scaption

Shortened form of scapular plane elevation.

(exercise) An exercise designed to strengthen the rotator cuff muscle and the deltoid by raising one's arms in front of the body while holding weights and maintaining a straight back.


rally cap

rally caps (plural)
rally-cap (alternative)

His cap was turned backwards in the manner of a catcher or a rally-cap, though he had no intention of catching and there certainly wasn't a rally going on.

2001, Melissa M. Dudek, Wildfire Summer: A Season With the Wyoming Wildfire, page 56:

"It's a rally cap! It's a rally cap!” shouted her father teasingly, rubbing her head with every base runner.

2005, Allen St. John, chapter 9, in Clapton's Guitar: Watching Wayne Henderson Build the Perfect Instrument, page 89:

[…]Brian always wore a Detroit Tigers baseball cap. He would turn his cap into a "rally cap" when anyone needed a bit of a rally in their lives.

2007, April 16th: Virginia Tech Remembers, page 207:

(US, baseball) A baseball cap worn inside-out and backwards, or in another unconventional manner, by players or fans, as a talisman in order to will a team into a come-from-behind rally late in the game.


three-and-out

(American football) The situation where a team is forced to punt the football without having made any first downs.


antirocker

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(skateboarding) A wheel configuration where the inside wheels are smaller than the outside ones.


power rack

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2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xii
I had no bench or power rack, so by necessity every exercise I did started with the weights on the floor.

(bodybuilding, weightlifting) A metal cage consisting of support pillars with adjustable bars and hooks, using for supporting a barbell during heavy weightlifting exercises.

深蹲架

metal cage to support a barbell during weightlifting


banana shot

He played the fading, low-banana shot as planned, and the ball whistled left of the oak tree and between the pines.

2002, Andrew Collins, Guild of Honor, →ISBN, page 53:

[...]Bernd Schneider closed the scoring in injury-time with a 23 meter free-kick banana shot into the upper-right corner.

2006, Richard Witzig, The Global Art of Soccer, →ISBN, page 247:

No one squealed, even though all saw Andrew unleash his poor imitation of a Brazilian Banana shot forty-five degrees away from its intended target.

2009, Wilson Orhiunu, Love Letters, →ISBN, page 85:

(sports) A shot with a ball sent on a curved banana-shaped trajectory.


banana ball

When trying to bend the ball around defenders, a defensive wall, or the goalie's outstretched hands, the banana ball is used.

1987, Kurt Aschermann, Coaching Kids to Play Soccer, →ISBN, page 53:

Even the lowly banana ball, the bane of so many weekenders, sometimes can be exactly right, as in this case.

2001, Rayne Barton, The Green Hills Golf Chronicles, →ISBN, page 155:

As we've seen, Imran was among the first to master the art, and in particular the extravagantly curving 'banana ball' that was to bring him a rich harvest of wickets in 1981 and beyond.

2009, Christopher Sandford, Imran Khan: The Cricketer, The Celebrity, The Politician, →ISBN, page 138:


bogle

Uncertain; possibly cognate with bug or from Welsh bwgwly (“to terrify”).

At the turn of the Nineties, the footballer Ian Wright would often celebrate his goals by running to the corner flag, and doing a ‘bogling’ move—the ‘bogle’ was a ragamuffin reggae dance then popular in the black community.

2001 November 25, Diran Adebayo, “Young, gifted, black…and very confused”, in The Observer, →ISSN:

In Jamaica, there's a constant stream of new moves, corresponding to big club tunes. Dancers race to put videos online in the hope of starting the next bogle, dutty wine or hot wuk sensation.

2013 July 6, Kate Hutchinson, “It's summer, let's dance!”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(dance) A Jamaican dance move that involves raising and lowering the arms while moving the body in a waving motion.


canon bone

From French canon, from Latin canon (“a rule”).

(equestrianism, anatomy) Alternative spelling of cannon bone


AAU

Amateur Athletic Union
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The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles

Oxford University Press
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(US, sports) Initialism of Amateur Athletic Union; also A.A.U.


flash cut

Be in a strong, balanced stance and ready to withstand any contact that may take place as you stop the flash cut.

1994, Hal Wissel, Basketball: Steps to Success, →ISBN, page 201:

If the opponent's post players have an advantage in size and strength, the flash cut will not be as effective because the defender can step in front of the cut and use and arm bar to prevent it from being executed.

2007, Kathy McGee, Coaching Basketball Technical and Tactical Skills, →ISBN, page 144:

When the defenders switch, the screener is open (option b) on the inside flash cut (slip) to the ball.

2008, Jerry Krause, Don Meyer, Jerry Meyer, Basketball Skills and Drills, →ISBN, page 32:

(sports, basketball) A quick move from the weak side toward the ball.


bridle path

bridle paths (plural)
bridle-path (alternative)

A party came round the angle of a rock, along the narrow bridle-path, in single file; two ladies on horseback, followed by as many gentlemen on foot, and preceded by the usual guide.

1835, James Fenimore Cooper, The Monikins, Introduction:

It was not a bridle-path—merely a pedestrian's track, and the boughs spread horizontally at a height not greater than seven feet above the ground, which made it impossible to ride erect beneath them.

1874, Thomas Hardy, chapter 3, in Far from the Madding Crowd:

Then in the evening, he came suddenly upon Sue riding a spirited black horse in a bridle path at the upper end of the park.

1916, Sherwood Anderson, chapter 5, in Windy McPherson's Son:

Some complaints about the Prospect Park trails seem to reflect the ever-present realities of urban horseback riding. Joggers and even bikers wander onto the bridle path.

2008 June 2, Kareem Fahin, “For Riders and Mounts, Rough Going in Prospect Park”, in New York Times, retrieved 2012-10-03:

(equestrianism) An established trail used by riders mounted on horses.


sclaff

From Scot sclaf, to shuffle: of echoic orig (

(golf) A poor golf shot, where the club hits the ground before it hits the ball.


sclaff

en-verb

sclaff (third-person singular simple present sclaffs, present participle sclaffing, simple past and past participle sclaffed)

sclaffs (present singular third-person)
sclaffing (participle present)
sclaffed (participle past)
sclaffed (past)


scap

(bodybuilding, exercise, colloquial) The scapula.


B.A.S.E. jumping

If any of the extreme sports can be considered truly high risk, then B.A.S.E. Jumping is that sport. […] Modern B.A.S.E. jumping is believed to have started in 1978, where daring parachutists first began jumping off of El Capitan, a 3,000 foot (915m) cliff high above Yosemite National Park.

1996, Joe Tomlinson, The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Extreme Sports, Carlton Books, →ISBN, page 12:

(sports) Alternative form of BASE jumping


hiper

A tall wrestler who is an expert hiper is always a terror to a man of smaller stature. Edward Norman, of Carlisle, who stands close on six feet, is at present the best hiper in England.

1890, Walter Armstrong, Wrestling, page 14:

(wrestling) A wrestler who uses the hipe technique.


duck walk

duck walks (plural)
duckwalk (alternative)

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(bodybuilding) A type of loaded walk in which the sportsman squats somewhat and steps forward or backward with his knees alternatingly while optionally carrying a dumbbell or kettlebell on each side or a kettlebell or cupped dumbbell between the legs.

The start is critical to the race's outcome. Racers run on their skates, lurching toward the first turn with a furious duck walk.

1998, Kevin Hillstrom et al., The Handy Sports Answer Book, page 410:

Generally skaters run on their stops until they are about to fall forward; then they change to the Duck Walk.

1979, Ann-Victoria Phillips, The Complete Book of Roller-Skating, page 195:

(skating) A means of acceleration, moving with each foot turned 45 degrees from the forward position.


floor general

(basketball) A point guard or other player who provides leadership by running the offense.


WHIP

walks plus hits per inning pitched
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(baseball) Acronym of walks plus hits per inning pitched; a statistic of the number of baserunners a pitcher has allowed per inning pitched.


detangler

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(cycling) A device used with a freestyle BMX bicycle to allow the handlebars to turn 360° without tangling of the brake cables.


winning hazard

(English billiards) When one's cue ball strikes some other ball and causes that other ball to sink into a pocket. If the sunken ball is the red ball then one scores three points, but if the sunken ball is the other player's cue ball then one scores two points.


losing hazard

(English billiards) The situation where one's cue ball bounces off another ball and then sinks into a pocket. If the ball bounced off is the red ball, then three points are scored; but if it is the opponent's cue ball, then two points are scored.


backhead

backhead (third-person singular simple present backheads, present participle backheading, simple past and past participle backheaded)

backheads (present singular third-person)
backheading (participle present)
backheaded (participle past)
backheaded (past)

(soccer) To hit the ball with the back of the head


away goals rule

(sports) A rule whereby, in case of an aggregate draw, the team with the most away goals wins.


rubberbanding

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From rubber band + -ing, referring to the fact that when two objects are connected by an elastic band then the movement of one is constrained by the other.

(video games, racing games) The speeding up of computer-controlled cars far behind the player, often as a method to increase the level of challenge provided to the player.


victory roll

professional wrestling
professional wrestling

(professional wrestling) A wrestling pin in which the attacking wrestler jumps onto the opponent's shoulders from behind and rolls forward. As the attacker flips over, they hook the opponent's shoulders with their legs, flipping the opponent over onto their shoulders. The attacker hooks both of the opponent's legs to hold them in place for the pin.


Ranger

(sports) A player on any of various teams called Rangers, such as the Texas Rangers (in baseball) or the New York Rangers (in ice hockey).


Rangers

(baseball) The team Texas Rangers, located in Arlington, Texas.

(ice hockey) The team New York Rangers, located in New York City.

(soccer) The team Rangers F.C., located in Glasgow.


Twin

(baseball) A player who plays for the Minnesota Twins.


crosskick

(rugby) A kicked pass from one side of the pitch to the other.


middle-distance

(athletics) Designating a race of length greater than that of a sprint but less than several kilometres


call time

call time (third-person singular simple present calls time, present participle calling time, simple past and past participle called time)

calls time (present singular third-person)
calling time (participle present)
called time (participle past)
called time (past)


FA Cup

(soccer) The most prestigious cup competition held every season between clubs in the English leagues.


field lacrosse

From field (“open field”) + lacrosse (“la crosse”).

compound

(sports) A variety of lacrosse played on a grassy field, outdoors.


[Huw] Jones was also involved in the second try, which started when [Finn] Russell received the ball near his own 22 and immediately detected that England’s defence was narrow, with Jonny May having strayed infield.

