rip entry

(diving) A type of entry into the water when diving from a platform or springboard where no splash results after the entire body has entered the water (the splash only results from initial contact and not at the end).


kayfabed

While some respectable sporting journals, most significantly Ring Magazine, continued to offer balanced (but kayfabed) coverage of wrestling, the ballyhoo-filled wrestling magazines came to be the main source of printed information for devotees.

2006, Scott M. Beekman, Ringside: A History of Professional Wrestling in America, Westport, Conn., London: Praeger Publishers, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 97:

He also lived in the bizarre, hazy world of half-truth, half-kayfabed fiction that wrestling in 2007 had become. Lest we forget just how far the line between reality and storyline was blurred, WWE refused to acknowledge the death of Sherri Martel because it would undermine the Vince is dead angle.

2008, Scott Keith, “Conclusion”, in Dungeon of Death: Chris Benoit and the Hart Family Curse, New York, N.Y.: Citadel Press Books, Kensington Publishing, →ISBN, page 193:

[King Kong] Bundy and I stood our ground and yelled shit at each other, acting like we were about to go to blows. Then I scuffed my feet, rubbed my hands together, and went for the slam. I picked him up about halfway before I felt him deadweight me, and I had to let go of him. I grabbed my back in kayfabed pain.

2011, Joe “Animal” Laurinaitis, Andrew William Wright, “Destroy Everything that Moves”, in The Road Warriors: Danger, Death, and the Rush of Wrestling, [St. Charles, Ill.]: Medallion Press, →ISBN, page 82:

professional wrestling
professional wrestling

(professional wrestling) Of events within the industry: portrayed as real, and not scripted or staged.


CHI

56 Michael Jordan, CHI vs. MIA, Apr. 29, 1992.

1996, Marty Strasen, Basketball Almanac, 1996-97, page 415:


bow ball

From bow + ball from being a spheroidal structure placed on the bow's leading point.

(rowing, canoeing, kayaking, sweeping, sculling) A rubberized ball placed on the bow of the boat to protect others from collisions with the pointed end of the bow.

canoeing; kayaking; sweeping; canoeing; kayaking; sweeping


undergrip

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(weightlifting, gymnastics) supinated grip


neutral grip

(weightlifting, gymnastics) A grip that is neither supinated nor pronated, but with palms facing each other.


mixed grip

(weightlifting, gymnastics) grip with one hand pronated and the other supinated


false grip

(weightlifting, gymnastics) type of grip using flexion of the wrist rather than the fingers to hold on


hollow body position

en-noun

hollow body position (plural hollow body positions)

(gymnastics) A position with a posterior pelvic tilt, i.e. with the lower back held flat


Produnova

From Yelena Produnova (Елена Серге́евна Продунова) who in 1999 was the first to successfully perform this maneuver in competition.

gloss

Елена Серге́евна Продунова

(Елена Серге́евна Продунова)

(gymnastics) a vault on the vaulting horse or vaulting table that starts with a front handspring off the gymnastics horse leading to two-and-a-half somersaults in the air, and then landing on their feet. (a three-point landing with the butt and feet is considered a fall)

vault of death

so called due to the dangerousness of the vault, and likelihood of ending up landing on one's neck


Shewfelt

Named after Kyle Shewfelt, who in 2000 first successfully performed the maneuver in men's competition.

(gymnastics) A back handspring off the vaulting horse or vaulting table with a layout and two-and-a-half twists.

Amanar

the equivalent vault for female gymnasts


Amanar

Named after Simona Amânar, who in 2000 first successfully performed the maneuver in women's competition.


lose the dressing room

en-verb

lose the dressing room (third-person singular simple present loses the dressing room, present participle losing the dressing room, simple past and past participle lost the dressing room)

loses the dressing room (present singular third-person)
losing the dressing room (participle present)
lost the dressing room (participle past)
lost the dressing room (past)

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But it is very clear that (using football parlance) 'the management has lost the dressing room', following earlier misjudged decisions about reducing operating costs.

2023 May 31, 'Industry Insider', “DfT calls time on TPE”, in RAIL, number 984, page 68:

(soccer) Of a team manager: to lose the respect and trust of one's players.


COC

Coordinate term: CPC

(Canada, sports) Abbreviation of Canadian Olympic Committee.


Paralympiad

/ˌpæɹəˈlɪmpiˌæd/

Blend of Paralympic + Olympiad, or from para- (prefix referring to disability sport) + Olympiad.

prefix

Teams from many nations as far apart as Canada, Portugal and Pakistan, were entered in the sports festival held at Stoke Mandeville, England, this summer. […] Perhaps at this time, when the bloody wars of this century are in the forefront of our minds, the most significant aspect of the Paralympiad is the spirit of comradely sportsmanship which was shared by all entrants.

[1954 November 9, “Wheelchair Olympics”, in The Edmonton Journal, Edmonton, Alta.: The Southam Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4, column 1:

Another group of athletes, less fortunate than the Olympians, move into Tokyo next week. They are the Paralympic squads representing 23 nations who will compete in an international sports meet that was founded in 1948. Sixty-five of the athletes, whose eligibility requires they be confined to wheel chairs, will represent the United States, seeking its third straight "Paralympiad" crown. […] The United States paralymics^([sic]) are a hand-selected group. They gained their berths in the Paralympiad by virtue of outstanding performances in the eighth annual United States Wheelchair Games held in June at Bulova Park, New York.

1964 October 31, Tom Hopkins, “Sportraitures: The ‘Paralympiad’”, in William H. Ewing, editor, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, volume 53, number 305, Honolulu, Hi.: Porter Dickinson, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 19, columns 1–2:

In 1976, following the regular Olympics, Montreal will host the Paralympics. There, for the 5th Paralympiad, the nations of six continents will assemble for competition, including basketball.

1976 January–February, George Conn, “Basketball Fireworks … Wheelchair Style”, in Ron Bourgea, editor, American Rehabilitation, volume 1, number 3, Washington, D.C.: Rehabilitation Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, →OCLC, pages 16–17:

That of the funds provided under this head, $16,000,000 shall be available for grants for the costs of planning, delivery and temporary use of transit vehicles for special transportation needs of the XXVth Summer Olympiad and the Xth Paralympiad for the Disabled, to be held in Atlanta, Georgia, of which $5,600,000 shall be available for the Paralympic Games: […]

1994 September 30, “Federal Transit Administration [Formula Grants (including Transfer of Funds)]”, in An Act Making Appropriations for the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 1995, and for Other Purposes (Public Law 103-331, 103d Congress; House Resolution 4556), [Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office], →OCLC, title I, page 108 Stat. 2482:

As a contestant in the swimming events in the 1976 and 1980 Paralympiad she [Monica Vaughan] gained five and four gold medals respectively for Britain.

1997, Gill Clarke, Monica Humberstone, “Managing a Women’s Sport Organisation: Interpreting Biographies”, in Gill Clarke, Barbara Humberstone, editors, Researching Women and Sport, Basingstoke, Hampshire, London: Macmillan Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 8:

In September 1992, again following the Olympic Games, Barcelona welcomed 3044 athletes to the IX Paralympiad.

2000, Cynthia Holzschuher, “The Paralympic Games”, in Evan D. Forbes, editor, The Olympic Dream: Primary (United States Olympic Committee’s Curriculum Guide to the Olympic Games; Teacher Created Resources; TCR 2200), Torrance, Calif.: Griffin Publishing Group, published 2005, →ISBN, page 77:

Apart from the opening and closing ceremonies, the rest of the Paralympiad was obviously not deemed of sufficient entertainment or information value, prior to the event, to be accorded the same "live" event television coverage as its Olympic counterpart.

2003, Gerard Goggin, Christopher Newell, “Getting the Picture on Disability: Digital Broadcasting Futures”, in Digital Disability: The Social Construction of Disability in New Media (Critical Media Studies), Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, →ISBN, part III (New Mediations of Disability), page 91:

Tracing the genealogy of para-swimming reveals that since its inclusion as one of eight sports at the first official Paralympiad in Rome 1960, through to and beyond the first summer Paralympic Games in Toronto 1976, it has undeniably become one of the biggest sports at the Paralympic Games in terms of both the numbers of competitors and number of events.

2017, Anthony J. Bush, “From Melksham to Rio: A Coach’s 20-year Journey in Para-swimming”, in Geoffrey Z. Kohe, Derek M. Peters, editors, High Performance Disability Sport Coaching, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 165:

At London 2012 we expected the spotlight to be much more intense since with every passing Paralympiad there has been an increased media presence and we were not disappointed. […] Events such as the World Cup and coverage of the London Marathon wheelchair race (which in 2013 hosted the International Paralympic Committee [IPC] Marathon World Cup) keep the British public mindful of Paralympic sport between Paralympiads.

2017, P. David Howe, Shane Kerr, “Observing Legacy: Ethnographic Moments in and around the London 2012 Paralympic Games”, in Phil Cohen, Paul Watt, editors, London 2012 and the Post-Olympics City: A Hollow Legacy?, London: Palgrave Macmillan, →DOI, →ISBN, page 340:

[…] Switzerland took part in all the Paralympiads since 1960 and at the time of the 1984 Games at Stoke Mandeville, wheelchair racers had already won 43 medals (18 gold medals).

2019, Julie Cornaton, Angela Schweizer, Sylvain Ferez, Nicolas Bancel, “The Divisive Origins of Sports for Physically Disabled People in Switzerland (1956–1968)”, in Nicolas Bancel, Julie Cornaton, Anne Marcellini, editors, Being Disabled, Becoming a Champion, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN:

(sports) An occurrence of the Paralympic Games.

paraolimpiade

occurrence of the Paralympic Games — see also Paralympic Games

The Games of the VI Paralympiad attracted over a million spectators.

2006, Liam McCann, “The Paralympic Games: Rome 1960 – Athens 2004”, in The Olympics: Facts, Figures & Fun, London: Facts, Figures & Fun, AAPPL Artists’ and Photographers’ Press, →ISBN, page 94:

With the Games of the Fifth Paralympiad awarded to Canada, organizers had their sights on hosting the most inclusive and largest Games ever.

2007, David A. Grieg, “Splitting Hairs: The Struggle between the Canadian Federal Government and the Organizing Committee of the 1976 Torontolympiad concerning South African Participation”, in Gerald P. Schaus, Stephen R. Wenn, editors, Onward to the Olympics: Historical Perspectives on the Olympic Games (Publications of the Canadian Institute in Greece; no. 5), Waterloo, Ont.: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, →ISBN, part II (The Modern Olympics), page 298:

[Robert] Riener hopes, in 2020, to hold the Games of the II Cybathlon in Tokyo after the Games of the XVI Paralympiad. Who knows, by 2028 or '32, perhaps there will be only one Games, for competitors of all abilities—or disabilities?

2018 April 12, Tom Taylor, “Paralympics a Source of Inspiration, Advanced Technology and (Yes) Doping”, in Sports Illustrated, New York, N.Y.: Meredith Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-11-06:

(sports, rare) A period of four years between occurrences of the Paralympic Games.


ground staff

(sports) staff employed by a sports club to maintain their sports ground.


MGU-K

(motor racing) Initialism of motor generator unit, kinetic (“KERS, the kinetic energy recovery system; a motor generator unit which harvests kinetic energy through engine braking”).


