judgment call

judgment calls (plural)
judgement call (alternative)

The rookie outfielder was waved out before he reached the plate. The reason for the rare judgment call? According to Rule 7.09 (i), a coach cannot "assist" a runner.

1983 September 26, J. D. Reed, “Can Anyone Win This Thing?”, in Time:

(sports) A ruling by an umpire, referee, or similar official during a sporting event, based on his or her perception of events and in the absence of any objective measurement.


hippy jump

(skateboarding) A trick in which the rider jumps above the board, leaving it on the ground to pass under an object the rider is jumping over.


hippy jump

en-verb

hippy jump (third-person singular simple present hippy jumps, present participle hippy jumping, simple past and past participle hippy jumped)

hippy jumps (present singular third-person)
hippy jumping (participle present)
hippy jumped (participle past)
hippy jumped (past)


WBC

World Boxing Council
w:World Boxing Council

(boxing) Initialism of World Boxing Council, one of several sanctioning bodies in professional boxing.

World Baseball Classic
w:World Baseball Classic

(baseball) Initialism of World Baseball Classic, a tournament for national teams jointly organized by the International Baseball Federation and Major League Baseball.


two-line pass

(ice hockey) A pass across two of the three lines dividing the rink, the center red line and the two blue lines. Under some rules such a pass is illegal.


pizzica

With strings, accordion, flute and lots of tambourine, it pays particular attention to the pizzica, a galloping six-beat dance related to the tarantella and long used as a faith-healing cure for spider bites.

2007 January 19, The New York Times, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in New York Times:

(dance) A popular traditional dance of Italy, originating on the Salento peninsula.


bailer

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(cricket, dated) A delivery that heads towards the bails after pitching.

(cricket, dated) A delivery in which the ball hits one or both bails but does not dislodge them.


skyhook

(tennis) A form of the overhead smash in which the eastern grip is used to hit the ball farther behind the body than usually possible.

(climbing) A small hook for gripping small and slippery protrusions.


TCR

en-noun

TCR (countable and uncountable, plural TCRs)

Coordinate term: GT

(motor racing, uncountable) Abbreviation of touring car racing.


Man U

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

(soccer) Clipping of Manchester United Football Club.


safety car

After a car crashed, the safety car was sent out to lead the remaining drivers safely past the site of the accident.

(motor racing) A vehicle employed to lead the competitors in an auto race for the duration of a few laps, with the intention of restricting their speed while a hazard exists on the circuit.


pace car

(motor racing) A car that other cars drive behind before a race starts.

lähtöauto

car that others drive behind before race start

(motor racing) A car that paces the race cars to keep them running at a slower pace due to race conditions, and which the other cars cannot pass.


veny

Alteration of French venue. Doublet of venue.

It is not, as at Fence, where the number of venies [tr. touches] given, gets the victorie: So long as the enemie is on foot, a man is newly to begin.

1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 47, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:


end run

(American football) A running play in which the player carrying the ball attempts to avoid being tackled by evading the defending players from the opposing team.


workout warrior

workout warrior (plural workout warriors)

(sports, slang) An athlete who has superior measurables and physical attributes, e.g. an American football player who outperforms expectations.

(sports, slang) A player who is not as accomplished on the field as they believe.


gunner

Cebuano: gunner

gonna (non-rhotic, based on the /ˈɡʌn.ə/ pronunciation)

From Middle English gonner; equivalent to gun + -er.

(American football) A player on the kicking team whose primary job is to tackle the kickoff returner or punt returner.

(UK, slang, soccer) A fan of the Arsenal Football Club.

(basketball) A player who can reliably shoot baskets.


centre-back

centre-backs (plural)
centre back (alternative)
centreback (alternative)
center back (alternative)
center-back (alternative)
centerback (alternative)

Ferguson was incensed as referee Martin Atkinson pointed to the spot - and United's sense of injustice deepened when Nemanja Vidic was sent off in stoppage time after receiving a second yellow card for a foul on Ramires, ruling the centre-back out of the visit to Liverpool on Sunday.