2018 February 24, Paul Rees, “Finn Russell masterminds historic Scotland victory over England”, in The Guardian, London, archived from the original on 2018-04-22:


Irons

(soccer) West Ham United F.C. (a football club based in London).


Moneyball

After the 2003 book by business journalist Michael Lewis; from money + ball.

Sure, the Florida Marlins and some others have a shot, but the “Moneyball” approach — using spreadsheets and unconventional thinking to fell baseball’s rich Goliaths — seems to have been co-opted by the big guys themselves.

2009 August 7, Tom Kuntz, “‘Moneyball’ Is in a Slump”, in NYTimes Idea of the Day Blog:

Sure, statistical analysis has changed baseball's front offices for the better. A little. But most things haven't changed. The Red Sox version of Moneyball, after all, includes lots and lots of money, and there's nothing new there.

2011 September 2, “The ‘Moneyball’ Effect: Are Sabermetrics Good for Sports?”, in The Atlantic:

The moneyball formula in baseball—replacing scouts’ traditional beliefs and biases about players with data-intensive studies of what skills actually contribute most to winning—is just as applicable to the battle against out-of-control health-care costs.

2013 June 20, John Bridgeland, Peter Orszag, “Can Government Play Moneyball?”, in The Atlantic:

(baseball) Baseball management relying on sabermetrics.


breathing gas

en-noun

breathing gas (countable and uncountable, plural breathing gases)

(underwater diving) A mixture of gases used for respiration in breathing equipment, typically in scuba diving.


rippable

en-adj

rippable (comparative more rippable, superlative most rippable)

more rippable (comparative)
most rippable (superlative)

If you can't look good while surfing Chun's, it's time to take up another sport. The biggest danger in surfing the easy, rippable waves at Chun's is tripping over your newly inflated ego.

2006, Greg Ambrose, Surfer's Guide to Hawaii 2nd Edition, page 86:

(surfing) Easy to rip on; allowing a surfer to perform like an expert.


check swing

(baseball) A checked (halted, partial) swing of the bat.


dead money

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(sports, slang) Money paid by a team to a player or coach who is no longer a player or coach with the team.


(American football) Initialism of first down.


goal suck

From goal + suck (“self-pitying person”, noun).

A chicken is often called a “goal suck”, a “one way player” or a “cherry picker” during the course of his deviant career. These three types all involve an emphasis on scoring goals and avoiding situations and places on the ice where physical confrontations are likely to occur.

1983, Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences Proceedings, page 14:

His team mates called him a goal-suck, but were pleased that he was.

1993, Australian & New Zealand Studies in Canada - Issues 9-10, page 9:

Gretzky always broke out of his own zone really early — in shinny terms he'd be called a goal suck — while the other team still had the puck.

1999, Andrew Podnieks, The Great One: The Life and Times of Wayne Gretzky, page 1:

Included with each CD was a ballot, which the Hansons asked people to sign and return, boosting Williams for the Hall ahead of “some of those fancy-schmancy, no-hitting prima-donna whining millionaire goal sucks.”

2009, Don Weekes, The Biggest Book of Hockey Trivia, Vancouver: Greystone Books, page 76:

He was seen as an out-of-shape goal suck capable of only one thing: flinging the puck into the net every few games.

2016 June 7, James Mirtle, “Phil Kessel's playoff performance is proof he was fine in Toronto”, in The Globe and Mail:

(derogatory ice hockey slang) A player who loiters near the opposing net, hoping to score goals without doing the work of moving the puck down the ice. One who goal-sucks.


goal-suck

en-verb

goal-suck (third-person singular simple present goal-sucks, present participle goal-sucking, simple past and past participle goal-sucked)

goal-sucks (present singular third-person)
goal-sucking (participle present)
goal-sucked (participle past)
goal-sucked (past)

[p 77] But the essential rules were the same everywhere: no goal-sucking, no raising, unless whoever’s younger brother was stuck in goal was also foolish enough to wear shin-pads, no long shots, no throwing your stick to stop a breakaway.
[p 88] Forwards lurked near their opponents’ line and called for the puck by banging their sticks on the ice until someone hollered goal-sucking.
[p 238] Old rules came back. Anderson threw his stick along the ice at a breaking-away Semenko—how graceful he looked from this perspective!—and Semenko was awarded an automatic goal. Driscoll was called for goal-sucking.

1981, Peter Gzowski, The Game of Our Lives, Surrey, B.C.: Heritage House Publishing, published 2004:

[p 63] goal-sucking [i.e., waiting near the opponent’s goal for a long pass and ensuing scoring opportunity]
[p 64] In shinny, everyone wins. Though rules are scaled back, the game is not loosened beyond all form, and the driving competitive element remains. [. . .] ‘Goal-sucking’ is banned because there are neither offsides nor referees to judge them.

2010, Jason Blake, Canadian Hockey Literature, Toronto: University of Toronto Press:

For a second Charlie was tempted to goal suck and look for the stretch pass.

2012, David Skuy, Game Time: Overtime, →ISBN, page 181:

Wound up with nothing to show for his night except a well-deserved -1 in the dying seconds when he was goal-sucking out at the blueline for an empty netter while his man slipped into the slot to narrow the lead to one.

2013 March 17, Bruce McCurdy, “Edmonton Oilers player grades — Oil's 3-2 win over Preds no beauty, but 2 points are 2 points”, in Edmonton Journal:

(derogatory, ice hockey, slang, intransitive) To loiter near the opposing net, hoping to score an easy goal.


pottable

(billiards, snooker, pool) Able to be potted.


lanterne rouge

en-noun

lanterne rouge (plural lanternes rouges)

From French lanterne rouge (literally “red lantern”), referring to the red lantern at the rear of a train.

bor

(chiefly sports) The competitor in last place in a competition; the person or entity at the bottom of a ranking

(chiefly sports, originally cycling) Last place in a competition or other ranking


Süper Lig

From Turkish Süper Lig (“Super League”).

(soccer) The highest division of professional men's football in Turkey.


croquet mallet

(sports) The wooden mallet used in croquet to strike the ball


park the bus

en-verb

park the bus (third-person singular simple present parks the bus, present participle parking the bus, simple past and past participle parked the bus)

parks the bus (present singular third-person)
parking the bus (participle present)
parked the bus (participle past)
parked the bus (past)

England goalkeeper Gordon Banks resisted everything Liverpool threw at him that day, as City parked the bus and banked on snatching the vital single goal and then holding on.

2011, John Williams, Red Men: Liverpool Football Club – The Biography:

Dan is Head Groundsman at Swansea, who in 2011/12 won plaudits For their positive, passing game - showing that you don't need to park the bus as a promoted side to retain top-flight status.

2012, The League Doesn't Lie: The 606 Book of Football Lists, page 311:

(soccer, idiomatic) To attempt to stop the opposition team from scoring a goal by playing extremely defensively and placing as many players as possible behind the ball.


boot out

boot out (third-person singular simple present boots out, present participle booting out, simple past and past participle booted out)

boots out (present singular third-person)
booting out (participle present)
booted out (participle past)
booted out (past)

(intransitive, skiing, skating) To fall or slide out of a turn due to excessive lean, which causes the athlete's boot to contact and pivot on the surface and the proper surface contact element to lose contact and traction.


crib-biting

(equestrianism) A stereotypy in horses consisting of seizing the manger or other solid, usually wooden, object with the teeth and sucking in wind.


ECWC

European Cup Winners Cup
w:European Cup Winners Cup

(soccer) Initialism of European Cup Winners Cup.


shot stopper

shot stoppers (plural)
shot-stopper (alternative)

(soccer, colloquial) A goalkeeper. More specifically refers to the ability to make saves, as opposed to other areas of goalkeeping like distribution and coming off the line.


tag up

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

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

(baseball) Of a baserunner, when a fly ball is hit, to put one's foot on the base one is currently at until the ball is caught. When the ball is caught, the baserunner may attempt to advance to the next base, at the risk of being tagged out.


Russian bar

Russian bars (plural)
Russian barre (alternative)

(circus arts) A gymnastics-style beam held by two porters used to do gymnastics-style tricks.


high intensity training

en-noun

high intensity training (usually uncountable, plural high intensity trainings)

(sports) A weight training system developed for bodybuilders, focused on performing repetitions to the point of momentary muscular failure.


danzón

(dance) A dance style associated with danzón music.


red ball

* ("high-profile high-priority" sense) From a routing system on the Santa Fe Railroad in the early 1900s. Fast freight trains which were to receive priority routing were marked with placards depicting a red disc, and were called "red ball" trains.

Or are the red-ball and white-ball games diverging to the extent that it is possible to envisage a future where they are, to all intents and purposes, different sports?

2017 January 28, Jonathan Liew, “To cling together or drift apart? Red and white-ball cricket facing a divided future”, in The Daily Telegraph, London:

limited overs cricket
limited overs cricket

(cricket, journalism, metonymically, uncountable) first-class cricket, as distinct from limited overs cricket (or "white ball")


flea flicker

(American football) A trick offensive play in which the quarterback laterals the ball to the running back, who then runs a short distance, then laterals the ball back to the quarterback.


PTBNL

If the PTBNL is Ben Ford, or if the DBacks plan on signing Womack long-term, then this is definitely a bad trade. As I see it now, I'd say there's a 90% chance the DBacks get the better end (by a tiny tiny margin) and a 10% chance the Pirates get the better end (possibly by a huge margin).

1999 February 27, ddr...@imap1.asu.edu, “Re: Arizona does it again...”, in rec.sport.baseball (Usenet):

player to be named later
player to be named later#English

(baseball) Initialism of player to be named later (“an unspecified player, either not yet chosen or named publicly, at the time of a trade between teams”).


JDT

(Jamaica, sports) Initialism of Jamaica Dogsled Team.

(soccer, Malaysia) Initialism of Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C.. (a Malaysian football club)


taijiquan

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 太極拳／太极拳 (tàijíquán).

zh-l

太極拳／太极拳 (tàijíquán)

Chinese martial arts have existed for well over 3,000 years. Wrestling and swordsmanship both have a long history, as do Chinese Internal Alchemy and breathing methods. These disparate elements, married by Yin Yang theory, became what we now call Tai Chi Chuan.

[2009, Dan Docherty, Tai Chi Chuan: Decoding the Classics for the Modern Martial Artist, Crowood Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 11:


trad bolted

traditional climb
traditional climbing#English

(climbing) Being a bolted traditional climb.


scorpion volley

en-noun

scorpion volley (plural scorpion volleys)


suicide pass

Deriving from the likelihood of being checked off the play and losing possession of the puck, being a suicidal act in puck possession.