MGU-H

MGU-Hs (plural)
MGUH (alternative)
MGU H (alternative)

(motor racing) Initialism of motor generator unit, heat (“an energy recovery system; a motor generator unit which harvests thermal energy from the exhaust via the turbocharger”).


MGU

(motor racing) Initialism of motor generator unit (“a power deployment, and energy recovery system; a system that may harvest kinetic energy from various sources, and provide kinetic energy / rotational energy (shaft power)”).


air hose

air hoses (plural)
airhose (alternative)
air-hose (alternative)

(underwater diving) A hose for conveying air from the surface or from an air tank to a diver.


bladerunner

bladerunners (plural)
blade runner (alternative)
blade-runner (alternative)

(informal, disability sports, athletics) a para-athlete who runs upon artificial feet colloquially known as "blades"


not up

(tennis) Of the ball, having bounced twice. Usually called by the umpire in situations where it is unclear if the ball has bounced a second time to indicate to the players and spectators that the point is over.


WAR

(sports) Acronym of wins above replacement.


INT

en-noun

INT (countable and uncountable, plural INTs)

His near-perfect stat line (25 of 30 passing, 235 yards, 2 TDs, 0 INTs) could have improved if Jamal Agnew had not dropped a would-be touchdown on a deep crossing route late in the second quarter, but here’s a guess that Jacksonville won’t quibble about it.

2022 September 18, Derrik Klassen, “What We Learned From Week 2 of the N.F.L. Season”, in The New York Times:

(American football) Abbreviation of interception.


paracanoe

(sports) A water sport, similar to canoeing, for athletes with a range of physical disabilities.


paratriathlon

(sports) A variant of the triathlon for athletes with a range of physical disabilities.


foot trip

(rugby) The act of causing someone to fall or stumble by tripping them with one's feet.


foot trip

en-verb

foot trip (third-person singular simple present foot trips, present participle foot tripping, simple past and past participle foot tripped)

foot trips (present singular third-person)
foot tripping (participle present)
foot tripped (participle past)
foot tripped (past)

(rugby) To cause someone to fall or stumble by tripping them with one's feet.

rapahuki

to cause someone to fall or stumble by tripping them with one's feet


NYY

(US, sports) Initialism of New York Yankees.


TV timeout

TV timeouts (plural)
TV time-out (alternative)
TV time out (alternative)
television time-out (alternative)
television time out (alternative)
television timeout (alternative)

(Canada, US, sports television) A time-out taking place during a televised sports match where the game clock is stopped for a period of time to allow for TV commercials to air before the resumption of play. The delay is usually after a whistle or other stoppage of play occurs, and not an interference with gameplay in and of itself.


GWG

(sports) Abbreviation of game-winning goal.


weightlift

weightlift (third-person singular simple present weightlifts, present participle weightlifting, simple past and past participle weightlifted)

weightlifts (present singular third-person)
weightlifting (participle present)
weightlifted (participle past)
weightlifted (past)
weight-lift (alternative)

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(intransitive, rare, sports) To practise weightlifting.

nostaa painoja

to practise weightlifting as a form of physical recreation


blade jumper

blade jumpers (plural)
blade-jumper (alternative)
bladejumper (alternative)

From blade + jumper, coined in analogy to bladerunner.

Last Friday, Hertog became the first ‘blade jumper’ to compete in the able-bodied competition at the Great CityGames Manchester and leapt 7.00m in a contest won by Olympic champion Greg Rutherford with 8.20m.

2016, Jessica Whittington, “Ronald Hertog eyes further Paralympics success after long jump switch”, in Athletics World:

2016, Ross Dunbar, “German blade-jumper gains 'no advantage' and could be selected for Olympics”, in Deutsche Welle:

2015, Michael Gleeson, “Athletics German Blade jumper Markus Rehm wants to take on the world”, in The Sydney Morning Herald:

2014, Andy Swiss, “Markus Rehm: The blade jumper fighting to be in able-bodied games”, in BBC Sports:

(informal, disability sports, athletics) a para-athlete who runs (and jumps) upon artificial feet of the type colloquially known as "blades", in jumping events


brakewoman

(sports) A female brakeman in bobsleigh.


counterriposte

(fencing) A thrust delivered in response to the opponent's riposte.


Puissance

en-noun

Puissance (countable and uncountable, plural Puissances)

(equestrianism) Alternative letter-case form of puissance.


tear it up

en-verb

tear it up (third-person singular simple present tears it up, present participle tearing it up, simple past tore it up, past participle torn it up)

tears it up (present singular third-person)
tearing it up (participle present)
tore it up (past)
torn it up (participle past)

/ˈtɛəɹ ɪt ˈʌp/

Statistics not only help us keep track of who's tearing it up and who's stinking it up, they shape the way we think about the game.

1996, Dan Gutman, Tim McCarver, The Way Baseball Works, →ISBN, page 178:

You look back at the greatest players and if they were in their prime and in the game now, my goodness gracious. Jerry West would be tearing it up. Elgin would be tearing it up. Oscar Robertson would be tearing it up. Wilt Chamberlain would be tearing it up. You just go down that list. I'm sitting here watching the NBA games every night now, and I know what those guys could do. It's just an enduring greatness.

2013, Bobby "Slick" Leonard, Lew Freedman, Boom, Baby!: My Basketball Life in Indiana, →ISBN, page 118:

The teenager, as beloved a full-back as any in these parts since Danny McGrain was tearing it up, cut in, shot and saw his attempt deflected in off Sterling's boot. Cue more pandemonium.

2016 September 28, Tom English, “Celtic 3–3 Manchester City”, in BBC Sport, BBC Sport:

(sports) To compete extremely well, to trounce the competition.


underclub

underclub (third-person singular simple present underclubs, present participle underclubbing, simple past and past participle underclubbed)

underclubs (present singular third-person)
underclubbing (participle present)
underclubbed (participle past)
underclubbed (past)

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(golf, transitive, intransitive) To take (a shot) with a golf club that provides too little distance.


overclub

overclub (third-person singular simple present overclubs, present participle overclubbing, simple past and past participle overclubbed)

overclubs (present singular third-person)
overclubbing (participle present)
overclubbed (participle past)
overclubbed (past)

(golf, transitive, intransitive) To take (a shot) with a golf club that provides too much distance.


power alley

At Oakland Coliseum, it's 388 feet from home plate to the power alley.

(baseball) The areas of deep right-center and deep left-center field where home runs are most likely to be hit.


bumshoving

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2015, “Rowing,” william-rowing.blogspot.ca, 27 June, 2015,http://william-rowing.blogspot.ca/2015/06/the-catch.html
Bumshoving ¶ […] It will occur if you fail to hold your core whilst driving with the legs, leading to your arse going backwards faster than the blade handle, and thus the angle you're rocked over to increasing.

(rowing, cycling) Giving way of the hips during the drive phase.


Bosman transfer

en-noun

Bosman transfer (plural Bosman transfers)

In reference to the Bosman ruling of 1995.


macon

Named after French Mâcon, due to the West German team's highly successful performance at the 1959 European Rowing Championships which took place there; attributed in part to their use of macon blades.

(rowing) A type of oar blade with an elliptical shape which is squared off at the end, with a ridgeline running down the centre of the blade face.


break back

en-verb

break back (third-person singular simple present breaks back, present participle breaking back, simple past broke back, past participle broken back)

breaks back (present singular third-person)
breaking back (participle present)
broke back (past)
broken back (participle past)

(tennis, of a receiver) To win a game having lost a service game, or during a tiebreak, to win a point against the serve having lost a point while serving.


crucifix position

en-noun

crucifix position (plural crucifix positions)

He shines in the gym, floors his opponents in Greco-Roman wrestling and effortlessly holds a crucifix position on the rings.

2007, Philippe Grimbert, Secret, page 26:

(gymnastics, wrestling) A posture of the body wherein the legs are kept straight together and the arms are extended horizontally.


support position

support position (plural support positions)

(gymnastics) a position in which a gymnast is holding their body above the rings (or high bar, parallel bars...) usually with straight arms.


Patriots

(US, sports) The New England Patriots, a professional American football team based in the Greater Boston region.


brake test

en-verb

brake test (third-person singular simple present brake tests, present participle brake testing, simple past and past participle brake tested)

brake tests (present singular third-person)
brake testing (participle present)
brake tested (participle past)
brake tested (past)

"Max was brake testing me into the first two corners. I was very upset with the fact Max held me up and didn't move and made me run into Daniel."

2016 October 31, Andrew Benson, “Mexican Grand Prix: Max Verstappen says he is 'not allowed to race' after penalty”, in BBC:

(motor racing) To deliberately brake in unusual places to hinder or startle the person behind.


Sky Blues

(soccer) Sydney FC (a soccer club from Sydney, Australia)


Tillies

(soccer) the Matildas (the Australia women's national soccer team)


stand up and be counted

stand<,,stood> up and be<is,being,was,been> counted

stand up and be counted (third-person singular simple present stands up and is counted, present participle standing up and being counted, simple past stood up and was counted, past participle stood up and been counted)

stands up and is counted (present singular third-person)
standing up and being counted (participle present)
stood up and was counted (past)
stood up and been counted (participle past)
stand and be counted (alternative)

"You definitely want to stand up and be counted," said Dempsey. "You're a player the team looks to to get goals and you want to try to help the team win."

2009 September 6, Jonah Freedman, “Best player U.S. has ever produced comes through when it counts”, in Sports Illustrated, retrieved 2016-11-05:

"It was a really tough game [against Montenegro] last time and this one will be the same. We've all got to stand up and be counted."

2013 February 4, Daniel Taylor, “Steven Gerrard fears England may slip into World Cup play-offs”, in Guardian, UK, retrieved 2016-11-05:

(idiomatic, often sports) To take significant individual action to help a group effort.


schoolgirl pin

This story involves a fight that leads to one girl face-sitting and dominating the other. If you aren't interested in reading about schoolgirl pins, face-sitting, smothering then please don't read this.

1997, cactus...@mailmasher.com, “REPOST: My Friend Tanya (ff,nc,smothering,face-sitting,schoolgirl pins)”, in alt.sex.fetish.wrestling (Usenet):

Kaitlyn hits a snap suplex and follows up with a schoolgirl pin for a two count. Kaitlyn goes for a backslide pin, but Tamina rolls through at one. Tamina rolls to the outside to catch a breather, but Kaitlyn catches her with a baseball slide.

2013, Trijcomm, “Kaitlyn defeats Tamina Snuka with a spear.”, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling (Usenet):

(wrestling) A pin in which the wrestler kneels over a fallen opponent's face so as to restrain the arms above the head.


moonsault

(professional wrestling) An attack where the wrestler faces away from the supine opponent and executes a backflip landing on the opponent in a splash/press position but facing towards the elevated position.


twi-night

(baseball) Of a doubleheader: occurring between the hours of twilight and night.


twi-night

twi-nights (plural)
twinight (alternative)


gangsome

After he retired, he played five days a week with his "gangsome."

2008, J. Mark Fox, Real Life Moments: A Dad's Devotional:

Our wagering gangsomes roamed the course for around twelve years.

