the side in order to allow other riders to overtake.


truck and trailer

(rugby) The situation where the ball carrier leaves a maul and is followed by teammates.


restart kick

(rugby) A drop kick of the ball by the non-scoring team toward the opposition, used to recommence play after a point has been scored.


soup bone

(slang, baseball) The arm that a player uses to pitch the ball.


deco

(underwater diving, informal) Decompression.


hand wedge

(golf, slang, humorous) A golf player's hand, when used to cheat by surreptitiously moving the ball to a more advantageous position.


body shot

(sports) A shot aimed at the opponent's body, often difficult to defend against or counterattack.


man of the match

en-noun

man of the match (plural men of the match)

Hodgson then removed man of the match Wayne Rooney, who had earlier seen a shot pushed superbly on to the post by Akinfeev, and replaced him with Jack Wilshere to preserve England's advantage.

2016 June 11, Phil McNulty, “England 1-1 Russia”, in BBC Sport:

(sports) A player chosen as having made the most outstanding achievement during a match, and awarded a small prize.


salmon ladder

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(sports, exercise) A physical-training exercise where the exerciser moves a crossbeam to progressively higher positions on a pair of posts while hanging from it with his arms.


junkballing

(baseball, slang, rare, of a pitcher) That relies heavily on junkballs.


overshift

/ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌʃɪft/

/ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈʃɪft/

The chart, representing two players, shows how the overshift principle forces the offensive player to traverse a greater distance than the defensive player who is guarding him.

1975, William Albert Healey, Joseph W. Hartley, Basketball's ten greatest defenses, page 24:

By using the overshift, you can also develop a good stunting game that will not leave you wide open in case of fullback traps or even option plays.

1977, Coach and Athlete - Volume 40, page 28:

The overshift works well against left-handed hitters who pull the ball farthest to the right.

2011, Evander Lomke, Martin Rowe, Right Off the Bat: Baseball, Cricket, Literature, & Life, →ISBN, page 61:

(sports) The strategy or act of positioning defensive players extra far toward the offense's strong side, leaving portions of the field or court undefended.


overshift

en-verb

overshift (third-person singular simple present overshifts, present participle overshifting, simple past and past participle overshifted)

overshifts (present singular third-person)
overshifting (participle present)
overshifted (participle past)
overshifted (past)

/ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌʃɪft/

/ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈʃɪft/

In addition, overshifting to one side and undershifting to the other may be used as a defensive plan to meet personnel or field problems.

1962, David M. Nelson, Football; Principles and Play, page 39:

At times the defense will overshift because of anxiousness, aggressiveness, or anticipation. Emphasis on the passing option available will diagnose in what position and situation on the floor that the defense has a tendency to overshift.

1973, Richard W. Harvey, Coaching Basketball's Multiple Set Zone Offense, page 123:

On the screen we have seen Detroit shift to a Frisco defense, in which they overshift the two tackles and the end toward our flanker.

2014, Vince Lombardi, Run to Daylight!, →ISBN:

(sports) To position defensive players too far in a particular direction.


undershift

Do they employ an undershift? Overshift? If they do undershift or overshift the line, is it a half-man or full-man over- shift or undershift?

1955, Robert C. MacKenzie, Football Scouting, page 54:

"Everyone who plays four linemen ends up in an overshift or undershift," says Phillips, "and that makes the same alignment we're playing to start with.

1976, Jack T. Clary, The Gamemakers, page 185:

In an overshift or undershift the spacing of the linemen should be over one "full man" from the normal.

1949, Herbert Orin Crisler, Modern football: fundamentals and strategy, page 193:

(sports) The strategy or act of positioning defensive players extra far toward the offense's weak side.


undershift

undershift (third-person singular simple present undershifts, present participle undershifting, simple past and past participle undershifted)

undershifts (present singular third-person)
undershifting (participle present)
undershifted (participle past)
undershifted (past)

If they are in doubt just where they should go, they should always overshift rather than undershift.

1930, Edward Dana Caulkins, Intimate Talks with Great Coaches, page 57:


one-and-one

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

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

Twice we got fouled and missed the front end of one-and-ones that could have pretty much cinched it for us.

2011, Clyde Drexler, Kerry Eggers, Jim Nantz, Clyde the Glide: My Life in Basketball, →ISBN, page 99:

UConn had chances to increase its lead, but Ryan Boatright and Terrence Samuel each missed the front ends of one-and-ones, giving Terp star Dez Wells two chances to give Maryland its first lead of the game in the final 13 seconds.

2015, David Borges, Rebound!: The Incredible Story of UConn Basketball's Comeback from Defeat to Dominance, →ISBN:

(basketball) A double foul shot, where the first shot must succeed in order to get the second shot.

If Durant signed a one-and-one and then signed a five-year max next summer, he'd make over $235 million over the next six years. If he signed a one-and-one and then signed a four-year max using those Non-Bird Rights, he'd make a little over $168 million over the next five years.

2016 June 6, Jake Whitacre, “Why a one-and-one contract wouldn't work for Kevin Durant in Washington”, in SB Nation:

For financial and competitive reasons, Durant’s best move is to stay in Oklahoma City. With the cap jumping $20 million this summer and another $15 million in 2017, Durant can make an extra $40 million by signing a one-and-one contract with the Thunder in July, then opt out and sign a long-term deal in 2017.