(ice hockey) a pass going up-ice where the passee must look behind towards the passer for the location of the puck, therefore being left unaware of opposition players further up-ice, allowing the passee to be checked from a blind spot


tiki-taka

(soccer) A style of play characterised by short passing and movement, working the ball through various channels, and maintaining possession.


underpush

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(skating) A movement of the trailing leg laterally under the body, generating momentum.


overpush

(skating) A movement of the leading leg laterally under the body, generating momentum


freeflow

(underwater diving) In scuba diving, the situation where the diving regulator continues to supply air instead of cutting off the supply when the diver stops inhaling.


niblick shot

The feeling of satisfaction when one hits a good drive is different from that attendant on hitting a good niblick shot; and both are quite different from that attendant on writing a good sentence or doing a good dive.

1958–1960, R.S. Peters, The Concept of Motivation, Routledge & Kegan Paul (second edition), chapter i: “Types of Explanation in Psychological Theories”, page 25

(golf, dated) A shot traversing a short distance that requires the use of a sand wedge, typically taken from a bunker.


near side

(equestrianism) The left-hand side of a horse.


bridlewise

en-adj

bridlewise (comparative more bridlewise, superlative most bridlewise)

more bridlewise (comparative)
most bridlewise (superlative)

(equestrianism, of a horse) Responsive to the bridle.


oggy

Phonetic reading of OG, or OG + -y (diminutive suffix).

A more recent City centre-half scored two 'oggies' in only 5 league appearances during the early 2000s.

2012 January 31, David Collins, Gareth Bennett, Never Mind the Bluebirds: The Ultimate Cardiff City Quiz Book, The History Press, →ISBN, page 2:

'Dad, there's been an oggy!' The own goal, prized as it is, is something of a rare species at training grounds.

2019 October 17, Peter Crouch, I, Robot: How to Be a Footballer 2, Random House, →ISBN:

Euro 2024 was one own goal short of the all-time record for the most "oggies" at a single European Championship!

2024 September 26, MATCH, Match Annual 2025: The UK's Best-selling Football Annual!, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN, page 82:


Confed

(soccer, informal) The Confederations Cup


West Brom

(informal, soccer) West Bromwich Albion Football Club


boot boy

boot boys (plural)
boot-boy (alternative)

Among Bryan Gunn's myriad incarnations, from Alex Ferguson's babysitter through Scotland goalkeeper to Norwich manager, boot boy to Alex McLeish was one of the less successful. Once, just before a Scottish Cup final, McLeish discovered his size 10s were still in Aberdeen.

2009 March 22, Phil Shaw, “Gunn peppers Birmingham's automatic promotion hopes”, in The Guardian:

(British, soccer) A boy who cares for a footballer's boots.


ski bunny

(slang, skiing) An attractive female at a ski resort, especially one who is more interested in being seen than in skiing.


foothole

footholes (plural)
foot hole (alternative)

From foot + hole, possibly influenced by foothold.

The 24-year-old, who made three one-day appearances against Australia last summer, injured his ankle on Wednesday and further damaged it yesterday when he slipped in the footholes.

"The wicket didn't play too bad today. Day five is going to be the biggest worry. The footholes will get bigger as the day goes on."

(cricket) A hole in a cricket pitch made by the bowler's foot during the runup.

(mining, climbing) A hole into which the foot can be wedged to aid in climbing; a foothold.


drive in

en-verb

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

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

(transitive, baseball, of a hitter) To hit the ball or reach base in such a way that a run scores.


pitch up

pitch up (third-person singular simple present pitches up, present participle pitching up, simple past and past participle pitched up)

pitches up (present singular third-person)
pitching up (participle present)
pitched up (participle past)
pitched up (past)

(transitive, cricket) To bowl (a delivery) on a fuller length.


red-inker

(informal, cricket) A not out batsman (whose score is recorded in red ink).


Conehead

Coneheads (plural)
Cone-Head (alternative)
Cone-head (alternative)
Cone Head (alternative)

(sports, fandom slang, slang) A fan of baseball pitcher David Cone.


micronut

(climbing) A small nut (piece of metal jammed into the rockface to protect a climb).


sixth man

(basketball) A player who is not a starter but comes off the bench much more often than other reserves.


forward line

Now Hodgson just has to work out a makeshift forward line against a Ukraine team who warmed up for Tuesday by doling out the obligatory thrashing to San Marino, knocking in four goals by half-time and another five in the second half.

6 September 2013, Daniel Taylor, “Danny Welbeck leads England's rout of Moldova but hit by Ukraine ban”, in The Guardian:


From America's Cup + 72, because it measures approximately 72 feet on the waterline.

(sports) a catamaran sailing racing yacht, with a wingsail mainsail, developed for the 2013 America's Cup


From America's Cup + 45, because it measures approximately 45 feet on the waterline.

(sports) a catamaran sailing racing yacht, with a wingsail mainsail, developed for the 2013 America's Cup world tour, the 2013 America's Cup pre-regatta tune-up league, called the America's Cup World Series.


Blend of America's Cup + 90, because it measures approximately 90 feet on the waterline.

(sports) A class of monohull sailing racing yacht, a type of supermaxi.


Old Firm

(soccer) Collectively, the two Scottish football teams Rangers and Celtic, both based in Glasgow, which are the most successful teams in Scotland. They have a fierce and long-standing rivalry.


LOOGY

(baseball) Lefty one-out guy, or left-handed one-out guy, a left-handed pitcher who specializes in pitching to left-handed batters and rarely faces right-handed batters.


ticat

(Canadian football) A team member for the Canadian Football League's Hamilton Tiger-Cats. (Rendered as Ti-Cat.)


minute man

minute men (plural)
minute-man (alternative)
minuteman (alternative)

I confess that the sight of my minute man ahead, getting closer and closer, gives me a little more drive even when I think I am going as fast as I can.

1986, Fred Matheny, Solo Cycling: How to Train and Race Bicycle Time Trials, page 136:

(cycling) The cyclist starting one minute ahead of, or behind, another rider in a time trial.


come back from the dead

come back from the dead (third-person singular simple present comes back from the dead, present participle coming back from the dead, simple past came back from the dead, past participle come back from the dead)

comes back from the dead (present singular third-person)
coming back from the dead (participle present)
came back from the dead (past)
come back from the dead (participle past)

(chiefly sports, idiomatic) To experience a resurgence after one's productive years are assumed to have ended.


take it to the house

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

takes it to the house (present singular third-person)
taking it to the house (participle present)
took it to the house (past)
taken it to the house (participle past)

(American football) To score a touchdown, especially after a long run.


break-off

break-offs (plural)
breakoff (alternative)

(billiards, snooker) The first shot in a game of snooker or other cue-game


kneebar

(climbing) A climbing technique in which the climber uses a knee for leverage or support.


figure four

From figure + four. From creating a figure that is akin to the glyph "4".


heel hook

(climbing) An action using the heel to balance on a wall or rock.


bang-bang

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In a game between Los Angeles and host Cincinnati, the Dodgers second baseman is called out at first base on a bang-bang play.

2006, Dom Forker, Big League Baseball Puzzlers, →ISBN, page 41:

(baseball) Of a play, very close between being an out and being safe.


goalminder

(sports) a designated player that attempts to prevent the opposing team from scoring by protecting a goal.


bélé

Possibly from French belle aire, though African origins have been suggested.

(music, dance, Caribbean) A genre of music and group dance from the Creole cultures of Dominica and other Caribbean islands, in modern times mostly performed to celebrate holidays and special occasions.


wheel of death

(circus) A hollow wheel larger than a person, attached to and suspended from an axle, and inside of which an artist performs.

rueda de la muerte

large hollow wheel inside which an artist performs


backoff

en-noun

backoff (countable and uncountable, plural backoffs)

The surfer is in the middle of a backoff. Paddle for unbroken waves butterfly-style, with both arms at the same time, instead of using the crawl stroke that got you out to where the waves are breaking.

1997, James MacLaren, Learn to Surf, page 82:

I fastened the board's leash to my ankle, jumped on and paddled past the backoff.

2012, Kimberly Young Chopin, Metamorphosis: A Love Story, page 22:

(surfing) The situation where an incoming wave passes from shallower water to a deeper area, making the wave less steep and potentially unsurfable.


water carrier

water carriers (plural)
water-carrier (alternative)

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thirteener

thirteeners (plural)
Thirteener (alternative)

From thirteen + -er (suffix denoting people characterized by something, or people or things to which certain measurements or numbers apply).

maan viimeinen kortti

(card games, especially bridge) last playing card of a suit left after the other twelve have been played

oner · twoer · fiver · sixer · Sevener · niner · tenner · elevener · twelver · fourteener · fifteener · sixteener · hundreder · thousander · twenty-five-thousander

[A. C.] King once hit a "thirteener" in a match on the school ground. Probably the ball got lost for a minute or two in long grass, or perhaps it was badly overthrown. But, however it happened, there stands the score in the official book, a "13." clearly got in one fell swoop by the hard-hitting King.

1908 August 29, George A. Wade, “Notable Cricket Feats by Schoolboys”, in The Boy’s Own Paper, volume XXX, number 48 (number 1546 overall), London: “Boy’s Own Paper” Office, […], →OCLC, page 765, column 1:

There are six summits in Colorado above thirteen thousand feet named "Grizzly." Four of them are in the highest two hundred summits. This one was once rated a Fourteener, but new surveys demoted it so that it is now the highest Thirteener.

1992, Mike Garratt, Bob Martin, “Grizzly Peak (13,988 feet), Garfield Peak (13,780 feet)”, in Colorado’s High Thirteeners (A Climbing & Hiking Guide), 3rd edition, Boulder, Colo.: Johnson Books, →ISBN, page 38:

Few who venture into this region know that the area is a superb place to go after thirteener ski descents.

2020, Ben Conners, Brian Miller, “Cronin Peak—Northeast Face”, in Climbing and Skiing Colorado’s Mountains: Over 50 Select Ski Descents, 2nd edition, Lanham, Md.: Falcon Guides, Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 169:

(US, climbing) A mountain rising to more than 13,000 feet (about 4,000 metres) but less than 14,000 feet above mean sea level.

kolmetoista tuhatta korkea vuori

mountain rising to more than 13,000 feet but less than 14,000 feet above mean sea level


respotted black

en-noun

respotted black (plural respotted blacks)

(snooker) In a frame that ends in both players having the same score, a tiebreaker where the black is put on its spot and the first player must play from the D until one player pots the black.


cross-training

(sports) athletic training in a sport other than one's primary sport


one-pocket

(billiards) A pool game in which points are scored by potting balls into specific designated pockets.


touching ball

(snooker) An instance where the cue ball is touching a potential object ball. If the player hits the ball in question, it is a foul shot.


push shot

(snooker) A shot where the cue ball is in contact with the object ball while the cue is in contact with the cue ball. Such a shot is a foul.