2014, Dan Jenkins, His Ownself: A Semi-Memoir:

(golf) A large organised pool of golfers made up of multiple smaller groups or foursomes; a group of golfers larger than a fivesome playing together


outcharge

outcharge (third-person singular simple present outcharges, present participle outcharging, simple past and past participle outcharged)

outcharges (present singular third-person)
outcharging (participle present)
outcharged (participle past)
outcharged (past)

(transitive, sports) To surpass in charging, or moving forcefully forward.


squash shot

Trying to get the ball in play, she ducked and hit an awkward squash shot.

2011, Yolanda Wallace, Lucky Loser, →ISBN:

Roger ran back and, instead of hoisting a defensive lob, went for a reverse between-the-legs squash shot, which didn't come off.

2013, Paul McNamee, Game Changer: My Tennis Life, →ISBN, page 289:

That was the last squash shot I trained with her.

2014, Syed Raza Haider, A Tulip In The Desert, →ISBN, page 231:

(tennis) A forehand shot with the arm at full extension, typically made as a desperation shot to slice the ball back into the court.


HOU

(sports) Abbreviation of Houston. (in Texas)


method air

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From method + air. From being a method to make it appear that the person has achieved a higher altitude than they actually have.

(snowboarding, skateboarding) A trick where the boarder grabs the heel edge of the board with their front hand, between their feet, and then pulls the board towards their back, while arching their back and bending knees.


stodger

(cricket, slang) A batter who defends and scores slowly but reliably.


QHL

(ice hockey) Abbreviation of QMJHL. (Quebec Hockey League)

CHL

Canadian Hockey League; the major junior ice hockey league

WHL

Western Hockey League; the major junior ice hockey league

OHL

Ontario Hockey League; the major junior ice hockey league


major junior

(sports, Canada, US) pertaining to the top-level competition leagues of the junior age group, above junior AAA


behind center

(American football) At the quarterback position.


grandstand finish

en-noun

grandstand finish (plural grandstand finishes)

Could we be in for a grandstand finish? Lewis Hamilton isn't hitting the mark Mercedes have requested, with his lap a 1:46.http://www.bbc.com/sport/live/formula1/37588363

(sports) A very close ending to a sports match, race or competition.


throw BBs

en-verb

throw BBs (third-person singular simple present throws BBs, present participle throwing BBs, simple past and past participle threw BBs)

throws BBs (present singular third-person)
throwing BBs (participle present)
threw BBs (participle past)
threw BBs (past)

* Blend of throw + BBs; an allusion to the pitches being thrown so hard that they look like, or are as hard to hit as, a BB pellet.

But when I get up at the plate, he's throwing BBs at me. He strikes me out twice.

2003, Mickey McDermott, Howard Eisenberg, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Cooperstown:

(baseball) To pitch exceedingly well, especially with high velocity pitches.


Tripgate

(informal, US, sports) A 2010 controversy involving an NFL game between the New York Jets and Miami Dolphins, in which the Jets' coach Sal Alosi tripped Dolphins gunner Nolan Carroll as he ran down the Jets sideline.


Deflategate

(informal, sports) A 2015 controversy around allegations of underinflated footballs in the 2014–15 NFL playoffs.

(informal, sports) A 2015 controversy around allegations that the rear tyres of winning racing driver Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes were below the recommended minimum pressure.


Grannygate

(informal, sports) Any of several different sporting scandals, typically regarding eligibility of players for national teams based on their family histories.


Sodagate

(informal, US, sports) A 2013 controversy around an NBA basketball game between the Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Lakers, in which a player deliberately spilled a cup of soda to delay the game.


Napgate

(informal, US, sports) A 2010 controversy in which Ken Griffey, Jr., of Major League Baseball's Seattle Mariners, was reported to have been asleep in the clubhouse during a game.


Bibgate

(informal, sports) A 2009 controversy around American skier Bill Demong's disqualification for not wearing his bib during the ski-jumping part of the team event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.


swim-off

swim-offs (plural)
swimoff (alternative)
swim off (alternative)

If the disqualifications leave a vacancy for the full complement of finalists, swim-offs shall be continued among the disqualified swimmers until a full complement of finalists is assured.

1973, Aquatics Guide, with Official Rules and Swimming and Diving Standards:

The swim-off would be open to any athlete who hadn't competed in the official 200 free. Since the swim-off would be the last event at the Trials, the upshot allowed Mark to enter it without affecting any of his other races.

2008, Richard J Foster, Mark Spitz: The Extraordinary Life of an Olympic Champion, →ISBN, page 48:

They came up with a compromise where he could compete in a special swim-off two months later.

2012, Dan Stephenson, The Underwater Window, →ISBN:

(swimming) A special swimming race in which the winner gets to compete in the next level of trials (typically the finals), where the competitors have not qualified for the next level by the usual elimination races.


Hairgate

From Hair + -gate, after umpire Darrell Hair, who made the ruling.

(informal, cricket) A 2006 controversy around allegations of ball tampering in the Test match between England and Pakistan.


Textgate

(informal, US, sports) A 2015 controversy in which the Cleveland Browns and general manager Ray Farmer were disciplined for sending text messages to coaches during games in the 2014 season, in violation of NFL rules.


body swerve

(sports) A swerving motion of the whole body, used to dodge around another player.


telemarker

(skiing) One who takes part in telemark skiing.


rolling start

(motor racing) The period immediately before the start of a motor race, when the cars are ordered on the track and led on a certain number of laps (parade or caution laps) at a pre-determined safe speed by the safety car.


standing start

Amid the sequence of incidents and crashes, the victory hinged on three standing starts between the Mercedes drivers.

2020 September 13, Andrew Benson, “Tuscan Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton claims 90th win after incredible race”, in BBC Sport:

(motor racing) The start of a motor race, when the cars are initially stationary.


Toffee

In reference to two toffee shops that were located in Everton village at the time the club was founded.

(informal, UK, soccer) A fan or member of Everton F.C..


exhibition match

en-noun

exhibition match (plural exhibition matches)

(sports) A practice game which does not count on a team's record.


exhibition game

exhibition game (plural exhibition games)


fat bike

fat bikes (plural)
fatbike (alternative)

From fat + bike, from the fat tires such bicycles are equipped with, and their correspondingly wider frames needed to accommodate the width of the tires.

(cycling, winter sports) A bicycle equipped with larger than normal tyres and a wider frame to accommodate them, which provides better traction on off-road surfaces such as sand or snow.


vaulting table

(gymnastics) An apparatus featuring a flat, large, and cushioned surface almost parallel to the floor sloping downward at the end closest to the springboard.


plain ball

play the shot plain ball

(snooker, of a shot) Hitting the cue ball in the center.


plain ball

a plain ball shot


superfight

Ken Shamrock (right) is the current owner of the Ultimate Fighting Championship superfight belt and will defend his title February 16 against Kimo Leopoldo.

1996 March, John P. Patton, “Royce Gracie's Biggest Rival: Ken Shamrock”, in Black Belt, volume 34, number 3, page 38:

Ali would go into that superfight symbolizing everything valuable and heroic, but I'm afraid he's getting the chance too late, after too many years of idleness.

1971, Jack Newfield, Bread and Roses Too, →ISBN, page 98:

Reid outpointed Australian Kevin Kelly and former WBC champ Keith Mullings in defenses and then met Felix Trinidad in a superfight on March 3, 2000, in Las Vegas.

2002, Nat Fleischer, Sam Andre, An Illustrated History of Boxing, →ISBN, page 441:

(boxing) A bout between two championship title holders.


ultra-prominent

(climbing, of a peak) Having a topographic prominence of 1,500 metres or more.


assault course

(sports, military) A path for running, with a series of obstacles such as nets and walls, used for military training.


capologist

(US, business sports) One who studies capology.


skid car

(motor racing) A car used in skid plate racing (skid car racing) where a front-wheel-drive four-wheeled car has its rear wheels replaced by skid plates


SX

(sports, motorcycling) Abbreviation of supercross.


Vol

(sports, informal) A player of any of the Tennessee Volunteers college sports teams.


WJC

(sports) Abbreviation of World Junior Championships.


turn of foot

So myth number one is that horses who finish fast in the final furlong are horses to follow because they possess a turn of foot.

2004, Alan Potts, Against the Crowd, →ISBN, page 23:

He had a turn of foot that could see him outsprint many a staying horse over the 2400 metres, but that was his limit.

The squareish track was flat and suited horses with a turn of foot, which exactly described the two runners that Brewer was sending there on the day following Matt's return from Sedgefield.

2009, Lyndon Stacey, Murder in Mind, →ISBN, page 155:

Meanwhile Charlie Bell reported the stable's latest acquisition: a very good jumper but, as far as he could determine to date, 'without a great turn of foot'.

2014, Peter O'Sullevan, Calling The Horses: A Racing Autobiography, →ISBN:

(horse racing) The ability to accelerate quickly.

A good deal of a horse's efforts at acceleration are dissipated by the surface. On grass, a turn of foot is a powerful weapon. On dirt or the All-weather it counts for very little.

2002, Nick Mordin, Betting for a Living, →ISBN, page 51:

He had failed to match the lightening turn of foot of Desert Destination, but was now eating up the ground and was almost up-sides.

2003, Paddy Cummins, Green Lodge, →ISBN, page 94:

He felt that, as he put him in a gallop, the estimated speed they were travelling at was forty miles an hour and his turn of foot was breathtaking.

2013, B. J. Newing, The Rawlinson Family Story, →ISBN, page 102:

The winner then found an impressive and immediate turn of foot to accelerate away from Nichols Canyon after the second-last, and he was full value for his healthy winning margin at the line.

2016 December 29, Greg Wood, “Petit Mouchoir on course for Champion Hurdle after Leopardstown victory”, in The Guardian:

(horse racing) A burst of speed in a horse race.


putt-putt

Shortened form of Putt-Putt Golf, from the American company and recreational facility named Putt-Putt Fun Center.

(golf) An informal form of golf, played with a putter on a short course featuring novelty obstacles.


Lombardi

Lombardi. ¶ Walsh. ¶ Shanahan. ¶ Steve from West Valley? ¶ The world is about to find out whether regular fans can take their place alongside the greatest offensive minds in the annals of professional football.

2017 February 14, Jason Chilton, “Salt Lake Screaming Eagles prepare to test their fan-run franchise model in debut game”, in Sports Illustrated:

If coming second is coming nowhere, as all sports-people tend to to be taught (remember the words of Mr Lombardi), then this is most true in those individual sports where careers tend to be brief, and opportunities to win fewest.

1998 June 4, “Superhuman heroes”, in The Economist:

National Football League
National Football League

(American football) used specifically of Vince Lombardi (1913–1970), best known as the head coach of the National Football League's Green Bay Packers.

Looking specifically at the Patriots, […]. They've never had to win three playoff games to play for the Lombardi, showcasing the importance of home-field advantage.

2019 February 3, Corbin Smith, “3 Ways Seahawks Can Reach Super Bowl LIV”, in Sports Illustrated:

The Dolphins are the organization of 17-0. Of Don Shula. Of Dan Marino. It's a franchise with two Lombardi trophies and one that made 21 postseason appearances between 1970 and 2001.