2016 May 31, “Which teams have the best odds to sign Kevin Durant?”, in Comcast SportsNet Chicago:

Is it possible to have a few one-and-one guys while building the majority of the roster around guys who want to be at Kansas for longer than just one year?

2015 March 23, Neal Jones, “Has 'one-and-done' recruiting hurt Kansas basketball?,”, in KCTV Kansas City:

(sports) A contract in which the player signs on for one year with an option to stay for a second year.


ressie

(informal, sports) A member of a reserve team.


NIR

Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland#English

(sports) Abbreviation of Northern Ireland.


IRE

Republic of Ireland
Republic of Ireland#English

(sports) Abbreviation of Ireland. (Republic of Ireland)


home ground

en-noun

home ground (countable and uncountable, plural home grounds)

(sports) a sports team's own ground, which is used for their home games.


run into one

en-verb

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

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


lead with one's chin

lead with one's chin (third-person singular simple present leads with one's chin, present participle leading with one's chin, simple past and past participle led with one's chin)

leads with one's chin (present singular third-person)
leading with one's chin (participle present)
led with one's chin (participle past)
led with one's chin (past)

(boxing) To leave one's chin unprotected.


asdet

(soccer) Acronym of after sudden death extra time.


slash bunt

(baseball, softball) A play by the team at-bat where the hitter assumes the position for a bunt and then changes grip and takes a swing at the ball.


safety squeeze

(baseball) A play by the team at-bat where with a runner at third base, the batter puts down a sacrifice bunt with the aim of allowing the runner to score. In contrast to a suicide squeeze, the runner waits to see the trajectory of the ball before deciding whether to attempt to touch home plate.


caught stealing

(baseball) Thrown out (i.e. put out) while attempting to steal a base.


Miller flip

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Introduced by skateboarder Darrell Miller.

(skateboarding) A frontside invert in which the rider cartwheels into the fakie position.


invisible runner

en-noun

invisible runner (plural invisible runners)

(baseball) In informal baseball and stickball games, a baserunner who cannot steal a base but can, depending on the rules, advance on a wild pitch, and who usually travels at the rate of the current batter.


ghost runner

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invisible runner
invisible runner#English


coaster step

(dance) A triple step that moves linearly, comes together, and then changes direction, typically back together forward but also forward together back.


WL

(sports) Initialism of world-leading, describing the best athletic performance in the world in a given year.


shortboarder

(surfing) A surfer who rides a shortboard.


foul trouble

(basketball) The situation of a player who has committed enough fouls to be almost at the point of fouling out and disqualification.


false nine

(soccer) An unconventional lone striker or centre forward who drops deep into midfield.


hammer thrower

(athletics) An athlete who competes in the hammer throw.


take the count

en-verb

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

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

Apparently ignorant of the rules of the ring which permit a fighter knocked to the floor to take the count of nine, he staggered to his feet, only to be met with another blow before he could collect his senses sufficiently to 'cover?'

1916 December 19, Chris Cozzone, Jim Boggio, quoting Rocky Mountain News, Fighter is Killed at National Club by Blow on Head, 2013, quoted in Boxing in New Mexico, 1868-1940, →ISBN, page 184:

But if a boxer is knocked down, he can always take an 'eight' count and not get up after two or three seconds. Those extra five or six seconds give you a chance to clear your head. To try to gather your reflexes, come to yourself. A friend of mine, Ruby Kessler in Ebbets Field, we fought in the same show that night. And Pete Scanlon dropped 'im. And Ruby jumped right up, and he was shakin' and they were hollerin' from the corner, 'Get down, get down, take the count, take the count.'

2011, Allen Bodner, quoting Herbie Kronowitz, When Boxing Was a Jewish Sport, SUNY Press, →ISBN, page 143:

(boxing) To take to opportunity to rest briefly after being knocked down but before being counted out by the referee.


I Zingari

From dialectal Italian i (“the”) + zingari (“gypsies”), since the English club had no ground of its own.

"Well, and what do you think of it all, my boy?" he inquired, fanning himself with a wide-brimmed grey hat which had I Zingari colours round it […]

1938, Siegfried Sassoon, The Old Century and seven more years, London: Faber, page 175 (1968 edition):

(cricket) Amateur Australian and English cricket clubs.


ROT

(sports) Abbreviation of refugee Olympics team. (country code for the team)


badminton court

en-noun

badminton court (plural badminton courts)

(sports) an indoor court on which the game of badminton is played.


lord of the rings

lord of the rings (plural lords of the rings)

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/lɔːd əv ðə ɹɪŋz/

/lɔɹd əv ðə ɹɪŋz/

/loːd əv ðə ɹəŋz/

From the "rings" event in gymnastics, and "lord" meaning a person with mastery; in humorous reference to J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings.

(gymnastics, slang) The Olympic champion on the rings (“still rings”) men's gymnastics apparatus.


WCH

(ice hockey) Abbreviation of World Cup of Hockey.