Dagger

(soccer) A player, supporter or other person connected with Dagenham & Redbridge Football Club.


Shrimp

(soccer) A player, supporter or other person connected with Morecambe Football Club.


Gull

In reference to the seagulls found in Torquay, a coastal town.

(soccer) A player, supporter or other person connected with Torquay United Football Club.


fag out

en-verb

fag out (third-person singular simple present fags out, present participle fagging out, simple past and past participle fagged out)

fags out (present singular third-person)
fagging out (participle present)
fagged out (participle past)
fagged out (past)

(cricket, obsolete) To come on as a fielder at the behest of a senior student in British schools.


rock garden

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(cycling) A rock-strewn path, part of a mountain biking racecourse


ice queen

This time, she was beaten by 16-year-old Tanja Szewczenko, who is threatening to usurp the two-time Olympic champion, Katarina Witt, as Germany's ice queen.

1993 November 24, Jere Longman, “Olympics: 80 Days to Lillehammer”, in New York Times, retrieved 2014-01-02:

Olympic figure skating champion Kim Yuna will make her return to competition at the Golden Spin event in Zagreb next month.

2013 November 4, Narae Kim, “Ice Queen Yuna returns with a Golden Spin”, in Reuters Canada, retrieved 2014-01-02:

(informal, sports) A female ice-skating champion.


starting price

(horse racing) The final odds on a horse when the race starts; also used to designate a system of fixed-odds betting using such prices. Abbreviation: SP.


duck fart

Surhoff blooped a weak duck fart into shallow right field.

(baseball, slang) A ball hit by a batter into the gray area between the infield and outfield, usually tailing away from whoever is trying to catch it.


save by the bell

save by the bell (third-person singular simple present saves by the bell, present participle saving by the bell, simple past and past participle saved by the bell)

saves by the bell (present singular third-person)
saving by the bell (participle present)
saved by the bell (participle past)
saved by the bell (past)

With 35 seconds left in the fight, the Siberian Rocky landed a lethal right hook that staggered Bradley and forced him to take a knee following a few more hard blows, thus saving Bradley by the bell.

2013 December 30, “Behind The Gloves 2013 Picks!”, in behindthegloves.com, retrieved 2014-01-22:

(transitive, boxing, wrestling) In a boxing or wrestling match or similar competition, to ring the bell which concludes the round and thereby to prevent a competitor who has been knocked down from being counted out by the referee.


saved by the bell

Forrest floored Mosley again at the end of the round and almost finished him, but Mosley was saved by the bell.

2002 July 19, Damon Hack, “Boxing: Despite Not Having the Title, Mosley Garners Attention”, in New York Times, retrieved 2014-01-06:

(boxing, wrestling, of a competitor) In a boxing or wrestling match or similar competition, spared from being counted out by the referee by the ringing of the bell which concludes the round.


Buccos

(US, baseball) nickname of the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team.


G-men

(US, American football) A nickname of the New York Giants football team.


early shower

Because players typically take a shower after the game.

He was immediately yanked from the game and given an early shower.

2003, William McNeil, The Single-Season Home Run Kings, page 51:

(sports) The act of a player being sent off.


greensome

(golf) A foursome game with the difference that both players tee off on every hole. The better ball is chosen and alternate strokes are then played to complete the hole.


range of motion

en-noun

range of motion (plural ranges of motion)

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(bodybuilding) The distance in which the relevant body parts travel during an exercise.


goombay

goombay (countable and uncountable, plural goombays)

goombays (plural)
gombay (alternative)
gombey (alternative)
gumba (alternative)

Afro-Caribbean dialects; compare Kongo nkombi, a type of drum.

(music, dance, Bahamas, countable) A type of traditional Bahamian drum.

(music, dance, Bahamas, uncountable) A genre of folk music played with this drum.

(music, dance, Bahamas) A dance associated with this music genre.


buttcheck

buttchecks (plural)
butt-check (alternative)
butt check (alternative)

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(US, snowboarding) The act of putting one's behind down to check a fall, while staying sliding along the snow on the snowboard.


buttcheck

en-verb

buttcheck (third-person singular simple present buttchecks, present participle buttchecking, simple past and past participle buttchecked)

buttchecks (present singular third-person)
buttchecking (participle present)
buttchecked (participle past)
buttchecked (past)
butt-check (alternative)
butt check (alternative)

(US, snowboarding) To put one's behind down to check a fall, while staying sliding along the snow on the snowboard.


disabled sport

en-noun

disabled sport (countable and uncountable, plural disabled sports)

(countable, sports) A sport played by people with a physical disability


parasport

parasport (countable and uncountable, plural parasports)


sideslipper

sideslippers (plural)
side slipper (alternative)
side-slipper (alternative)

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(snowboarding, freestyle skiing) a staff member on a halfpipe who reshapes the slope to keep the halfpipe usable, through sideslipping, shaving on the sides aboard their snowboards


draw weight

draw weights (plural)
drawweight (alternative)

The enormous draw weight of the English longbow required archers to train from a very young age to be capable of using it.

She figured her bow had only a forty-pound draw weight, but it was enough.

2021, Rivers Solomon, Sorrowland, #Merky Books, page 27:

(archery) The force (weight) required to draw a bow to its fully-cocked position.

(curling) The force (weight) of delivering a stone required for it to come to rest in the house (to draw).


PGS

parallel giant slalom
parallel giant slalom#English

(snowboarding) Initialism of parallel giant slalom.


PSL

PSL (countable and uncountable, plural PSLs)

(snowboarding) Initialism of parallel slalom.

Pakistan Super League
w:Pakistan Super League

(sports) Initialism of Pakistan Super League.


stat padding

(sports, roleplaying games) an action that improves a player's statistics despite being of little benefit to his or her team or its chance of winning


Cove

(Australia, soccer) The official active supporters' group of Sydney FC (an Australian soccer club based in Sydney).


play the angles

en-verb

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

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

Stengel also had trouble with balls bouncing off the outfield fences. . . . "If you want somebody to play the angles," the frustrated rookie replied, "why don't you hire a pool player?"

1996, Robert W. Creamer, Stengel: His Life and Times, →ISBN, page 43:

“It’s good to get back on the ice and back to NHL habits,” Smid said. “The rink is a little bit smaller here and you’ve got to play the angles differently.”

2014 February 23, James Emery, “Flames welcome back Olympians Smid, Berra”, in Calgary Sun, Canada, retrieved 2014-03-01:

(sports, of a defensive player or goaltender) In a game which involves control of a moving object, such as a ball or puck, to allow for angular movements of the object caused by bounces, rebounds, ricochets, etc. or to carefully guard the corners of the goal, net, or other scoring target.

McEnroe was broken again in the sixth game, making three uncharacteristic errors. His volleys lacked crispness. Instead of playing the angles, he was hitting them right back to Mayotte.

1987 February 9, Peter Alfano, “Tennis: Mayotte defeats McEnroe in 4 sets”, in New York Times, retrieved 2014-03-01:

Whoever is playing for Arsenal, they just love to cram central areas and knock the ball around in the attacking third. Whether they are playing the angles with quick one-twos, or passing and following the path of the ball, they are forever moving you around defensively.

2014 March 1, Mike Pejic, “Making the Britannia Stadium a fortress key to Stoke City's Premier League survival”, in The Sentinel, UK, retrieved 2014-03-01:

(sports, of an offensive player) In a game which involves control of a moving object, such as a ball or puck, to seek scoring opportunities by advancing on or shooting at the scoring target in an angular manner across the field of play.


Caballerial

Blend of Caballero + aerial, after Steve Caballero, who invented the trick in the early 1980s.

(skateboarding) A 360-degree ollie while riding fakie.


Messian

Every game, every attempted dribble, every pass, every goal (all of which, together, create the Messian mode of jouissance), is an “experiment” in which Messi seeks to conserve himself at the highest possible level, with the greatest amount of integrity.

2019, Grant Farred, Entre Nous: Between the World Cup and Me, Durham, NC: Duke University Press, →ISBN, page unknown:

This week Lothar Matthaus compared him to Lionel Messi. […] His goal was typically Messian, he dribbled to the edge of the box before presenting the ball to a team-mate, and telegraphing with his run where he wanted the ball played back to him before sending an unerring shot at goal.

2022 October 29, “Bayern Munich 6-2 Mainz: Sadio Mane one of six different players to score as Julian Nagelsmann's team move top”, in Eurosport:

There is a kind of melancholy to the final from a Messian perspective. Argentina are favourites to win their first World Cup since 1986, reaching this point after playing some of the most impressive and effective football of the tournament.

2022 December 18, Samantha Lewis, “Argentina and France might be playing in the final but Qatar is the real winner of the FIFA World Cup”, in ABC News:

(soccer, rare) Of or pertaining to Lionel Messi (born 1987), Argentine professional footballer, widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time.


footgolf

foot-golf (alternative)
foot golf (alternative)

(sports) A variant of golf in which players attempt to kick a football (“soccer ball”) into a depressed cup set into the turf.


slamball

(sports) A variety of basketball in which trampolines are positioned in front of each net.


odd man

From odd + man, probably after a Scandinavian source. Compare Old Norse odda-maðr.

(rowing) A man who trains in company with a boat's crew, so that he can take the place of anybody who falls ill.


outqualify

outqualify (third-person singular simple present outqualifies, present participle outqualifying, simple past and past participle outqualified)

outqualifies (present singular third-person)
outqualifying (participle present)
outqualified (participle past)
outqualified (past)

(sports) To qualify in a higher position than another


WJ

(sports) Abbreviation of world junior record.


MCFC

Manchester City Football Club
w:Manchester City F.C.

(soccer) Initialism of Manchester City Football Club.

Melbourne City Football Club
w:Melbourne City FC

(soccer) Initialism of Melbourne City Football Club.


Citeh

Respelling of a local pronunciation of (Manchester) city.

(soccer, informal) Manchester City Football Club


FCUM

F.C. United of Manchester
w:F.C. United of Manchester

(UK, soccer) Initialism of F.C. United of Manchester.


highback

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(snowboarding) Part of a boot binding that extends from the back of the foot to cover the lower leg.


pick-up game

(sports) An impromptu game that is spontaneously started by a group of players.


taekwondoka

< taekwondo, formed according to the pattern of judoka and karateka. Consists of the Korean word 태권도 (taegwondo) and the Japanese word 家.