2015 October 6, DJ Gallo, “How the Dolphins went from marquee name to the NFL's sunniest garbage heap”, in The Guardian:

(American football) A trophy awarded each year to the winning team of the National Football League's championship game, named in honor of Vince Lombardi.


synthetic ice skate

synthetic ice skate (plural synthetic ice skates)

(sports) A type of skate used on synthetic ice, having the body of an ice skate with a blade substitute that uses a row of small inline double-knife-edged bladed wheels (ice skates similarly have a double-knife-edge blade), much smaller wheels than found on inline roller skates.


synthetic ice

From synthetic + ice, being a synthetic substitute for ice made from plastic, allowing one to glide and skate upon it with sports equipment for ice sports.

(sports) A surface substitute for ice, allowing the use of ice sports equipment atop it; composed of high density polymers.


breakbuilder

breakbuilders (plural)
break builder (alternative)
break-builder (alternative)

He is a prolific breakbuilder.

(snooker) A player who scores points by making an interrupted series of pots.


bakfiets

bakfiets (plural bakfietsen or bakfietses)

bakfietsen (plural)
bakfietses (plural)
bakfiet (alternative)

Borrowed from Dutch bakfiets, from bak (“container such as a box, crate, tray, or tub”) + fiets (“bicycle”). Bak is derived from French bac (“vat; ferry”), possibly from Vulgar Latin *baccu (“container”), from Latin bacar (“type of wine glass”), possibly from Ancient Greek βῖκος (bîkos, “amphora”), possibly from Egyptian bꜣkt (“oil flask”). The etymology of fiets is uncertain; it is possibly derived from regional (southern Limburg) French vietse (“to run quickly”), possibly ultimately from vite (“(informal or obsolete) fast, quick”) (see further at that word).
The plural form bakfietsen is borrowed from Dutch bakfietsen.

Utility bikes are the pickup trucks of the cycling world. […] Imported from the Netherlands, the Bakfiets brand is like a pedal-powered minivan for soccer moms.

2007 November 5, Paul Tolme, “A Minivan With Real Pedal Power”, in Newsweek, page 65:

Still commonly used and manufactured today, the bakfiets typically consists of a frame with a longer wheelbase and a large cargo container positioned either between the wheels or over the front wheel.

2013, Alex Newson, “The cargo bike”, in Fifty Bicycles That Changed the World, Octopus, →ISBN:

Imported bakfietsen have some major advantages: Huge cargo capacity (you can easily carry a reclining adult, or two or more children plus a week of groceries in the box).

2015, Raleigh Briggs, Robyn Jasko, Elly Blue, The Urban Homesteader, Microcosm Publishing, →ISBN, page 94:

Despite a rise of car ownership in the early twentieth century, the bakfiets maintained its role in urban delivery, and soon proved useful for transporting children as well—that is, until the arrival of motorized trucks, vans, and buses, and a corresponding increase in the size of goods being transported.

2018, Melissa Bruntlett, Chris Bruntlett, Building the Cycling City, Island Press, →ISBN, page 110:

(cycling, originally in the Netherlands) A bicycle or tricycle with a long wheelbase between the front wheel and handlebars holding a large box, originally used solely to transport goods but now also commonly for carrying young children.

christianiacykel

bicycle or tricycle with a large box, originally used to transport goods but now more commonly for carrying young children


AOW

Advanced Open Water
w:Advanced Open Water Diver

(underwater diving) Acronym of Advanced Open Water.


fall off the cliff

en-verb

fall off the cliff (third-person singular simple present falls off the cliff, present participle falling off the cliff, simple past fell off the cliff, past participle fallen off the cliff)

falls off the cliff (present singular third-person)
falling off the cliff (participle present)
fell off the cliff (past)
fallen off the cliff (participle past)
fall off a cliff (alternative)

(motor racing, tyres) suddenly decline dramatically in performance


freeclimb

freeclimb (third-person singular simple present freeclimbs, present participle freeclimbing, simple past and past participle freeclimbed)

freeclimbs (present singular third-person)
freeclimbing (participle present)
freeclimbed (participle past)
freeclimbed (past)
free-climb (alternative)
free climb (alternative)

(climbing) To go rock climbing without equipment. To participate in free climbing.


freeclimb

freeclimbs (plural)
free-climb (alternative)
free climb (alternative)

(climbing) A climb made by free climbing.


tire fire

tire fires (plural)
tire-fire (alternative)

As the tire fire that is the Edmonton Oilers rages on, their AHL affiliate is going through a worse ordeal.

2014 December 19, “NHL: Oilers lose AHL affiliate Oklahoma City Barons due to attendance issues”, in Sports Illustrated, retrieved 2017-02-10:

The Reds pitching staff is a tire fire.

2016 May 18, Kraemer_17, "Listless Blue Jays Embarrassed for 2nd Night," BluebirdBanter.com (retrieved 10 Feb 2017)

The Browns . . . threw three quarterbacks into the tire fire against Baltimore last week.

2016 November 18, David White, “Pro Football: Who We Think Will Win in Week 11”, in New York Times, retrieved 2017-02-10:

During his hourlong tire fire of an interview . . . the sheer volume of breathtaking lies flippantly uttered by President Trump made it legitimately difficult to decide which one of them posed the most direct threat to American democracy.

2017 January 26, Jay Willis, “Donald Trump Is Making Shameless Equivocation the Dominant Form of Political Discourse”, in GQ, retrieved 2017-02-10:

(chiefly US, idiomatic, usually sports) A disaster; a chaotic person, thing, or situation.


DPH

en-noun

DPH (countable and uncountable, plural DPHs)

(baseball) Initialism of designated pinch hitter.


strokeman

(rowing) The stroke; the rower closest to the stern of the boat.


Everester

/ˈɛvəɹɪstəɹ/

(cycling) One who takes part in Everesting.


guttie

(golf, informal) A golf ball made from gutta-percha.


leave it all out there

en-verb

leave it all out there (third-person singular simple present leaves it all out there, present participle leaving it all out there, simple past and past participle left it all out there)

leaves it all out there (present singular third-person)
leaving it all out there (participle present)
left it all out there (participle past)
left it all out there (past)

The pronoun it refers to the player's capacity for effort and physical endurance; out there refers to the sports field.

(sports) To strive to the limits of one's capacity; to give one's all when playing a game.


blitzer

The Bills disguised their coverage to make the Jets think they were sending a blitzer from Brandon Marshall’s side of the field.

2015 November 13, Ben Shpigel, “For Once, Rex Ryan Enjoys a Jets Fiasco”, in New York Times:

(American football) One engaging in a blitz.


inrigger

(rowing) A rowing boat that has oarlocks positioned on the gunwales


Shaughnessy playoff

en-noun

Shaughnessy playoff (plural Shaughnessy playoffs)

After American-Canadian sports executive Frank Shaughnessy.

(sports) A four-team single-elimination playoff.


chip and gather

I made sure I hit the ground running, scoring 18 points in the first game against Cordoba, including a chip and gather try which I was especially pleased with.

2013, Mike Catt, Landing on My Feet, →ISBN:

His second was sheer class - a perfectly-executed chip and gather - to give the visitors the all-important first score of the second half.

2014 July 10, Tony Smith, “Stormin' Norman Berryman slays the Sharks”, in The Press (Christchurch, New Zealand):

After his chip and gather Freddie Burns was off from out of his 22 and his cross-kick set up the position for Ed Slater to squeeze in at the corner.

2016 September 10, Michael Aylwin, “Wasps' Jimmy Gopperth seals victory to deny Leicester comeback”, in The Guardian:

(rugby) A maneuver in which a player gains ground by kicking the ball high and forward, runs forward, and catches the ball as it drops back down.


call someone's number

en-verb

call someone's number (third-person singular simple present calls someone's number, present participle calling someone's number, simple past and past participle called someone's number)

calls someone's number (present singular third-person)
calling someone's number (participle present)
called someone's number (participle past)
called someone's number (past)

So on the first play, I asked the quarterback to call my number on an end sweep.

2002, Rich Wolfe, Kurt Warner: And the Last Shall Be First, →ISBN, page 229:

Billy was shocked; he didn't get that call once during spring practice, and now, in the spring game, they want to call his number on the first play.

2011, W. S. Gaines, Blood on a Pew: Overcoming Tragedy Through the Truth of Eternity, →ISBN:

Now he told me that when the coach had diagrammed plays, he would move to the back of the huddle, in the hope that the coach wouldn't call his number.

2015, Mark O'Connell, The Good Father: On Men, Masculinity, and Life in the Family, →ISBN, page 73:

(American football) To be assigned to carry the ball at the start of a play.


VDO

(sports) Abbreviation of Val-d'Or. (Golden Vale; Goldvale)


Kolpak

From Maroš Kolpak. A 2003 decision of the European Court of Justice which ruled that nationals of a country who have signed an association agreement with the EU have the same right of freedom to work as EU nationals.

(UK, cricket, rugby) A player from an overseas country, such as South Africa or the Caribbean.


artistic gymnastics

(sports) A discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines (ranging from approximately 30 to 90 seconds) on different apparatus, with less time for vaulting


penalty shot

(ice hockey) A penalty awarded when a team loses a clear scoring opportunity on a breakaway because of a foul committed by an opposing player. A player from the non-offending team is given an attempt to score a goal without opposition from any defending players except the goaltender.


flying knee

The flying knee is one of the most powerful strikes that one human being can use on another, short of employing a weapon.

1967, John Danaher, Mastering Jujitsu, →ISBN, page 76:

Provided that it makes impact with the head, a flying knee offers substantial momentum and knockout power.

2010, Robert Hill, World of Martial Arts !, →ISBN:

Although charging in with a flying knee can be a reckless move, it does overcome somewhat the limited range of the front knee strike and has a proven track record in MMA fights of getting a quick knockout when fighers have managed to connect with the head.

2012, Ashley Martin, The Complete Martial Arts Training Manual, →ISBN:

(martial arts) A strike performed by jumping forward and hitting the opponent with the knee.


go long

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

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

He yelled to Steve "Go long!" just as the ball was snapped.

He went only 1 for 3 in the first game of the doubleheader, but he found the fence with that hit for his fifth round tripper and was 2 for 5 in game 2 and, once again, went long for home run number 6, a two-run shot, and the Red Sox were able to pull out both the wins at 8-5 and 13-9 over the Tigers.

2011, Michael Francis Mann, Baseball's Rare Triple Crown, page 164:

(sports) To run far from the person throwing a ball in order to receive a long pass; (especially American football, Canadian football) to run down the field away from the quarterback to receive a long or Hail Mary pass.


McLaren

From Bruce McLaren, Formula One driver and race team founder.

(motor racing) McLaren, a British Formula One race team.


pok-ta-pok

(sports) a ceremonial ball game once played by the Aztecs and Maya; evolved into the ulama game.


Clemson

Clemson (third-person singular simple present Clemsons, present participle Clemsoning, simple past and past participle Clemsoned)

Clemsons (present singular third-person)
Clemsoning (participle present)
Clemsoned (participle past)
Clemsoned (past)

From the performance of the Clemson Tigers (NCAA college football), who had a history of facing weak opposition in their conference and so their record of wins led to high expectations that were not met.

Anyone who was watching Saturday's loss to the Steve Spurrier-led Gamecocks surely could tell within the first quarter — if not that first failed drive — that Clemson was Clemsoning once again.

2013 December 2, Chris Haire, “God doesn't like the Clemson Tigers”, in Charleston City Paper:

At this point, it wasn’t enough to point out that Clemson had just Clemsoned in epic fashion.