2011 March 1, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2 - 1 Man Utd”, in BBC:

(soccer) A central defender, a player who plays in the centre of defence, just in front of the goalkeeper


wing-back

(soccer) A player who plays on the wing, and acts as both a defender and an attacker depending on the team's situation.


tifo

(sports) A form of choreography displayed by supporters on the terraces of an arena or stadium, where they make a large-scale pattern or picture by holding up, or wearing, various materials.


hypoxic

en-adj

hypoxic (comparative more hypoxic, superlative most hypoxic)

more hypoxic (comparative)
most hypoxic (superlative)

Rarely, nitrox mixtures are intentionally hypoxic, under special conditions.

(underwater diving) Describing a breathing gas mixture that contains less than 21% oxygen.


dry out

en-verb

dry out (third-person singular simple present dries out, present participle drying out, simple past and past participle dried out)

dries out (present singular third-person)
drying out (participle present)
dried out (participle past)
dried out (past)

(intransitive, bowling, of a bowling lane) To become less oily, affecting play, after being oiled up.


homebrew

en-noun

homebrew (countable and uncountable, plural homebrews)

Homebrews, American imports, former big-leaguers—the Terriers had it all.

2006, David Menary, Terrier Town: Summer of ’49, page 19:

(Canada, sports, countable) A player who plays for the team named after their own native town.


bingle

(baseball, slang) A base hit in which the batter stops safely at first base.


bingle

en-verb

bingle (third-person singular simple present bingles, present participle bingling, simple past and past participle bingled)

bingles (present singular third-person)
bingling (participle present)
bingled (participle past)
bingled (past)

(baseball, slang) To achieve a base hit in which the batter stops safely at first base.


ITT

(cycling) Initialism of individual time trial.


Casper

Alternative spelling of Caspar. The slur denoting a white person is an allusion to Casper the Friendly Ghost. The skateboarding term is named after Bobby Boyden, a professional skateboarder who was given the nickname "Casper" as a child because of his pale skin (again in allusion to the friendly ghost).


two-point conversion

en-noun

two-point conversion (plural two-point conversions)

(American football) An option, for a team that has scored a touchdown, to gain two points by getting the ball into the end zone by a running or pass play, in lieu of a kicked extra point.


extra point

(American football) A point scored after a touchdown by kicking the ball through the goal posts or by advancing to the end zone.


end zone

Veteran tight end Travis Kelce, who only had one catch for one yard in the first half, finished with nine receptions and 93 yards but didn’t find the end zone.

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

(American football) The area between the end line and goal line bounded by the sidelines, bordered on all sides by a white line indicating its beginning and end points; it is 10 yards long.

(Canadian football) Same as above, but is 20 yards long.


fair catch

(American football) An uncontested catch on a kicking play, after the receiver waves his hand to indicate that he will not run with the ball, assuring that he will not be tackled on catching it.


(sports, snowboarding, skiing) Clipping of 1080. (1080° spin)


(cricket) A cricket team of eleven players.

(soccer) A football team of eleven players.


12 (countable and uncountable, plural 12s)

(sports, snowboarding, skiing) Clipping of 1260. (1260° spin)


en:12th man (football)
en:Aryan Brotherhood

American football
American football#English

(sports) Used by fans of American football, positioning themselves as the 12th member of an 11-player team.


illegal forward kick

illegal forward kick (plural illegal forward kicks)

(American football) Any kick made from in front of the line of scrimmage. This results in a loss of down and a ten yard penalty.


PWA

(surfing) Initialism of Professional Windsurfers Association.

professional wrestling
professional wrestling

Pro Wrestling America
w:Pro Wrestling America

(professional wrestling) Initialism of Pro Wrestling America.

Pro Wrestling Alliance
Pro Wrestling Alliance#English

(professional wrestling) Initialism of Pro Wrestling Alliance.