(martial arts) A person who is skilled in taekwondo; a practitioner of taekwondo.


Cup Final

(England and Wales, soccer) The last match in the Football Association Challenge Cup competition.


T-bar

(skiing) A type of ski lift where skiers/snowboarders are dragged up the ski run while they slide along on their skis/snowboards on the slope. They hang onto a T-shaped bar, a crossbar handle and a lead shaft linking to the drive cable.


six-pointer

six-pointers (plural)
six pointer (alternative)

Sammy Lee has gone from Bolton and Fulham's Lawrie Sanchez is talking about six-pointers.

2007, Stuart Barnes, Sanchez's six-pointer stalemate, The Guardian

Manuel Pellegrini believes Arsenal are still in the title race but sees Saturday's clash as a six-pointer that could allow his side to open up a 12-point gap on Arsene Wenger's side.

2014, Arsenal match is a six-pointer, insists Pellegrini, ESPN

(soccer) A match between two teams on a similar number of points (in a league using the three points for a win system), such that the difference between a side winning and losing the match is a six-point swing relative to their opponents.


slab line

What a Difference a Day Makes ( E5 6a Steve Howe and Iwan Jones ) takes a groove and slab line to the left while , Lasagne Verdi ( E5 6b-Pritchard and Dixon) takes a left to right diagonal across the crag.

Serious slab line right of S-Direct.

2012, Stewart M. Green, Rock Climbing Utah, page 460:

(climbing) A climbing route that is characterized by a relatively low-angle rock face or slab that lacks significant vertical features such as large holds or overhangs.


rerack

rerack (third-person singular simple present reracks, present participle reracking, simple past and past participle reracked)

reracks (present singular third-person)
reracking (participle present)
reracked (participle past)
reracked (past)

(transitive, billiards, snooker, pool) To rack (the balls) again, as when preparing for a new game.


rerack

(snooker) An instance of reracking the balls to restart a frame.


body blow

body blows (plural)
body-blow (alternative)

He led at Berks's head, as he came rushing in, and missed him, receiving a severe body blow in return.

1896, Arthur Conan Doyle, chapter 11, in Rodney Stone:

A severely injurious or damaging physical strike or impact.

(boxing) A hard punch struck to the torso.


no-doubter

(baseball slang) a certain home run; a home run about which there is no doubt.


stampeder

(Canadian football) A team member for the Canadian Football League's Calgary Stampeders. (Rendered with a capital 'S' as Stampeder.)


Mr. Irrelevant

Mr Irrelevant (alternative)
Mister Irrelevant (alternative)

(sports) The person who is picked last in a professional sports draft.


round dance

Coordinate term: circle dance

(dance) A dance for couples with a whirling or revolving motion, such as the waltz or polka.

pyörivä tanssi

dance for couples with a revolving motion


lady paramount

en-noun

lady paramount (plural ladies paramount)

(archery) The lady who achieves the best score in archery.


back the field

en-verb

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

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

(horse racing) To bet against a particular horse or horses, that some one of all the other horses, collectively designated "the field", will win.


bridle wrist

(equestrianism) The wrist of the left hand, in which a horseback rider holds the bridle.


tiger cat

(Canadian football) A member of the Canadian Football League's Hamilton Tiger-Cats (rendered as Tiger-Cat).


goal average

(sports) The ratio of the numbers of goals scored for and against a team in a series of matches, sometimes used in deciding the team’s position in a table.


one and out

(sports) a type of elimination playoff series that is a single-game series, to decide who wins the playoff round


ERS

(sports, automotive) Acronym of energy recovery system: an electric generation, storage, and propulsion system used in Formula One, which generates electricity by scavenging excess power and energy, stores energy in batteries, and boosts acceleration with electric motors assisting the gasoline engine.


roval

(slang, motor racing) A motor racecourse composed of a road course section and a portion of a banked oval track.


hash mark

hash marks (plural)
hashmark (alternative)

(ice hockey) One of the parallel lines on either side of the face-off circles.


leg before

Leg before wicket
leg before wicket#English

(cricket, colloquial) Leg before wicket.


garbage time

I play for two minutes of garbage time at the end of a blowout? Is that all the time I'm going to see anymore?

1991, Kathleen Warnock, To the Top, page 16:

It was garbage time, really, but it was a chance to get Corey some playing time, and Pedersen was out of pitchers anyway.

2012, Don Winslow, The Gentlemen's Hour: A Novel, page 92:

I usually just got in during garbage time, which there was a lot of that year as we rolled to another state championship.

2014, Jim Farrell, Kiss Me, Kate and Other Stories, page 199:

(sports) The period at the end of a timed sporting event that has become a blowout when the outcome of the game has already been decided, and the coaches of one or both teams will often decide to replace their best players with substitutes.


West Coast offense

en-noun

West Coast offense (plural West Coast offenses)

(American football) An offense that places a greater emphasis on passing than on running.


self-arrest

self-arrest (countable and uncountable, plural self-arrests)

(climbing) Any of various mountaineering maneuvers in which a climber who has fallen and is sliding down a slope halts the slide without recourse to a rope or other belay system.


Knickerbocker

A History of New York
Diedrich Knickerbocker
Knickerbocker
Washington Irving

From Diedrich Knickerbocker, the pseudonym adopted by Washington Irving for his 1809 A History of New York, probably for the Knickerbackers of Schaghticoke, New York, descended from the Dutch immigrant Harmen Jansen van Bommel(l), who went variously by the names van Wy(y)e, van Wyekycback(e), Kinnekerbacker, Knickelbacker, Knickerbacker, Kinckerbacker, Nyckbacker, and Kynckbacker. The surname is of uncertain etymology, being variously explained as a corruption of Wyekycback, Dutch knacker (“cracker”) + German Bäcker, Dutch bakker (“baker”), or Dutch knicker (“marble (toy)”) + German Bäcker, Dutch bakker.

(basketball, uncommon) A player for the New York Knicks

(baseball, historical) A player for the New York Knickerbockers


Knickerbockers

National Basketball Association
National Basketball Association

(basketball, uncommon) The formal name of the New York Knicks, a team in the National Basketball Association

(baseball, historical) A short-lived 19th-century baseball team in New York


Original Six

(ice hockey) The six oldest National Hockey League franchises still in existence (Blackhawks, Bruins, Canadiens, Maple Leafs, Rangers and Red Wings)


redpoint

en-verb

redpoint (third-person singular simple present redpoints, present participle redpointing, simple past and past participle redpointed)

redpoints (present singular third-person)
redpointing (participle present)
redpointed (participle past)
redpointed (past)

From red + point, as a calque of German Rotpunkt, coined by Kurt Albert in the mid-1970s at Frankenjura. He would paint a red X on a fixed pin that he could avoid using for a foothold or handhold.

(climbing, transitive) To free-climb (a route), while lead climbing, after having practiced the route beforehand.


hardflip

(skateboarding) A trick that combines a frontside pop shuvit with a kickflip.


airwalk

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(skateboarding) A trick in which the skater holds the board and kicks out both feet while in the air.


no comply

en-noun

no comply (plural no complys or no complies)

no complys (plural)
no complies (plural)

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(skateboarding) A trick in which the skater plants the front foot and pops the board using only the back foot.


varial

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(skateboarding) An aerial move during which the skater rotates the board.


powder hound

(skiing, slang) A skier who favours powdery snow.


make a book

en-verb

make a book (third-person singular simple present makes a book, present participle making a book, simple past and past participle made a book)

makes a book (present singular third-person)
making a book (participle present)
made a book (participle past)
made a book (past)

it must be acknowledged that it is impossible to make a book on any important race without the security of Play or Pay

1866, Henry John Rous, On the Laws and Practice of Horse Racing:

(horseracing, archaic) To lay bets (recorded in a pocketbook) against the success of every horse, so that the bookmaker wins on all the unsuccessful horses and loses only on the winning horse or horses.


wild-card

(sports, card games) Alternative form of wild card


parade lap

(motor racing) A lap before a race begins, in which the drivers go relatively slowly around the track to warm up their tyres and ensure that conditions are safe.


inwicking

(curling) The act of making a stone strike at an angle on the inner side of another.


outwicking

(curling) The act of making a stone strike at an angle on the outer side of another.


serve and volley

(tennis) A tactic where a player serves and immediately moves towards the net in an attempt to hit a volley.


serve and volley

serve and volley (third-person singular simple present serves and volleys, present participle serving and volleying, simple past and past participle served and volleyed)

serves and volleys (present singular third-person)
serving and volleying (participle present)
served and volleyed (participle past)
served and volleyed (past)


preturn

(skiing) The movement that leads into a turn.


penalty mark

(soccer) a small white spot, painted on the grass, twelve yards in front of the centre of the goal line, from which all penalty kicks are taken


big bat

(baseball, colloquial) A player who specializes in hitting home runs.


superfinal

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(sports) A deciding match in a situation in which a final takes the form of a group of matches


out ground

Out ground cricket these days is not particularly fashionable for counties…

2006, Edward Craig, Out of town but not out of favour, Cricinfo

I love playing at out grounds because there is always a festival feel about the ground and they always have endearing, if not quirky, characteristics.

2011, Luke Sutton, Luke at county cricket: That festival feel at Chesterfield and Dhoni's hair-raiser, Daily Mail

His best performance came at another out ground, St George's Road in Harrogate.

2013, Andrew Glover, Remembering Yorkshire County Cricket Club's out grounds, BBC:

(cricket) A ground other than a team's home ground, used for occasional matches.


how's that

(cricket) Used to make an appeal to the umpire as to whether the batsman is out or not


push out

(billiards) In nine ball pool, an optional shot after a legal break shot where a player is allowed to hit any ball first, or not any, as well as not hit a rail, and the opponent can choose who shoots the next shot.


in play

Coordinate term: on the table

now everything is in play

The ball is in play for an average of just seven minutes out of a sixty-minute game.

(sports, also figurative) Available to be played according to the rules of the game in question; within the boundaries of the pitch, within the realm of the possible, etc.


sport climbing

(sports) A sport developed from rock climbing. A style of climbing in which the protection is in the form of permanently fixed bolts.


send someone to the showers

send someone to the showers (third-person singular simple present sends someone to the showers, present participle sending someone to the showers, simple past and past participle sent someone to the showers)

sends someone to the showers (present singular third-person)
sending someone to the showers (participle present)
sent someone to the showers (participle past)
sent someone to the showers (past)

[H]e was able to pitch out of trouble until the eighth, when a single by LF Randy Winn and double by 2B Bret Boone sent him to the showers.