2014 September 21, Des Bieler, “Against Florida State, Clemson's 'Clemsoning' was the most 'Clemsoning' Clemson ever Clemsoned”, in The Washington Post:

Clemson has not “Clemsoned” since losing to GT after starting 8-0 in 2011.

2015 October 12, Ty Duffy, “On College Football: Time For The Bob Stoops and Mark Richt Talks”, in The Big Lead:

Dabo, you talked about people saying how possibly are you going to get ready for this game, and I know as unfair as that term has been and the way it's been applied to Clemson, the whole "Clemsoning" thing and losing games you're not supposed to, how does this team kind of approach that differently in you mind?

2016, Clemson Tough: Guts and Glory Under Dabo Swinney, page 56:

(US, sports, slang) To perform uncharacteristically poorly, well below expectations.


game day

I loved the whole ritual of game day; putting on my uniform, driving to the field, doing our warm-ups, hearing the crowd cheer and my name called, and taking my place at shortstop.

2001, Derek Jeter, Game Day, →ISBN, page 13:

Game days are what you work for, what you live for as an athlete.

2012, Thomas Nelson, Inspired Faith: 365 Days a Year: Daily Motivation in God's Word, →ISBN:

There's a tendency to think professional athletes get graded only on game day. In reality, they're graded every day in practice.

2014, Mark Verstegen, Peter Williams, Every Day Is Game Day, →ISBN:

(sports) The day of a competition, as opposed to practice games.


dirty bulking

Near-synonym: dirty bulk (“an instance of dirty bulking”)

(bodybuilding) The practice of eating a caloric surplus without paying attention to the balance of macronutrients.


super over

(cricket) An over, typically involving a chosen subset of a team, used in some game formats, if a match would otherwise end in a tie


Cards

St. Louis Cardinals
w:St. Louis Cardinals

(sports) Initialism of St. Louis Cardinals.


send in

send in (third-person singular simple present sends in, present participle sending in, simple past and past participle sent in)

sends in (present singular third-person)
sending in (participle present)
sent in (participle past)
sent in (past)

To send (someone) into the thick of things, as:

(cricket) To send (a batsman) onto the field to bat.


hard pass

A soft feather pass is easier to receive and control over a hard pass.

1995, John Shorey, Hockey Made Easy : Instructional Manual, →ISBN, page 42:

The player with the ball, X,, has his team-mate in sight and can deliver a hard pass to that player's feet.

1999, H.C. Dubey, Dph Sports Series-Football, →ISBN, page 164:

You don't throw a hard pass if you can throw it softly.

2006, Dick DeVenzio, Stuff Good Players Should Know: Intelligent Basketball from A to Z, →ISBN:

Throwing to an experienced player, a passer should throw a hard pass knowing he could catch it with no problem.

2012, Jim Hinkson, Lacrosse Fundamentals, →ISBN, page 31:

(sports) A pass to another player that is delivered with a particularly high level of force.


running track

(athletics) a track marked with several lanes, which is used for competitive running events.


neckspring

Continue without pause into a neckspring and, from the landing face-roll to hand-stand - pike again - and neckspring to stand.

1965, Walter G. Dunn, Gymnastics for Schools: Vaulting & Agilities, page 134:

The candlestick and bridge are prerequisite to the nexspring.

1968, James A. Baley, An illustrated guide to tumbling, page 72:

Before attempting the neckspring vault from the side horse, the performer should first master the neckspring and headspring from the floor or a rolled mat.

1968, Frank F. Musker, Donald Rex Casady, Leslie William Irwin, A guide to gymnastics, page 160:

For example, a gymnast could tuck toward the end of a neckspring and thereby increase angular velocity.

1999, H.C. Dubey, Dph Sports Series-Gymnastics, →ISBN, page 3:

(gymnastics) A move in which the gymnast starts by lying on his or her back, moves as if into a backwards roll, but then whips the legs upward and forward while pushing off to land on the feet.


neckspring

neckspring (third-person singular simple present necksprings, present participle neckspringing, simple past and past participle neckspringed)

necksprings (present singular third-person)
neckspringing (participle present)
neckspringed (participle past)
neckspringed (past)

Reach quickly forward to touch toes with finger-tips and then perform an immediate backward-roll on to shoulders and hands bringing the straight legs overhead to a pike-position. A slight pause - then neckspring.

1965, Walter G. Dunn, Gymnastics for Schools: Vaulting & Agilities, page 133:


Forest

en-proper noun

Forest (countable and uncountable, plural Forests)


Shaheens

(cricket) The Pakistan national cricket team.


GTL

en-noun

GTL (countable and uncountable, plural GTLs)

(motor racing) Initialism of Grand Touring Light prototype.


UFC

When Dana White barreled up to the microphone, at Donald Trump’s request, to say his piece on election night, it represented confirmation of the UFC CEO’s status as one of the key members of the president-elect’s inner circle.

2024 November 16, Aaron Timms, “How UFC head Dana White became the glue between Maga and the manosphere”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

Ultimate Fighting Championship
w:Ultimate Fighting Championship

(US, martial arts) Initialism of Ultimate Fighting Championship, an American mixed martial arts promotion company.


buttocker

It is a chip, however, always fraught with peril, as the slack hold of the buttocker, if he misses his aim, enables his opponent to gain a firmer grip, which he is certain to make the best use of in the commanding position in which he finds himself.

1889, Walter Armstrong, Wrestling, page 199:

(wrestling) One who uses the cross-buttock throw.


Quast

(gymnastics move): Named after East German gymnast Ralf Quast.

(gymnastics) A flying giant swing backwards with a full twist over horizontal bar.


CBJ

CBJ sign D Nutivaara to four-year extension.

2018, TSN staff, CBJ sign D Nutivaara to four-year extension, TSN

WPG 1 @ CBJ 2 (OT)

2017, Micah Blake McCurdy, WPG 1 at 2 CBJ (OT), HockeyViz:

Plenty of blame to go around after CBJ playoff collapse.

2018, Associated Press, Tortorella: Plenty of blame to go around after CBJ playoff collapse, canoe.com

Columbus Blue Jackets
w:Columbus Blue Jackets

(Canada, US, ice hockey) Abbreviation of Columbus Blue Jackets.


PFM

(sports medicine) Initialism of pelvic floor muscle.


field event

Holonym: track and field

Coordinate term: track event

(athletics) An athletics discipline that takes place on the field, such as hammer throw, shot put or high jump.


track event

Holonym: track and field

Coordinate term: field event

(athletics) An athletics discipline that takes place on the track, such as sprints or hurdling.


video official

Venezuela, who introduced the exciting 17-year-old Samuel Sosa late on, pressed forward and eventually carved out a golden opportunity to level. Jake Clarke-Salter, the Chelsea defender, upended Peñaranda inside the box and after consulting the threesome of video officials inside the Suwon World Cup stadium, the referee, Bjorn Kuipers, pointed to the spot.

2017 June 11, Ben Fisher, “England seal Under-20 World Cup glory as Dominic Calvert-Lewin strikes”, in the Guardian:


via ferrata

via ferrata (plural via ferratas or vie ferrate)

via ferratas (plural)
vie ferrate (plural)

/ˌviːə fəˈɹɑːtə/

Unadapted borrowing from Italian via ferrata (literally “iron road”).

ubor

In the three places in this book where the vie ferrate are of a slightly more advanced level, alternative trails have been suggested.

2001, Henry Stedman, Trekking in the Dolomites, Trailblazer, →ISBN, page 9:

Vie ferrate are frequently demanding undertakings requiring experience in many aspects of mountaineering.

2001, Hoffler Werner, translated by Cecil Davies, Via Ferrata: Scrambles in the Dolomites, Cicerone Press, →ISBN, page 11:

The loss of welfare for vie ferrate in Pale di S. Martino was twice as large as that in Tofane, indicating the vie ferrate are probably more appealing.

2008, Tourism Economics: The Business and Finance of Tourism and Recreation, page 279:

Like its counterparts in the Dolomites, where the first vie ferrate were built to help move troops through the mountains during World War I, this one has a steel cable bolted into the rock, paralleling the Rings.

2009 March, Michael Lanza, “Higher Calling”, in Backpacker, page 83:

Hidden away among steep crags and dense forests, Chisà is the starting point for several interesting hikes, and also for possibly the most thrilling via ferrata in Corsica.

2010, Jean-Bernard Carillet, Miles Roddis, Neil Wilson, Corsica, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, page 166:

However, the dramatic beauty and tricky rock faces attracted the attention of local and foreign climbers, and during the 1930s the construction of a via ferrata to the base of difficult climbs began.

2010, Brendan Sainsbury, Hiking in Italy, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, page 48:

Vie ferrate are growing fast in number and popularity around the country.

2021, Best Day Walks: Spain, Lonely Planet, →ISBN:

(climbing) A protected climbing route, usually with iron cables and hooks.


Hearts

(soccer) Heart of Midlothian F.C., a football club from Edinburgh.


MSD

en-noun

MSD (countable and uncountable, plural MSDs)

(underwater diving) Acronym of Master Scuba Diver.


taxi squad

(sports) A group of athletes who practice with the team, but do not normally play with the squad, unless called up.


dead fish

dead fish (plural dead fish or dead fishes)

(baseball, slang) A hit that travels a limited distance and then falls straight to the ground.


short head

Red Rum won by a short head.

(horse racing) A distance of less than the length of a horse's head


MXGP

(sports) Abbreviation of motocross grand prix.


SXGP

(sports) Abbreviation of supercross grand prix.


power clean

(weightlifting) A weight training exercise, a variant of the clean, in which the lifter does not catch the bar in a full squat position.


stopboard

stopboards (plural)
stop board (alternative)


Nole

The Seminoles were hot and knocking on the door of the Women's College World Series. Tiffany became a Nole in October of her senior year.

2020, Michael L. Sachs, Lauren S. Tashman, Selen Razon, Performance Excellence, page 183:

(US, sports, slang) A member of the Florida State Seminoles football team.


Double

(US, motor racing) Collectively, both the Indianapolis 500, a day race, and the Coca-Cola 600, an evening race, both of which are run on Memorial Day weekend Sunday. Used concerning racers who (wish[/ed/ing] to) participat[e/ed/ing] in both events, typically using a private jet to travel between Indianapolis, Indiana, after the 500 and Charlotte, North Carolina, to get to the 600.


put-in

The abovementioned scenario is illegal, and the referee would order a scrum at the place of the original penalty, with the put in to the black team.

2005 June 30, Designated Members of the Rugby Committee, Clarification 3 2005, World Rugby

The whole point of the laws as drawn is to make the scrum a contest whereby the put-in side has the advantage of timing the feed and having its hooker closer to the ball.

2013 September 30, Brian Moore, “Crooked put-ins make scrums a test of brute strength”, in The Daily Telegraph:

(rugby) restarting play by rolling or throwing the ball into the scrum; the right to do this


point shaving

Point shaving had a long and distinguished history at LIU.

1999, Charles Rosen, Scandals of '51: How the Gamblers Almost Killed College Basketball, page 32:

The Fresno Bee picked up on it and said there was point shaving.

2005, Jerry Tarkanian, Runnin' Rebel, page 210:

Ultimately the findings were given to federal authorities, and the government launched its own extended inquiry into point shaving at Northwestern.