(professional wrestling, Canada) Initialism of Pure Wrestling Association.


goalkicker

(rugby) Someone who kicks for penalties and conversions.


defensive midfielder

defensive midfielder (plural defensive midfielders)

(soccer) A midfield player who specialises more in defensive duties.


attacking midfielder

attacking midfielder (plural attacking midfielders)

(soccer) A midfield player who specialises more in attacking duties.


England had started in a 4-3-3 formation that had Welbeck and Oxlade-Chamberlain coming in from the wings, with James Milner and Stewart Downing operating alongside Jack Wilshere in more deep-lying positions.

18 November 2014, Daniel Taylor, “England and Wayne Rooney see off Scotland in their own back yard”, in The Guardian:

(soccer) A popular soccer formation with 4 defenders, 3 midfielders and 3 strikers


(soccer) A popular soccer formation with 4 defenders, 5 midfielders and 1 striker


tweeny

(tennis) A shot played between the legs; a tweener.


claiming race

In a claiming race, each horse is in a sense up for sale. That is, any owner who has raced a horse at the track during the meet in progress may put in a claim to buy any horse racing in a claiming race.

1968, Marvin B. Scott, The Racing Game, page 15:

(horse racing) A race in which the competing horse can be claimed by anyone at the specified claiming price for the race.


centerline

centerlines (plural)
centreline (alternative)
centre line (alternative)

You might already know that, I don't know, but since you are training at home I didn't want you to be weaving wildly on each side of the rope - the goal is to pop up as tight as possible to the center line.

2005 July 31, Vovchanchyn Fan, “Re: Bob and weaving drill”, in Sherdog (Usenet):

take his lead leg out from under him. Just dont it when he is going for a power jab, just make sure your heads out of the center line

2006 January 3, Justin Pressley, “Re: having problems whilst sparring”, in Sherdog (Usenet):

(martial arts, boxing) An imaginary line connecting the center of two fighters' bodies while they face each other.


Catherine wheel

Catherine wheel (plural Catherine wheels)

Catherine wheels (plural)
Catharine wheel (alternative)
Catharine-wheel (alternative)
Catherine-wheel (alternative)
catherine wheel (alternative)
catherine-wheel (alternative)

Saint Catherine of Alexandria was said to have been sentenced to execution on such a wheel, which shattered at her touch.

[…] she went on, making turns and twists, flourishing her skirts, kicking higher and higher, and finally, among a volley of shouts, fell on her hands and turned head over heels in a magnificent catherine-wheel; then scrambling to her feet again, she tumbled into the arms of a young man standing in the front of the ring.

1897, W. Somerset Maugham, chapter 1, in Liza of Lambeth:

We did a Catharine-wheel together down the passage. Somehow we gathered up a chair upon our way, and bounded on with it towards the street.

1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:


LLP

long lap penalty
long lap penalty#English

(motor racing) Abbreviation of long lap penalty.


Tobacco Road

There were and are many roads of this name in the American South. The meanings are derived from the 1932 novel, Tobacco Road, by Erskine Caldwell and the 1933 play and 1941 movie derived from it. Caldwell does not use the term "Tobacco Road" to refer to the region or place, only to the roads themselves.
According to Caldwell, the roads were created by rolling thousands of tobacco casks over them, over many decades. In the Savannah Valley of 1932 there were "scores" of these roads, ranging up to 30 miles in length. The casks were known as hogsheads, were roughly 48 inches by 36 inches and weighed about 1000 pounds once filled with leaves.

(sports, slang) The four North Carolina schools in the Atlantic Coast Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.


game-changing

Our plan to transition from products to solutions is a game-changing moment for our company.

These trains are not only being keenly awaited by people in our city region, but also by rail experts aware of how game-changing these are for the industry.

2019 October 23, Richard Clinnick, “Testing begins as Merseyrail moves closer to new '777s'”, in RAIL, number 890, page 28:

What is beyond dispute it that Declan Rice, at £105m from West Ham United, is the game-changing signing Arteta had in mind when he put such time and effort into the pursuit of his top summer transfer priority.