2004 September 29, “Mariners game at a glance”, in Seattle Post-Intelligencer, retrieved 2014-07-08:

The umpires’ ruling precipitated a wild protest […]and three straight run-scoring hits off Pelfrey that sent him to the showers after a six-run inning.

2010 July 5, Mark Viera, “Reds 8, Mets 6: Pelfrey Comes Undone After a Reversed Call”, in New York Times, retrieved 2014-07-08:

Gerrard was sent to the showers 10 minutes into the second half, replaced by his Liverpool team-mate Jordan Henderson.

2013 November 20, Kevin Garside, “England 0 Germany 1”, in The Independent, UK, retrieved 2014-07-08:

Orr, in the first row behind the photographers, said something and Smart stepped to him and pushed him with both hands. […]Sending Smart to the showers—or instructing arena security to eject the fan—would have been a move in the name of safety.

2014 February 9, Roger Rubin, “Marcus Smart, Texas Tech fan shove fiasco handled poorly”, in New York Daily News, retrieved 2014-07-08:

(idiomatic, sports) To remove a player from a particular team competition before the conclusion of the event, especially because that player's contribution on this occasion has been below his or her expected level of performance.


row Z

Victoria Park's diminutive stands may preclude launching the ball into Row Z, but Row A would have sufficed as Hartlepool's otherwise dependable defender Chris Westwood looked to clear his lines.

2002, Jason Mellor, “Hartlepool hopes go west after late slip-up”, in The Guardian:

1446: Bobby Zamora smashes a volley into row Z, which is very much appreciated by the West Ham fans.

2010, Caroline Cheese, “Premier League as it happened”, in BBC Sport:

Sturridge’s curling strike looked dull in comparison to this wonder throw, with the expertly folded flyer gliding from row z onto the pitch and straight into the Peruvian’s face, as the crowd at the Home of Football erupted.

2014, "Direct hit! Peru star hit by England fans' paper plane after INSANE row z throw", talkSPORT

(soccer, humorous) The back row or rows of the stands.


lower order

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


nervous nineties

I have never found anything particularly significant in the term nervous nineties for I firmly believe that a batsman should treat every ball on its merits, be his score 9 or 90.

Watson nearly fell again in the nervous nineties when Bresnan took an overhead catch at long off when the all-rounder was on 90 but the fieldsman tumbled over the rope and a six was declared.

2013, Chris Barrett, “Shane Watson belts brutal century as George Bailey sets record against James Anderson”, in The Sydney Morning Herald:

(cricket) The set of individual scores between 90 and 99, when a batsman may play badly due to feeling pressure to convert the score into a century.


long game

[T]he Seahawks held Newton to 119 passing yards, as the Panthers kept mainly to the ground and Seattle's secondary shut down the long game.

2013 September 8, “What we saw: Seahawks 12, at Panthers 7”, in Seattle Post-Intelligencer, retrieved 2014-07-11:

(American football) The aspect of the game in which the strategy is to advance downfield by throwing the ball to a receiving player; the passing game.

“[E]verybody thinks when the wind blows it affects the long game the most, but it doesn’t,” Westwood said. “It tends to affect the putting most.”

2010 July 18, Christopher Clarey, “Another Second for Golf’s Latest Near-Miss Man”, in New York Times, retrieved 2014-07-11:

(golf) The portion of the game, played with driver clubs, in which the ball is advanced down the fairway to the putting green.


hyah

(martial arts) a vocalisation used when performing a technique or striking a blow


the handbags come out

Coined 2004, circa March 2nd, by Jeremy St. Louis on the radio show Fox Sports World Report. From women hitting each other with handbags during a catfight; compare earlier handbags, handbags at dawn.

"I'm ready to take the blame for all the problems of English football, if that is what he wants."
The handbags come out early doors when Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger responds to Ferguson's dig about the Gunners' foreign contingent.

2008, Chris Charles, BBC Sport, 12 May 2008, “Premier League quotes of the season”

The handbags have come out after a diplomatic argument between Israel and Brazil got, well, very personal.

2014, Oliver Wheaton, Metro, 26 Jul 2014, “Handbags: Israel has dig at Brazil’s 7-1 World Cup defeat after diplomatic row over Gaza bombing”

(UK, idiomatic, soccer, rare) A row intensifies; a dispute becomes heated.


one-horse race

Since riding Harry Payne Whitney's Whiskery to victory in the Kentucky Derby, Jockey Linus ("Pony") McAtee has twice broken into the news in unconventional fashion. A fortnight ago, he won a one-horse race ("walkover") at Belmont Park, N. Y.

1927 June 13, “Sport: Again, McAtee”, in Time, retrieved 2014-07-26:

Sinister Minister . . . kept extending his lead and turned the stretch run into a one-horse race.

2006 April 16, Bill Finley, “Sinister Minister Joins Baffert's Derby Stable”, in New York Times, retrieved 2014-07-26:

(horse racing, informal) A horse race in which a single horse takes such a considerable lead that the other horses are no longer contenders to win.


lap of honour

laps of honour (plural)
lap of honor (alternative)

(sports, UK) A victory lap (celebratory extra lap).


commentator's curse

(sports, humorous) The supposed propensity of a player to blunder after having their talents pointed out by the commentator.


HIIT

Perhaps I would struggle to do a HIIT session.

2021, Dr Philippa Kaye, Doctors Get Cancer Too, Vie Books, page 151:

HIIT’s specific origins are uncertain; some say it dates back to at least the early 1900s and Finnish Olympic runners who would use alternating short bursts of intensity with brief bouts of recovery to bolster their overall speed.

2023 March 15, Amanda Loudin, “A 19-Minute HIIT Workout for Beginners”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

interval training
interval training#English

(exercise) Initialism of high-intensity interval training: a form of exercise based on short bursts of intense effort, such as sprinting.

high-intensity interval training

entraînement fractionné de haute intensité


LISS

(exercise) Initialism of low-intensity steady state: a form of exercise that uses prolonged periods of effort at a steady pace, such as jogging.


deuce court

(tennis) The receiver's right-side service box, or the opponent's left for the server, being the receiving side for a deuce point.


forearm smash

(wrestling) A charge at the opponent followed by a strike in the chest or face with a forearm to force them back and down to the mat.


forecaddie

(golf) A caddie who does not carry clubs, but locates balls and gets groups of players to move around the course.


forecaddie

forecaddie (third-person singular simple present forecaddies, present participle forecaddying, simple past and past participle forecaddied)

forecaddies (present singular third-person)
forecaddying (participle present)
forecaddied (participle past)
forecaddied (past)

(golf, intransitive) To act as a forecaddie.


circle changeup

en-noun

circle changeup (plural circle changeups)

(baseball) A pitch thrown with a grip where the pitcher makes a circle with the index finger, holding the thumb at the bottom of the ball parallel to the middle finger and holding the ball far out in the hand.


lay back

en-verb

lay back (third-person singular simple present lays back, present participle laying back, simple past and past participle laid back)

lays back (present singular third-person)
laying back (participle present)
laid back (participle past)
laid back (past)

The ball ran loose to Sheringham and whereas less experienced players might have tried to score from a difficult angle he laid it back to Benayoun, whose shot was blocked by Curtis Davies.

2005 November 7, David Lacey, “Sheringham's veteran vision shows up the big problem with West Brom”, in The Guardian:

(soccer, transitive) To make a short backward pass to a teammate in an attacking position.


rockover

(climbing) A maneuver that involves rocking the body over onto one foot in a foothold, to get balance.


holdless

(climbing) Without holds (footholds and handholds)


crashmat

crashmats (plural)
crash mat (alternative)

(climbing) A protective foam pad placed on the ground, used as protection in case of falling from the wall.


Panenka

Panenkas (plural)
panenka (alternative)
panenka kick (alternative)

Named after Antonín Panenka, a Czech football player who scored a softly-struck chipped penalty kick down the middle of the goal to win the penalty shootout in the UEFA Euro 1976 Final

Amazingly, in the most important football competition in the world, he had scored a penalty kick in the most risky and theatrical way possible, with what is called a panenka, after Antonín Panenka, a Czech footballer who in 1976 scored a vital penalty kick by chipping the ball over the goalkeeper into the center of the net.

2010, Laurent Dubois, Soccer Empire: The World Cup and the Future of France:

Up stepped Pirlo, who coolly took a Panenka as Hart dived to his right.

2015, Ben Lyttleton, Twelve Yards: The Art and Psychology of the Perfect Penalty Kick:

Best used for penalties that are scored in a tidy, unfussy manner – no impudent Panenkas or short runups welcome here, thanks.

2015, Adam Hurrey, Football Clichés: Decoding the Oddball Phrases, Colorful Gestures, and Unwritten Rules of Soccer Across the Pond:

(soccer) A softly-struck chipped penalty kick into the middle of the goal.


get open

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

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

First, players should learn how to get open to receive the ball; then they need to master basic one-on-one moves with the ball.

2009, National Basketball Coaches Association, NBA Coaches Playbook: Techniques, Tactics, and Teaching Points, page 19:

The quarterback hikes the ball, and it's the receiver's job to run around and get open until the ball comes his way.

2010, Jim Dougherty, Brandon Castel, Survival Guide for Coaching Youth Football, page 50:

To get open on offense, you should cut to an open area or to the ball.

2013, Don Zimmerman, Peter England, Men's Lacrosse, page 125:

(sports) Of a player in a team sport, to evade defenders and thereby create a gap allowing another player to pass the ball to that player.


osotogari

(judo) A throw in which (right-handed version) tori steps next to uke with his left leg and reaps uke's right leg (at the back of the thigh) with his right leg.


goalframe

/ˈɡəʊlˌfɹeɪm/

Certainly, no one used the goalframe to his advantage more than Orr, especially when penalty-killing.

2001, Steve Dryden, The Hockey News Century of Hockey: A Season-By-Season Celebration, page 11:

It actually overstepped the mark because with stoppage time approaching several fans came onto the pitch and even dislodged the goalframe to my left in premature celebration.

2009, Richard Brentnall, A Different Corner: Exploring Spanish Football, page 180:

Had the goalframe been round in cross section, as was common in France, rather than square as it was in Glasgow, Jacques Santini's thirty-ninth minute header would–St Etienne insisted–have cannoned in rather than out and they would have taken the lead.