2008, Stanley H. Teitelbaum, Sports Heroes, Fallen Idols, page 68:

(sports) A type of match fixing, motivated by gambling, where the perpetrators try to prevent a team from covering a published point spread.


cagebelle

Having a deep background in basketball may be an advantage, but national cagebelle Bea Daez still feels the pressure as she joins the hosts of UAAP Unfront.

2015, Mei-Lin Lozada, Perlas cagebelle Bea Daez does the crossover, tries hand at UAAP hosting job:

(Philippines, sports journalism) A female basketball player; a female who plays basketball.


volleybelle

Now a part of the decorated DLSU Lady Spikers, this petite lass already showed glimpses of her skills as she, together with veteran volleybelle Charleen Cruz bagged home second honor merits in the recently concluded UAAP Beach Volleyball tournament...

2010, Green Gallery: Lady Spiker Amanda Villanueva:

(Philippines, sports journalism) A female volleyball player.


El Clásico

El Clásicos (plural)
El Clasico (alternative)

Borrowed from Spanish el Clásico (literally “the Classic one”). See more at classic and classical.

bor

Yesterday's El Clásico went to the history as the first where one ever played outside Spain.

The next El Clásico wil be the first in a long time with neither Messi or Ronaldo playing.

Having secured his place in the spotlight, when Barcelona visited the Bernabéu to contest one of the most hotly anticipated El Clásicos in history, the pressure was on for the star man to shine.

2014, Geoff Hurst, Geoff Hurst's 50 Greatest Footballers of All Time, London: Icon Books, →ISBN, page 209:

Other than the UEFA Champions League Final, El Clásicos are the most-watched soccer matches in the world.

2016, Ryan Nagelhout, 20 Fun Facts About Soccer, New York: Gareth Stevens, →ISBN, page 25:

Lionel Messi and Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo (who plays forward for Real Madrid, FC Barcelona's main Spanish league rival) have long fought for the title of best soccer player in the public's eye. Here, the rival players are shown in an El Clásico match in Barcelona on October 26, 2013.

2016, Karen Burshtein, Lionel Messi: Soccer's Top Scorer, New York: Britannica Educational Publishing, →ISBN, page 27:

(soccer) Any match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid, the two leading teams in Spain.

اَلْكْلَاسِيكُو

any match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid


superplex

(professional wrestling) A suplex performed by an attacker standing on the second or third rope against an opponent sitting on the top rope or top turnbuckle.


superplex

en-verb

superplex (third-person singular simple present superplexes, present participle superplexing, simple past and past participle superplexed)

superplexes (present singular third-person)
superplexing (participle present)
superplexed (participle past)
superplexed (past)

(professional wrestling) To attack with a superplex.


Bok

* As a Dutch surname, from bok (“goat, buck”)
* As a Swedish surname, from bok (“beech”)
* As a Jewish/German surname, from Bock (“buck, goat”), related to the Dutch word.

Between minutes 30 and 33 England laid siege to the Bok tryline but could not get through.

2019 November 3, Liam de Carme, “Boks, you beauties”, in Sunday Times:


FCY

full course yellow
full course yellow#English

(motor racing) Abbreviation of full course yellow.


multipitch

(climbing) Involving multiple pitches (sections of a climb between belays or stances).


flat-track bully

en-noun

flat-track bully (plural flat-track bullies)

(British, Australia, sports) A sportsperson or sports team that dominates over inferior sides, but fails to beat opponents of similar or higher standing.


work the refs

en-verb

work the refs (third-person singular simple present works the refs, present participle working the refs, simple past and past participle worked the refs)

works the refs (present singular third-person)
working the refs (participle present)
worked the refs (participle past)
worked the refs (past)

You should also work the refs during pregame warmups, telling them how hard your players work on blocking out in practice and hope that the refs give your players a fair chance.

1996, William E. Warren, L. Chapman, Basketball Coach's Survival Guide, →ISBN, page 233:

He worked the refs better than anyone I've ever seen. He was a great bench coach, too. He had a great feel for playing the right people at the right time.

1998, Rod Hundley, Tom McEachin, Hot Rod Hundley: "You Gotta Love It, Baby", →ISBN, page 241:

I don't remember much about the game, who won or lost, but what I do remember was Jack, his intensity and the fierce, passionate way he worked the refs.

2004, Jack Ramsay, Dr. Jack's Leadership Lessons Learned From a Lifetime in Basketball, →ISBN:

All coaches work the refs because they understand human nature better than anyone.

2015, Harlan Coben, The Stranger, →ISBN:

(sports) To attempt to persuade the referee or other officials to view the players on one's team with a sympathetic bias.


under-stander

under-standers (plural)
understander (alternative)

(circus) One who is at the base of a formation of acrobats in a performance, as of a human pyramid.


Fed Cup

Short for Federation Cup, the name by which it was known until 1995.

(sports) The premier international team competition in women's tennis.


Bountygate

(informal, US, sports) The New Orleans Saints bounty scandal.


barani

Named after Italian acrobat Alfonso Barani.

named-after

The barani and the full twisting back somersault can also be subject to the gymnast's mistaken perception because both of these moves are likely to be the first occasions when the pupil has tried to combine twist with complete somersault rotation.

2014, Jack Kelly, Over & Above: Trampoline Gymnastics, Meyer & Meyer Verlag, →ISBN, page 174:

(sports) A forward somersault with a half twist.


give-and-go

(sports) A fundamental maneuver in many team sports, in which two players pass the ball or puck back and forth as they move.


checkdown

(American football) A short pass to a running back or tight end made due to the primary receivers being covered.


weight class

(martial arts) A division of competition used to match competitors against others of their own weight


half-length

(horse racing) Half the length of a horse.


half-pike

(diving, gymnastics) A position with the knees straight and the body bent at the waist so that the torso is perpendicular to the legs.


double-full

(sports, aerial freestyle skiing) An aerialist maneuver consisting of 2 backflips in conjunction and simultaneous with two complete twists.


triple-full

(sports, aerial freestyle skiing) An aerialist maneuver consisting of 3 backflips in conjunction and simultaneous with three complete twists.


sportscape

(sports) The physical environment of a sports field or stadium.


roverback

Many of the gifts that made [Brad Van Pelt] a football star at defensive roverback— speed and instinct, for example— did little to serve him as a fire-balling pitcher.

2009, Bob Boyles, Paul Guido, editors, The USA Today College Football Encyclopedia, 2009 edition, page 294:

(American football) A defensive back position whose coverage responsibilities are a hybrid of those of a cornerback, safety and linebacker.


man-marking

/ˈmænˌmɑːkɪŋ/

In the most extreme form of man-marking, each player has a pre-established opponent to be followed and to be man-marked, from a more or less short distance, wherever he goes. The main objective of the defender is to steal the ball from his opponent if he receives it, or to place him in a threatened condition, thus forcing him to immediately get rid of the ball.

2003, Floriano Marziali, Vincenzo Mora, “The Factors in a Soccer Player’s Performance”, in Bryan R. Beaver, editor, The Zone, Spring City, Pa.: Reedswain Publishing, →ISBN, page 34:

(sports) The act of marking an opposition player closely.


LAC

Los Angeles Clippers
w:Los Angeles Clippers

(Canada, US, basketball) Initialism of Los Angeles Clippers.


Korbut flip

Named for Olga Korbut, who introduced the move at the Munich games in 1972.

Muchina was a new gymnast and her work was new (whereas Comaneci was near perfect but could almost be called 'old hat") but does a Korbut flip with full twist, a long upstart full twist and a hecht back somi...

1977, International Gymnast - Volume 19, page 46:

One of the exceptional ten is fourteen-year-old Leslie Pyfer, whose most difficult trick at Springfield was a back flip on the beam with her legs held straight (which is quite a bit harder to do than the original Korbut flip).

1978, Hal Straus, Gymnastics guide, page 10:

In that routine, she showed off the first backward release move ever attempted on the uneven bars— a move so unusual and impressive that it became known as the Korbut Flip.

2007, Adam B. Hofstetter, Olympic Gymnastics, →ISBN, page 14:

Get on the sofa, cross yourself, then pitch it with all your worth backwards, in the tucked position. If you land with both feet on the strip, then Gunga Din to you . . . you've just done a version of the Korbut Flip . . . if you can't, you'll never be a gymnast.

2012, John Philips, Who cares who’s 3rd?: (or 2nd for that matter), →ISBN, page 25:

(gymnastics) A backwards handspring from a standing position on the balance beam or the higher bar of the uneven bars, catching the bar on the way down.


point-to-point

From point (“individual element in a larger whole; specific location or place; topic of discussion or debate”) + to + point.

(horse racing, also attributively) A kind of horse race involving a direct cross-country course with obstacles for hunting horses and amateur riders.


curveballer

(baseball) A player who throws curveballs.


turnover on downs

en-noun

turnover on downs (plural turnovers on downs)

(American football) A situation where a team's offense loses possession of the ball due to failure to convert a touchdown, field goal or first down on their four opportunities. This is in contrast to a turnover by interception or fumble.


1000 metres

1000 metres pl (normally plural, singular 1000 metre)

1000 metre (singular)
1000 meters (alternative)

(athletics) A middle-distance race of 1000 metres.


wheelchair motocross

From wheelchair (“WC”) + motocross (“MX”). Coined by analogy with bicycle motocross (“BMX”).

(disability, sports) The parasport equivalent of BMX but using a wheelchair.


Pizzagate

Battle of the Buffet
Pizzagate conspiracy theory

(UK, sports, slang) A 2004 controversy around the alleged throwing of food (variously reported as pizza, soup, or coffee) at Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson by an unknown Arsenal player after a match between those two teams.


nuffy

They didn't doubt my passion for the game - I was a cricket nuffy - but I needed to hear those words.

2013, Darren Lehmann, “I was a cricket 'nuffy' as are our youngsters, but they are willing to learn as well as entertain”, in Herald Sun:

In the South Australia squad Christian is known as a cricket nuffy, someone who loves talking about the game and playing it.

2010, Peter English, The man from Narrandera, ESPN Cricinfo:

Bailey hails ‘cricket nuffy’ Boof's history tests for keeping team learning, Zee News
Australian Test `debutant` George Bailey has hailed coach and `cricket nuffy` Darren Lehmann`s random history Tests for keeping the Australian team grounded and constantly learning.

(Australia, slang, cricket) Someone who an obsessive fan of a sport, particularly of cricket.


nutmegger

[…] Archie Thompson, our five goal Grand Final hero, back from dancing the nutmegger suite three days earlier.

2008, Andrew O'Keefe, Steve Vizard, The Best Australian Humorous Writing, page 216:

This makes the victim look so foolish that a foul inevitably follows, as the nutmegger is promptly clogged.

2012, Stephen Wade, Passion for the Park: A Leeds Education:


punt protector

(American football) The upback on the punting team.


personal protector

personal protector (plural personal protectors)


skate one's lane

en-verb

skate one's lane (third-person singular simple present skates one's lane, present participle skating one's lane, simple past and past participle skated one's lane)

skates one's lane (present singular third-person)
skating one's lane (participle present)
skated one's lane (participle past)
skated one's lane (past)

Wings should skate their lanes and not go roaming about the ice.