2023 September 3, Phil McNulty, “Declan Rice: The game-changing midfielder Arsenal need for title challenge”, in BBC Sport:

(sports or figuratively) Critical and having the potential to alter the overall outcome.


transport stage

transport stage (plural transport stages)

(motor racing) In rallying, an untimed section of the event where cars are driven at relatively low speed, usually on public roads, to the next racing stage.


hit a home run

en-verb

hit a home run (third-person singular simple present hits a home run, present participle hitting a home run, simple past and past participle hit a home run)

hits a home run (present singular third-person)
hitting a home run (participle present)
hit a home run (participle past)
hit a home run (past)

He was the first pinch hitter to hit a home run on the first pitch of his career.

2016, Jonathan Fraser Light, The Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball, 2d ed., McFarland, →ISBN, page 437:

(baseball) To hit a ball during an at-bat that results in all runners on base and the hitter scoring runs; the best result of an at-bat.


bat a thousand

bat a thousand (third-person singular simple present bats a thousand, present participle batting a thousand, simple past and past participle batted a thousand)

bats a thousand (present singular third-person)
batting a thousand (participle present)
batted a thousand (participle past)
batted a thousand (past)
bat one thousand (alternative)

From a baseball batting average, often stated as the number of hits per 1000 at bats- 1000 would be 100 percent.

(baseball, literal) To reach first base on every at-bat.


Olympic goal

This unique type of goal was named after Argentine striker Cesareo Onzari’s (at left) corner kick that spun directly into the goal for Argentina in a 1924 friendly against Uruguay, the reigning Olympic champion.

(soccer) A goal scored directly from a corner kick without any other player - on either team - touching or otherwise deflecting the ball into the goal.


ready, set, go

On your mark, get set, go
on your mark, get set, go

bersedia, siap, ya

three-command start for any action or contest


on your mark, get set, go

on your mark (get in one's lane or spot)

get set (get to the starting position)

go! (take off)

(sports) A three-command start when racing:


free ball

(snooker) A situation in which a player can play on any ball desired when snookered after a foul shot; also, that desired ball.


ground rule

(sports) A rule regarding play on a specific field, course, or court.


spitter

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Coach says no throwing any spitters.


giant-killing

en-noun

giant-killing (countable and uncountable, plural giant-killings)

From the Biblical story of David and Goliath.

My guide tells me of Yeovil's 'considerable glove trade', which is why the giant-killing footie club, Yeovil Town FC, is known as 'The Glovers'.

2023 June 28, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: Alton to Exeter”, in RAIL, number 986, page 60:

(sports, also used as an adjective) The defeat of a team by a much weaker opponent.


cue up

en-verb

cue up (third-person singular simple present cues up, present participle cuing up or cueing up, simple past and past participle cued up)

cues up (present singular third-person)
cuing up (participle present)
cueing up (participle present)
cued up (participle past)
cued up (past)

(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) To take aim on the cue ball with the cue in a game of snooker, or billiards, etc.


respot

respot (third-person singular simple present respots, present participle respotting, simple past and past participle respotted)

respots (present singular third-person)
respotting (participle present)
respotted (participle past)
respotted (past)

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(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) To replace a ball on its correct spot on a snooker, billiards or pool table.

Should a pin fall in removing the dead wood it must be respotted, and pins knocked over by pin or pins rebounding from any other alley must be respotted.

1928, Louise Patterson Van Sickle, Physical Education Activities for High School Girls, page 105:

The pins are respotted and the player bowls again.