2013, Jonathan Wilson, Scott Murray, The Anatomy of Liverpool: A History in Ten Matches:

(sports) The structure of the goal, generally consisting of two goalposts and a crossbar.


serve-volleyer

Tim Henman, now thirty years old and never a champion, is the only top ten serve-volleyer, and less than a dozen top 100 players frequently do it.

2009, Paul Fein, Tennis Confidential II: More of Today's Greatest Players, Matches, and Controversies, →ISBN:

(tennis) A player who employs the serve and volley strategy.


shorepound

(surfing) A dangerous condition, due to high tide or larger surf, where the waves break in one single "wall" onto the beach, often in shallow water.


switchfoot

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(surfing, skateboarding) Riding with one's wrong foot forward, i.e. opposite to one's usual natural/goofy preference.


switchfoot

(surfing) A surfer who can surf with either foot forward.


fox in the box

(soccer, UK, informal) A player with good finishing and movement inside the penalty area; a poacher.


racebook

(sports) A booklet serving the same purpose as a race card.


heavy hitter

heavy hitters (plural)
heavy-hitter (alternative)

This year's heavy hitter is Bobby Bonilla, the Pirates' slugger who's seeking to hit the biggest home run of his life.

1991 November 20, Claire Smith, “On Baseball: Bonilla Barnstorming In Search of Best Deal”, in New York Times, retrieved 2014-08-20:

The congenial heavy hitter is one of the most beloved players in Twins history, as much for his gentle and approachable nature off the field as for the towering home runs he hit during his playing days.

2010 December 30, Associated Press, “MLB Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew has esophageal cancer”, in New York Daily News, retrieved 2014-08-20:

(baseball) A player with a favorable batting average who is especially good at hitting the ball deep into the outfield or farther.

On defense I always try to pair a good body-checker with a sound, steady player; for example, Ted Harris, a heavy hitter, with J. C. Tremblay, a clever defenseman.

1967 November 6, Hector (Toe) Blake, “Keep Your Eye On An Exciting Game”, in Sports Illustrated, retrieved 2014-08-20:

This is a heavy hitter list including the likes of Tiger Woods, LeBron James, and Alex Rodriguez.

2009 July 1, Alan Burge, “Two Texans players on list of the 50 top-earning American athletes”, in AXS Entertainment Sports, retrieved 2014-08-20:

(sports, by extension) In any sport, a strong, physical player who is particularly effective.


7-10 split

If the pins are numbered left to right from the bottom, the remaining two pins are numbers 7 and 10.

(bowling) A split where the farthest-left and farthest-right pins are the only pins left standing.


strike out looking

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

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

(transitive, baseball, softball) To strike out (a batter) without the batter swinging at the called strike.

(intransitive, baseball, softball) To strike out without swinging at the called strike.


18-yard line

Van Gaal used his third substitute, James Wilson, well before the hour, and Welbeck, allowed to drift across the MK 18-yard line, drove a right-foot shot only just wide, but Robinson’s side were always alert to the possibility of a break.

2014 August 26, Richard Rae, “Manchester United humbled by MK Dons after Will Grigg hits double”, in The Guardian:

(soccer) The line on the pitch, 18 yards from the goal line, marking the outside of the penalty box


easy-oar

easy-oar (third-person singular simple present easy-oars, present participle easy-oaring, simple past and past participle easy-oared)

easy-oars (present singular third-person)
easy-oaring (participle present)
easy-oared (participle past)
easy-oared (past)

I blast off the first few strokes with all the anger and frustration I feel towards Rachel. It works against me. I catch a crab and totally lose it. The boat swings sideways and we have to easy oar or risk slamming into the bank.

2014, Pip Harry, Head of the River, page 82:


testpiece

(climbing) A difficult climb, one that tests the climber.


randori

(Japanese martial arts) Freestyle practice, such as one-on-one sparring.


in the refrigerator

This game's in the refrigerator. The door's closed, the light's out, the eggs are cooling, the butter's getting hard and the Jell-O's jiggling!

(basketball, slang) Of a game: having its outcome beyond a doubt, despite the fact that time is remaining before the final buzzer.


mogully

en-adj

mogully (comparative more mogully, superlative most mogully)

more mogully (comparative)
most mogully (superlative)


draw iron

en-verb

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

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


feature back

Colton Hansel was the Spartans’ feature back and netted 38 yards on 16 carries.

2014, Linder, Jeff, "Xavier’s district debut is a dandy," Cedar Rapids Gazette, September 13, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20160311181713/http://www.thegazette.com/subject/sports/xaviers-district-debut-is-a-dandy-20140912

(US, American football) In American football, a back – usually a running back – that gets the most carries and most yardage in a game.


one-touch

Haaland was having his shirt pulled as he advanced onto Phil Foden's curling cross for his opener. He was part of a fantastic one-touch passing move for the second which ended with the loose ball from a slide tackle on Foden presenting him with a tap-in. He shrugged opponents out of the way to make sure he was in the right place to head home John Stones' nod-back for his third.

2022 August 31, Simon Stone, “Manchester City 6-0 Nottingham Forest”, in BBC Sport:

(sports) Executed immediately after touching the ball, without holding it


playcalling

(American football) The communication between coach and players of the plays to be used during a game.


play-action pass

en-noun

play-action pass (plural play-action passes)

(American football) A certain kind of play; see Wikipedia article for details.


chip and charge

(tennis) A weak groundstroke followed immediately by an advance towards the net.


chip and charge

en-verb

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

chips and charges (present singular third-person)
chipping and charging (participle present)
chipped and charged (participle past)
chipped and charged (past)

(tennis) To hit a weak groundstroke and advance towards the net.


three-pointer

Here Colgate stiffened, so Will place-kicked a 33-yard three-pointer from the 23 to put the Lions in front 10-7.

1944, “Football at mid-season”, in Columbia Alumni News:

Barry John's try was the last three-pointer to be scored for Wales.

1982, David Parry-Jones, The Golden Years of Welsh Rugby:

(sports) A goal or other means of scoring worth three points.

A basket by Texas' Hamilton and a three-pointer by Madsen put the Longhorns ahead.

1948, The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Basketball Guide:

I'd like to see a long shot beyond an established line become a three pointer. It would stand out like a home run in baseball.

1966, Bob Pettit, Bob Wolf, Bob Pettit: The Drive Inside Me:

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


Altuve

After José Altuve, Venezuelan-American baseball player who stands five feet, five inches tall.

So, if you want to know the minimum length of a World Cup Soccer field while watching TV, it's 60.9 Altuves.

2014 June 30, Bob Nightengale, “Diminutive dandy: Jose Altuve keeps reaching new heights”, in USA Today:

In 2012 Houston Astros fan Bryan Trostel was watching a game when he heard the announcers joke about how many “altuves” a home run had traveled.

2015, Uncle John's FACTASTIC Bathroom Reader, →ISBN:

Judge is 1.22 Altuves. Is there a drawback to being a big man in baseball?

2017 October 13, Victor Mather, “David vs. Goliath Gets an Update: It's Now Altuve vs. Judge”, in New York Times:

No matter how you slice it, Altuve is one of the best hitters in baseball despite yielding at least 7 inches (that’s about .108 Altuves) to every other elite hitter.

2018 February 20, Kate Preusser, Isabelle Minasian, Tim Cantu, Connor Donovan, “2018 AL West Preview: The Astros’ Lineup”, in Lookout Landing:

Want to know how many Altuves there are from home plate to first base? That would be 16.61436219309581.

2018 June 1, Melanie Hauser, “Ways to recover from the Rockets' loss”, in Houston Chronicle:

(baseball, slang) A distance of five feet and five inches, used chiefly as a unit to measure distances of home run balls.


faunch

faunch (third-person singular simple present faunches, present participle faunching, simple past and past participle faunched)

faunches (present singular third-person)
faunching (participle present)
faunched (participle past)
faunched (past)
fauch (alternative)
fawnch (alternative)

Uncertain. Used in Midland American English and Western American English. Entered the fanspeak body of slang after writer Noel Loomis used it in a review in Pro-Phile.

Instead of the fine faunching black mare he usually rode he was on a light grey today, a little slower if it came to a run from the Indians or a buffalo stampede, but much less conspicuous against the snow.

1954, Mari Sandoz, The Buffalo Hunters, published 2008, →ISBN, page 6:

Ecstatic, they faunched and gamboled and I could hardly get them in the traces.

1986, Jerry Bumpus, Heroes and Villains, →ISBN, The Outdoorsman, page 59:

(US, equestrianism) To bite the bit, especially when restless; to champ.


shirt-front

shirt-front (third-person singular simple present shirt-fronts, present participle shirt-fronting, simple past and past participle shirt-fronted)

shirt-fronts (present singular third-person)
shirt-fronting (participle present)
shirt-fronted (participle past)
shirt-fronted (past)

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(sports) To knock down an opponent by colliding with them chest-to-chest (Australian rules football) or tackle them by grabbing their chest by their shirt front and wrestling them to the ground (rugby league football).


service court

(tennis) The part of the court in which the ball must land on a serve.


forehander

(racquet sports) A shot played forehand.

The morning brought an increased swell; long, perfect, down-the-line, 6-8' freight trains — a forehander's dream and a backhanders nightmare

(surfing) A surfer who approaches a swell facing the wave ("on their forehand") rather than with the wave behind them ("on their backhand").


mini-break

From mini- + break (“game won against the server”).

prefix

Coordinate term: mini-hold

(tennis) In a tiebreak, a point won against the server when ahead.


aim-crier

(archery) One who encouraged an archer by crying "Aim!" when he was about to shoot.


MGUK

MGUKs (plural)
MGU-K (alternative)
MGU K (alternative)

(motor racing) Alternative form of MGU-K Initialism of motor generator unit, kinetic.


MGUH

MGUHs (plural)
MGU-H (alternative)
MGU H (alternative)

motor generator unit, heat
motor generator unit, heat#English

(motor racing) Alternative form of MGU-H Initialism of motor generator unit, heat.


flying wedge

(aviation, American football) A formation in which a group travels so that its components form a triangular shape.


sucker tracks

(skiing) Tracks left by an experienced skier in a closed or dangerous area that may be followed by a less experienced skier who does not understand the risks.


Tartan Army

The widely predicted jeering of Aiden McGeady from the Tartan Army briefly turned to cheers when he was next to see a yellow card for a poor challenge on Fletcher.

2014 November 14, Stephen Halliday, “Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero”, in The Scotsman:

(soccer) The fans of the Scottish national football team


water jump

(show jumping, athletics) A (usually rectangular) pool of water intended to be an obstacle to be jumped.


flop style

(athletics) The technique of using the Fosbury flop when performing the high jump.