1971, Mark Mulvoy, Ice Hockey, →ISBN, page 48:

When the three-on-two situation develops, coming out of your own end, it is best to work the puck to the middle, where the center should be skating his lane.

1976, Kevin Walsh, Hockey for beginners, →ISBN, page 60:

Their coach, Ray Preston, was a screamer; he yelled at them to cover their man or skate their lanes.

1990, John Smolens, Winter by Degrees, →ISBN, page 25:

(ice hockey) To play in one's assigned position rather than straying to the location of the current action.


stump out

stump out (third-person singular simple present stumps out, present participle stumping out, simple past and past participle stumped out)

stumps out (present singular third-person)
stumping out (participle present)
stumped out (participle past)
stumped out (past)

(cricket, transitive) To put (a player) out by knocking down the stump or wicket.


AFLPA

AFL Players Association
w:AFL Players Association

(Australia, sports) Initialism of AFL Players Association.


AFLCA

AFL Coaches Association
w:AFL Coaches Association

(Australia, sports) Initialism of AFL Coaches Association.


AFLUA

AFL Umpires Association
w:AFL Umpires Association

(Australia, sports) Initialism of AFL Umpires Association.


VFA

Victorian Football Association
w:Victorian Football League

(Australia, sports) Initialism of Victorian Football Association, now known as the Victorian Football League.


QAFL

Queensland Australian Football League
w:Queensland Australian Football League

(Australia, sports) Initialism of Queensland Australian Football League.


NEAFL

North East Australian Football League
w:North East Australian Football League

(Australia, sports) Initialism of North East Australian Football League.


NTFL

Northern Territory Football League
w:Northern Territory Football League

(Australia, sports) Initialism of Northern Territory Football League.


TSL

Tasmanian State League
w:Tasmanian Football League

(Australia, sports) Initialism of Tasmanian State League.


T formation

(American football) An offensive formation in which three running backs line up in a row about five yards behind the quarterback, forming a shape like the letter T.


chelem

Borrowed from French chelem, from English slam.

For the first time in his career the Red Bull star achieved Formula One's grand chelem of pole, win, fastest lap and leading for every single lap, to further underline his dominant campaign.

2011 October 30, “Vettel closes on Schumacher record”, in Express:

The number of "grand chelems"—pole, fastest lap, lead every lap and win the race—achieved in 2015 (Lewis Hamilton at the Italian Grand Prix).

2015 December 10, “The 2015 Formula 1 Season in Numbers”, in Bleacher Report:

It is the fifth grand chelem of Hamilton’s career – securing pole, win, fastest lap and leading every lap – matching Alberto Ascari and Michael Schumacher. Only Clark has more, with eight.

2017 July 16, Giles Richards, “Lewis Hamilton delivers F1 driving masterclass to win British Grand Prix”, in The Guardian:

(sports) Winning all (or all but one) of the available, major or specified events in a given year or sports season.


athletic tape

en-noun

athletic tape (countable and uncountable, plural athletic tapes)

A wide variety of athletic tapes are available for use by athletic trainers. Nonelastic white cotton cloth athletic tape is the most common tape used to provide support and secure bandages.

2009, Andrew P. Winterstein, Athletic Training Student Primer: A Foundation for Success, page 273:

(sports) A form of tape used in sports to add a nonslip wrapping to things that must be gripped, such as hockey sticks.


pool of death

(sports) A grouping or division of competitors containing many highly skilled ones, who need to eliminate each other to proceed to the next round.


Champions tiebreak

Champions tiebreak (plural Champions tiebreaks)

Champions tiebreaks (plural)
champions tiebreaker (alternative)

(tennis) An extension of a tiebreak (sometimes played instead of a deciding set) in which the winner is the first player to reach ten points and lead by a margin of two


figure 9

figure 9s (plural)
figure nine (alternative)

From figure + 9. From the shape of the glyph "9", and creating a figure akin to that shape.

(climbing) A technical climbing technique used in ice climbing to gain a respite and lessen slack and distance from the undersurface/ceiling which one is climbing underneath, which appears like a number "9" in shape, with one arm anchoring the climber to the surface while hanging upside-down, and one leg wrapped around that arm, forming a figurative "9" in shape.


figure 4

figure 4s (plural)
figure four (alternative)

From figure + 4. From the shape of the glyph "4", and creating a figure akin to that shape.

(climbing) A technical climbing technique used in ice climbing to gain a respite and lessen slack and distance from the undersurface/ceiling which one is climbing underneath, which appears like a number "4" in shape, with one arm anchoring the climber to the surface while hanging upside-down, and one leg wrapped around that arm, forming a figurative "4" in shape.


Cab

French: Cab

Clipping of Caballero.. From Steve Caballero, professional skateboarder. From Spanish Caballero.

(skateboarding, snowboarding) A type of aerial spin; a switch frontside rotation.


nomination game

nomination game (plural nomination games)

(billiards) A form of billiards in which player must name their shots in advance, with a penalty for failing to achieve them.


NYI

Apr 7, NYI (35-47) beat DET, 4-3 OT.

2018, unknown, 2017-18 New York Islanders Roster and Statistics, Hockey Reference

Tor 5, NYI 4

2018, Steve Dangle, LFR11 - Game 78 - Brooklyn Barbecued - Tor 5, NYI 4, Sportsnet

NYI (25-20-5) at VGK (32-12-4)

2018, unknown, “New York Islanders at Vegas Golden Knights - Box Score”, in Fox Sports:

(Canada, US, ice hockey) Abbreviation of New York Islanders.


NYR

NYR offered to move Lundqvist in February.

2018, TSN staff, NYR offered to move Lundqvist in February, TSN

Quinn informs BU he's taking NYR job.

2018, unknown, New York Rangers, Rotoworld:

Jesper Fast selected as recipient of NYR Player's Player Award for 3rd year in a row.

2018, unknown, Jesper Fast Selected as Recipient of NYR Player's Player Award for 3rd Year in a Row, KO Sports

(Canada, US, ice hockey) Abbreviation of New York Rangers.


VGK

He let VGK defenseman Shea Theodore have the passing lane that Theodore used to get the puck through a lot of bodies to an open Tomas Nosek.

2018, Alex Kushner, Eric Stephen, “The Golden Knights beat the Capitals in a dramatic Stanley Cup Game 1”, in SB Nation:

Game 1: Winnipeg 4, VGK 2

2018, TC Martin, “VGK Best in the West, Stanley Cup Finals Next”, in Las Vegas Sports Network:

NHL Playoff Appearances: 28 (WAS) vs. 1 (VGK)

2018, Cam Ellis, “2018 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs 2018 Tale of the Tape: Washington D.C. vs Las Vegas”, in NBC Sports:

Vegas Golden Knights
w:Vegas Golden Knights

(Canada, US, ice hockey) Abbreviation of Vegas Golden Knights.


NJD

Carey Price joined Jacques Plante for an incredible Canadiens record in tonight's game against NJD.

2018, BarDown staff, Carey Price joined Jacques Plante for an incredible Canadiens record in tonight's game against NJD, BarDown

Yegor Yakovlev signed a 1 year $925,000 contract with New Jersey (NJD).

2018, unknown, New Jersey Devils 2018 Salary Cap Table, Spotrac

2018, Justin Blades, 2018 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs: NJD vs. TBL, CBJ vs. WSH, TOR vs. BOS
NJD vs. TBL

HONOURABLE MENTIONS: Eeli Tolvanen (NSH), Rasmus Sandin (TOR), Ty Smith (NJD), Adam Boqvist (CHI), Denis Gurianov (DAL), ...

2019 October 1, “NHL Trophy Talk: 31 Calder Candidates”, in The Hockey Writers:

(see title)

2019 October 6, “Sabres' Jack Eichel: Goal and assist vs. NJD”, in CBS Sports:

Travis Zajac – Passed Scott Niedermayer for fifth place in GP in NJD franchise history with 893 (Feb. 7, 2019 vs. NYI).

2019 October 11, “DEVILS SATURDAY: New Jersey visits Boston (MSG, 7 pm)”, in Times Herald-Record:

(Canada, US, ice hockey) Abbreviation of New Jersey Devils.


LAL

(Canada, US, basketball) Abbreviation of Los Angeles Lakers of Los Angeles, California, USA, in the National Basketball Association (NBA)


facelock

He raised his right arm and clamped a facelock on his opponent.

1995, Gordon D. Shirreffs, The Ghost Dancers, →ISBN, page 146:

I stepped to the side like the world's worst matador and grabbed him in a front facelock. It was the only shoot hold I knew, one that harkened back to my days bouncing at Malarkey's in Calgary.

2011, Chris Jericho, Undisputed: How to Become World Champion in 1,372 Easy Steps, →ISBN:

Eventually, someone said, “OK, move the furniture, and let's wrestle.” The deal this night was Les challenging my dad, saying, “Bet you can't hold me in a front facelock.” My dad put the hold on, and Les struggled to free himself, but ended up passing out after a few minutes.

2012, Terry Funk, Scott E. Williams, Terry Funk: More Than Just Hardcore, →ISBN:

(wrestling) A type of headlock in which the opponent's head is clamped around the face.


Dirty Dozen

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

(American football) The twelve rookies who made the Dallas Cowboys team in 1975.

(basketball) The United States' men's basketball team (which consists of twelve players) at the 1998 FIBA World Championship.

(cycling) A one-day road cycling race founded in 1983 (which originally featured twelve hills, but since 1988 has typically featured a baker's dozen of thirteen hills), held annually in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.


Fudd

From Elmer Fudd, a character in Warner Brothers' Bugs Bunny cartoons, from Looney Tunes.

The surrealistic Fudds handle well on hard snow, even at high speeds, but still float nicely in deep snow and crud.

1993 September, S.M., “News From Fat City”, in Ski, volume 58, number 1, page 104:

Compared to the other fats, the Fudd seemed most like a conventional ski in the powder.

1995 September, “Powder”, in Ski, volume 58, number 1, page 89:

The Fudd was favored for its flotation, while the Kahuna earned an “A+” for versatility.

1996 November, “Best Value Skis”, in Snow Country, volume 9, number 7, page 89:

(skiing) A type of fat ski that flares out at the ends.


headscissors

While he was distracted, the Puma ran the length of the ring, leapt into the air and locked both legs around Diablo's neck, taking him down to the mat with a spectacular flying headscissors.

2002, Greg F. Gifune, Night Work, →ISBN:

professional wrestling
professional wrestling

(professional wrestling) A hold in which a wrestler wraps his or her legs around either side of the opponent's head, crossing them under the opponent's chin, and squeezing.


eighthman

eighthmen (plural)
eighth-man (alternative)
eighth man (alternative)

From eighth + man, from the fact that this position is the rearmost of the eight forward positions.

Border's captain Basil Kenyon, at eighthman, again impressed with his intelligent positional play, and general leadership - as he had done in the shock win earlier in the tour.

1974, Frederick Willem Jacobus Labuschagne, Good-bye Newlands, farewell Eden Park, page 94:

Table VI I A, which is read horizontally, shows that concussion and ligament injuries are commonest among eighthmen and fullbacks; that muscle injuries and fractures are fairly evenly distributed across all playing positions; that internal injuries are most frequent among scrum-halves, but are also common in fly-halves and full-backs; and that bone bruises are most frequent among fly-halves, centres and wings, whereas dislocations are commonest among hookers and prop-forwards.