Hail Mary pass

en-noun

Hail Mary pass (plural Hail Mary passes)

From Hail Mary, a prayer for intercession, from Latin Ave Maria, plus pass (“moving the ball from one player to another”). Attested from the 1970s in the context of American football.

With 11:04 left in the game, and a comfortable 38–14 lead, Smith heaved a 62-yard, Hail Mary pass to Carter.

1983, “A Run for the Roses”, in Michigan Ensian, page 120:

Maybe I should just toss up a “Hail Mary” pass deep into their territory, as though I was saying a prayer that one of our players would catch it.

1990, Michael Teitelbaum, Play Book! Football, →OCLC, page 35:

The black sky emptied as about 50,000 rain-soaked University of Colorado football fans exhaled in improbable joy at Folsom Field. This was after the Hail Mary pass caught as time expired, after the game-clinching fumble that squirted out of the end zone in overtime.

2024 October 4, John Branch, “What Does College Football Have to Do With College?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:

(American football) A long forward pass with little chance of completion, typically used by the losing team when time is running out and no other play is practical, in a desperate attempt to score the winning points.

Hail Mary

American football: pass with little chance of completion


heelie

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JKD

(informal, martial arts) Initialism of Jeet Kune Do.


scorelessness

(sports) The property of being scoreless; lack of any points scored.


win one for the Gipper

en-verb

win one for the Gipper (third-person singular simple present wins one for the Gipper, present participle winning one for the Gipper, simple past and past participle won one for the Gipper)

wins one for the Gipper (present singular third-person)
winning one for the Gipper (participle present)
won one for the Gipper (participle past)
won one for the Gipper (past)

Attributed to Knute Rockne, coach of the Notre Dame football team, during a 1928 American football game between Notre Dame and the Army. During a half-time talk to his team, who were losing the game, he encouraged the team with the death-bed speech of former player George "The Gipper" Gipp:
: "I've got to go, Rock. It's all right. I'm not afraid. Some time, Rock, when the team is up against it, when things are wrong and the breaks are beating the boys, ask them to go in there with all they've got and win just one for the Gipper. I don't know where I'll be then, Rock. But I'll know about it, and I'll be happy."
Popularized by the 1940 film Knute Rockne, All American, which starred future President of the United States, Ronald Reagan, as George Gipp.

(idiomatic, American football) To do something in memory of another person.


under center

Bill O’Brien’s quarterback preferences aren’t quite as clear, and the Texans don’t have an obvious solution under center, but he’s also exhibited an interest in big-armed mediocrities.

2014, Bill Barnwell, What’s Next for RG3? Breaking Down 10 Possible Destinations:

(American football) Playing at the quarterback position.

(American football) (Of the quarterback) initiating play from immediately behind the center.


speed riding

(sports) a winter sport, a combination of speed flying (a variant of paragliding) and paraskiing (a combination of paragliding and skiing)


speed flying

(sports) an air sport, a variant of paragliding, focusing on high-speed passes skimming close to the ground and terrain features.


disability sport

en-noun

disability sport (countable and uncountable, plural disability sports)

(countable, sports) A sport played by people with a physical disability


Selection Sunday

Selection Sunday (plural Selection Sundays)

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

(US, American football) The Sunday in December on which the college teams that participate in major bowl games are announced.


bowl game

From Rose Bowl Game, played in the Rose Bowl stadium, in turn named for the bowl-shaped Yale Bowl.

(US, American football) A postseason college football competition.

Rose Bowl (stadium)
Rose Bowl Game
Yale Bowl


I formation

From the vertical (as viewed from the opposing endzone) alignment of quarterback, fullback, and running back, particularly when contrasted with the same players' alignments in the T formation.

(American football) A common offensive formation, beginning with the usual five offensive linemen (two offensive tackles, two guards, and a center), the quarterback under center, and two backs in-line behind the quarterback. The base variant adds a tight end to one side of the line and two wide receivers, one at each end of the line.

(tennis) A formation in doubles where the server's partner starts crouched down close to the center of the net


avalement

avalement (usually uncountable, plural avalements)

On the same slope, choose a steeper traverse track on a short mogul field that passes over a series of small moguls, and repeat the avalement movements.

1995, Martin Heckelman, The New Guide to Skiing, page 109:

(skiing) A technique of flexing the knees while skiing.


complete game

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(baseball) A game during which the starting pitcher pitches for the entirety of the game, without a relief pitcher.


fistulous withers

It is now generally believed that fistulous withers are the result of a germ, probably picked up from the grass, although at one time they were thought to be caused by saddle or roller pressure.

1962, Catherine Harris, “Ailments”, in Practical Pony Keeping, London; Glagsow: Blackie, →OCLC, part 2 (Care of Your Pony), page 100:

The sooner fistulous withers is treated, the more likely that a cure is effected.

1997, Tony Pavord, Marcy Pavord, “Fistulous Withers”, in The Complete Equine Veterinary Manual: A Comprehensive and Instant Guide to Equine Health, Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles, published 1998, →ISBN, part III (A–Z of Diseases), page 154, column 2:

(veterinary medicine, pathology, equestrianism) Inflammation of the serous bursa of withers in horses which bursts outside, creating a fistula.


TMO

But before he could take the penalty there was a dramatic intervention from Irish TMO Joy Neville. She had spotted Russell trying to halt Youngs with his outstretched right leg and the Scotland stand-off was punished with ten minutes in the sin-bin.

2021 February 6, Graham Bean, “Scotland beat England at Twickenham for the first time in 38 years”, in The Scotsman:

television match official
television match official#English

(rugby) Initialism of television match official.


scissor tackle

Arsenal's Emmanuel Eboué has defended his scissor tackle on Liam Ridgewell by insisting that he "did not want to kill" the Birmingham player in Saturday's match at the Emirates.

2010, I did not want to kill Liam Ridgewell, says Emmanuel Eboué, The Guardian

As he looks to get a shot away, a clumsy, lunging scissor tackle by Ledley King drags him to the ground.

2013, Steve Mingle, From Balti Pies to the Biggest Prize: The Rebirth of Manchester City:

(soccer) A tackle where one player slides in and wraps their legs either side of an opponent's legs.


black diamond

black diamond (countable and uncountable, plural black diamonds)

(skiing) A symbol representing a steep and relatively difficult trail, typically of a 40% gradient or above.


bench strength

(sports) The quality and number of players available to substitute during a game.


splitfinger

split-finger fastball
split-finger fastball


HC

(cycling) Abbreviation of hors categorie. (French HC)

AC

athletics; athletics club; as in all sporting activities

AC

athletics; athletics club; as in track-and-field


soft hand

(cricket) A grip on the bat that merely stops the ball moving towards the wicket


sumotori

His past was evident in his small office, crowded with his wrestling trophies and certificates, but most intriguing to Hiroshi were the photos of sumotori that lined the wall—their bulky, imposing bodies filling the space around them.

2007, Gail Tsukiyama, The Street of a Thousand Blossoms: A Novel, page 47:


PWI

Pune Warriors India
w:Pune Warriors India

(India, sports) Initialism of Pune Warriors India.


go deep

en-verb

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

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

On this play, we're going to fake a short pass but go deep to Kelly or Chris.

(American football, Canadian football) To throw a long pass attempt or to get in position to catch one.


run deep

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

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

(American football, Canadian football) Synonym of go deep


rabona

(soccer) A kick made with the kicking leg crossed behind the other leg.


nonball

Forcing in or out and nonball side help are the first two situations when team defense is necessary.

1979, Maryalyce Jeremiah, Coaching Basketball: Ten Winning Concepts, page 68:

The other major challenge with tryouts is to learn to focus on the nonball side of a court during competitive drills.

2004, Sally Kus, Coaching Volleyball Successfully, page 201:

(sports) Not having possession of the ball.


beast mode

(slang, sports, video games) A high level of performance.


code-switch

code-switch (third-person singular simple present code-switches, present participle code-switching, simple past and past participle code-switched)

code-switches (present singular third-person)
code-switching (participle present)
code-switched (participle past)
code-switched (past)
codeswitch (alternative)
code switch (alternative)

(rugby, intransitive) To change from playing rugby league to rugby union or vice versa.


hammer fist

hammer fists (plural)
hammer-fist (alternative)
hammerfist (alternative)

(martial arts) A blow with a clenched fist, usually using the side of the hand or wrist


sagari

(sumo) The stiffened silk fronds inserted in the front of a mawashi.


kick-step

(dance) A dance move in which the dancer first kicks a foot in the air in front of the opposite leg (often while bending the knee slightly on that leg) and then puts the foot down shifting balance on to it.


kick-step

kick-step (third-person singular simple present kick-steps, present participle kick-stepping, simple past and past participle kick-stepped)

kick-steps (present singular third-person)
kick-stepping (participle present)
kick-stepped (participle past)
kick-stepped (past)

2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text
Arms draped on shoulders, kick-stepping in circles, they swing bottles of wine. Purpled thumbs cork the bottles. The wine leaps and jumps behind green glass.


chesticle

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(bodybuilding slang) A roundly defined pectoral muscle.


acrobranching

Jonathan told her how they had been acrobranching on zip wires and climbing nets in the trees.

2017, Robert Bluck, Mr Woodreeve's Reflection:

(rare, sports) A recreation in which participants climb tall trees and cross to others via the branches


renew acquaintances

renew acquaintances (third-person singular simple present renews acquaintances, present participle renewing acquaintances, simple past and past participle renewed acquaintances)

renews acquaintances (present singular third-person)
renewing acquaintances (participle present)
renewed acquaintances (participle past)
renewed acquaintances (past)

Sergio Agüero’s goal midway through the second half does change the complexion slightly before the sides renew acquaintances in this Champions League last 16 fixture on 18 March but City’s momentum was quickly lost after Gaël Clichy’s second yellow card and the return leg would have felt like a formality had Messi put away that penalty in the third minute of stoppage time.

2015 February 24, Daniel Taylor, “Luis Suárez strikes twice as Barcelona teach Manchester City a lesson”, in The Guardian (London):

(sports) Compete for a subsequent time in another match.


military medium

When TV cricket is dull—and even on the Saturday of the Lord's Test most of the bowling was "military medium" and most of the batting was of the prod and push variety—I take refuge in the verbal gymnastics of the commentators.

A total of 109 was never going to be enough for Cuba, let down by their baseball-style batting again, and they couldn't cope with the military medium bowling of our imbedded Telegraph journalist Tony Francis, another son of Leicester, who made a remarkable five for nineteen, which made his day too.

(cricket) Straight, medium pace (bowling).