1987, South African Medical Journal - Volume 71, page 311:

Du Plessis was shifted from eighthman to flank for the second test and then was dropped altogether, although he fared better than most.

2003, Andy Colquhoun, Paul Dobson, The Chosen: The 50 Greatest Springboks of All Time, page 136:

The ball moved to the eighthman; he waited for it to come out. SOTS scrum-half Jood pounced and began his pass, but swift as he was, Thorn Thompson was swifter. Shouldering his own leaden-footed scrum-half aside, Thorn dived atop quicksilver Jood with a bone crunching tackle. Thorn's heart pounded in his breast, he'd finally bested his hated boyhood rival. Then the whistle went. Thorn stared stupidly at the ball, still at the eighthman's feet.

2004, Pat Stevens, Politics Is the Greatest Game: A Johannesburg Liberal Lampoon, →ISBN:

(South Africa, rugby) The position of one of the forwards at the rear of a scrum formation who controls the ball at the back of the scrum and links to the back line; number eight.


SLG

slugging percentage
slugging percentage#English

(baseball) Abbreviation of slugging percentage.


SLG

en-verb

SLG (third-person singular simple present SLGs, present participle SLGing, simple past and past participle SLGed)

SLGs (present singular third-person)
SLGing (participle present)
SLGed (participle past)
SLGed (past)

(transitive, baseball) To have a certain slugging percentage.


moonrun

From Moon + run; modelled after moonwalk.

Michael Jackson had his moonwalk, while Darryl Beardall has his moonrun. And it's not like he's done these miles in the vacuum of space. For lack of a better term, he's a “serial racer.”

2016, Scott Ludwig, Bonnie Busch, Craig Snapp, Running to Extremes: The Legendary Athletes of Ultrarunning, Meyer & Meyer Sport, →ISBN, page 226:

(rare, dance) A dance move (or something similar or analogous) in which one slides backwards while appearing as if one was running forwards.


lay a glove on

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

lays a glove on (present singular third-person)
laying a glove on (participle present)
laid a glove on (participle past)
laid a glove on (past)

From the sport of boxing, referring to managing to hit someone with one's boxing glove.

“You were so good he couldn't lay a glove on you. You were terrific. He tired to hit you with his knockout punch but you skillfully avoided it - do you remember how his glove whistled harmlessly past your head?

2004, Morris Katz, The Journey, →ISBN, page 78:

In round three, Toxa moved in and out jabbing, scoring often with the bigger man unable to lay a glove on him.

2012, Roland Perry, The Changi Brownlow, →ISBN:

Umbertino couldn't lay a glove on him. Big as he was, all it would have taken was a punch, a single roundhouse and he would have decked him. But the other guy was a grasshopper.

2014, Davide Enia, On Earth as It Is in Heaven: A Novel, →ISBN, page 42:


pink hat

From the pink Red Sox hats that became popular after the Boston Red Sox won the 2004 World Series.

There's an old tale about a Rooter who was sitting next to a Pink Hat.

2009, Andy Wasif, Red Sox University: Baseball's Foremost Institution of Higher Learning, →ISBN:

Although other fans have waved at NESN cameras, the pink hat fan has been seen doing it more often and usually during important parts of the game.

2010, Michael Macomber, The Red Sox and Philosophy: Green Monster Meditations, →ISBN:

MIRI: When did you start following the Sox? 2004? '07? SETH: I've always kind of followed them. MIRI: “Kind of?” Heh. Oh, yeah. You're a Pink Hat.

2012, Gregory Crafts, Up All Night, →ISBN, page 61:

After much thought and research, she officially adopted the Red Sox as her baseball team and despite what critics of post-2004 fans say, she's no fair-weather pink hat.

2013, Jon Chattman, Allie Tarantino, How the Red Sox Explain New England, →ISBN:

(sports) A person who only follows a team because it has become fashionable.


CLAM

CLAMs (plural)
clam (alternative)
C.L.A.M. (alternative)

The CLAM can be 'clipped on' by the rower with little difficulty, so the load can be changed between alternating headwind–tailwind pieces.

1995, Larry Gluckman, “Rowing News”, in The Independent Rowing News Inc., page 3:

Use a clam to make a quick or temporary change to the inboard/outboard...The clam sits against the outer face of the collar.

2014, Daniela Gomes da Costa, Yihuan Chang, eds., Learn to Row, Fédération internationale des sociétés d'aviron, page 28

(rowing) Acronym of Clip-on Load Adjusting Mechanism. A device that can be fitted onto an oar to adjust set.


topscore

topscore (third-person singular simple present topscores, present participle topscoring, simple past and past participle topscored)

topscores (present singular third-person)
topscoring (participle present)
topscored (participle past)
topscored (past)

(sports, uncommon except in the present participle) To score more than anyone else in a particular match or competition.


homester

(sports, slang) A player for the home team.


wristspinner

(cricket) Alternative form of wrist spinner


quarter-miler

(athletics) An athlete who specialises in running quarter mile races (or the equivalent 400 metres)


double poling

(skiing) A method of propulsion, where the skier goes forward by planting both poles onto the ground and pushing back onto them, with both feet aligned side-by-side, moving both skies together.


double pole

double pole (third-person singular simple present double poles, present participle double poling, simple past and past participle double poled)

double poles (present singular third-person)
double poling (participle present)
double poled (participle past)
double poled (past)

double-pole technique
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(skiing) To ski by planting both poles onto the ground and pushing back onto them, with both feet aligned side-by-side, moving both skies together; to use the double-pole technique.


double-pole technique

en-noun

double-pole technique (countable and uncountable, plural double-pole techniques)

(skiing, uncountable) Synonym of double poling

(skiing, countable) A particular skier's implementation of double poling.


(snowboarding) A skill, where in a jump, the person turns 5 and a half times.


boot board

boot boards (plural)
bootboard (alternative)

(alpine skiing) The part of the ski boot underneath the liner, typically made of plastic or hard foam.


bluntslide

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(snowboarding) A snowboarding trick in which, at the end of a jump, the snowboard lands on its tail.


crossboned

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(snowboarding) Having the back leg boned while the front hand holds part of the foot


eggflip

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(snowboarding) A variation of an eggplant in which the rider flips over to reenter the halfpipe instead of doing a 180


fartbag

(informal, skiing) A onesie used in skiing.


geschmozzle

Maybe a corruption of German geschmissen, past participle of schmeißen (“to fling”).

Maybe by the year 2000 we could have the Lincoln Version—four score and seven—dumping 87 skiers geschmozzle-fashion on the top.

(skiing, snowboarding) A style of race in which the skiers or snowboarders all start together.


liftie

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(informal, skiing, snowboarding) A person who helps novices on and off of a skilift


planker

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sidecountry

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(informal, skiing, snowboarding) An off-piste terrain


slackcountry

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stalefish

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(skateboarding) A grab in which the rear hand holds the heelside edge of the skateboard.


straightlining

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(skiing, snowboarding) skiing or snowboarding downhill rapidly


sled head

From sled + head. From being an issue with the head due to a sled.

“They would say, ‘I got a real sled head today,’” Morris said. Then they would go take another run, and several more the next day. “You get sucked into thinking it’s not a big deal.”

2020 July 26, Matthew Futterman, “Sledhead”, in New York Times:

(sports, pathology, slang) A concussion or subconcussive injury caused by tobogganing, including luging, skeleton, bobsledding, tubing; that stereotypically leaves the victim woozy or muddle-headed.


parallel slalom

parallel slalom (countable and uncountable, plural parallel slaloms)

(uncountable, skiing) A discipline of alpine skiing, a variant of slalom. A sport where two skiers compete head to head on parallel identical slalom courses.

parallel giant slalom

the equivalent event in alpine snowboarding

slalom

the non-parallel, non-head-to-head version

giant slalom

a non-parallel, non-head-to-head, similar discipline with wider turns

super-G

a non-parallel, non-head-to-head, similar discipline with much wider turns

(countable, skiing) An instance of the sports discipline, a course, run or competition.


parallel giant slalom

parallel giant slalom (countable and uncountable, plural parallel giant slaloms)

(uncountable, skiing) A discipline of alpine snowboarding, a variant of giant slalom. A sport where two snowboarders compete head to head on parallel identical giant slalom courses.


small final

From petit final, from French petite finale (“small final”).

(sports) The secondary final to determine rankings of competitors from the semifinals that did not make the big final.


big final

From grand final, from grand finale, from French grande finale (“big final”).

(sports) The final that determines the winner of a competition, where the event also has a small final (consolation final).


second-guarder

From second + guarder. Used at Stonyhurst College in the United Kingdom.


third-guarder

From third + guarder. Used at Stonyhurst College in the United Kingdom.


punch front

From punch + front. From being a front flip from a hard punch into the ground with the feet to effect the jump.

(gymnastics) A frontal flip by jumping to a landing with both feet and then pushing hard to bounce and flip forward.


twin tip

twin tips (plural)
twin-tip (alternative)
twintip (alternative)

From twin + tip. From having forward bow tips on both ends.

(skiing) A type of alpine/freestyle ski, with bow tips on both ends, allowing skiing backwards.


mogulist

(skiing) A skier who specializes in skiing moguls


alpine combined

From alpine + combined. From being an event in the sport of alpine skiing which combines two disciplines.

(skiing) An event in alpine skiing which combines runs on a downhill skiing course and a slalom course, for individual skiers.


big air

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(skiing, snowboarding) A discipline in freestyle skiing and snowboarding, involving sliding down a large launch ramp and then launching off a big kicker, to obtain height and time in the air to perform acrobatic maneuvers, and land on a landing slope.


underflip

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(skateboarding) A flip trick, the flipping of a skateboard by flicking the underside of the board, while riding on the board.

(skiing, snowboarding) An acrobatic maneuver, initiated while in mid-air, performing a backflip by flicking one's head back over one shoulder, making the body flip underneath the board or skis.


JNS

(skiing, snowboarding) Abbreviation of jump not scored. (a score on a scoresheet, for an insufficient/incomplete judged jump)


technical skier

technical skier (plural technical skiers)

technical discipline
technical discipline

(skiing) A skier who specializes in technical skiing, the technical events of alpine skiing, the technical disciplines of giant slalom and slalom. (The speed events of the sport of alpine skiing are downhill and super-G)

speedskier

a skier who specializes in speedskiing, a discipline not part of formal alpine skiing


points race

(cycling, speed skating) A mass start race where points are awarded for certain accomplishments, such as winning laps or lapping the field.


scratch race

(cycling) Any race where the winner is the first to cross the finish line.

(horse racing) A catchweight horse race.


speedskier

(skiing) Alternative spelling of speed skier (formal alpine skiing of super-G and downhill)

speed skier

(skiing) A skier to specializes in speedskiing (a discipline not part of formal alpine skiing, where the skier tries to set the fastest trap speed at a spot or lowest time across a zone with the highest speeds)


speed skier

(skiing) A skier who specializes in speed skiing, the speed events of formal alpine skiing, the speed disciplines of super-G and downhill. (The technical events of the sport of alpine skiing are slalom and giant slalom)

(skiing) Alternative spelling of speedskier (a skier to specializes in speedskiing, a discipline not part of formal alpine)