1968, Donald Rex Casady, Marie Liba, Beginning bowling, page 29:

(sports, bowling) To replace a pin to its correct position prior to a player bowling.


frame ball

(snooker) The ball that will take the player's score past the theoretical winning point, even though the frame is not finished and there are still some balls remaining on the table.


screw back

screw back (third-person singular simple present screws back, present participle screwing back, simple past and past participle screwed back)

screws back (present singular third-person)
screwing back (participle present)
screwed back (participle past)
screwed back (past)

(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) To cue the cue ball in such a way as to impart backspin. On impact, the ball will follow a reverse trajectory according to the spin.


pump-fake

pump-fake (third-person singular simple present pump-fakes, present participle pump-faking, simple past and past participle pump-faked)

pump-fakes (present singular third-person)
pump-faking (participle present)
pump-faked (participle past)
pump-faked (past)

The way he pump-fakes it in the Oval Office is really distracting.

2003 December 18, "Bush Won't Put Down New Football", The Onion, available in, 2005, Embedded in America, p. 51

(sports) To pretend to throw or shoot the ball in order to make a defender react.


pump-fake

(sports) Alternative spelling of pump fake


maximum break

(snooker) The highest score possible in one visit to the table in a frame of snooker, 147 in normal circumstances (excluding the case where the break starts with a free ball), achieved by potting all fifteen reds with fifteen blacks and then the six colours in order.


The first player to make a 147 in a World Championship match was Cliff Thorburn.

2005, Dec 16. Clive Everton, writing about Ding Jun Hui in The Guardian
Unfortunately, his two 147s have been in events offering no bonus prize.

(snooker) The highest score possible in one visit to the table in snooker in normal circumstances (excluding the case where the break begins with a free ball).


baulk colour

(snooker) Any one of the three colours normally spotted on the baulk line in snooker. Namely the yellow, green, and brown balls.


in baulk

(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) In the area behind the baulk line in cue sports.


check side

(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) A sidespin of the cue ball which makes it bounce off the cush, or off another ball, at a shallower angle than normal.


green pocket

(snooker) The corner pocket on a snooker table that is nearest the green spot.


yellow pocket

(snooker) The corner pocket on a snooker table that is nearest the yellow spot.


half-ball

From half- + ball, so called because the view from the cue ball is half eclipsing the object ball.

The shot needs to be slightly thicker than half-ball to get to the center pocket.

(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) Describes a shot where the cue ball and the object ball make contact at a natural 45º angle.


in-off

From a reconstitution of (go) in + off (preposition), as used in phrases such as, "The white has gone in off the black."

Hendry replied with 34, but went in-off attempting a double and next season's world No.1 returned to the table to put the frame beyond doubt and level at 4-4.

(snooker, pool) Of the cue ball: (going) into a pocket, after cannoning another ball.


in-off

He looked set to win the frame, until the in-off from the yellow.

(snooker, pool) The situation where the cue ball goes into a pocket after striking the object ball.


go in off

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

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

(snooker, pool) To pot the cue ball accidentally after hitting the object ball.


hanging ball

(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) A ball that is in the jaws of a pocket


courtside

They sat courtside.


courtside

They had courtside seats.

(sports) Located next to the court of play.


courtside

(sports) The area that runs alongside the court of play.


shifter

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(cycling) A component used by the rider to control the gearing mechanisms and select the desired gear ratio, usually connected to the derailleur by a mechanical actuation cable.


jump off

jump off (third-person singular simple present jumps off, present participle jumping off, simple past and past participle jumped off)

jumps off (present singular third-person)
jumping off (participle present)
jumped off (participle past)
jumped off (past)

(sports, equestrianism) To participate in the final round of an equestrian showjumping event.


return ace

(tennis) A point made by the opponent returning the ball in such a way that the server does not make contact


behind closed doors

Libya's opening home match in the World Cup qualifiers against Cameroon will be played at a neutral venue and behind closed doors, FIFA said on Friday. https://web.archive.org/web/20150611004158/http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/04/20/soccer-world-libya-idINDEE83J07G20120420

(idiomatic, sports) Without public spectators.


Reds

In reference to the ancient Roman and medieval Byzantine racing faction, a calque of Latin russātī (“Reddish-Brown-Clads”) or factio russata (“the reddish-brown-clad faction”) and Byzantine Greek Ῥούσιοι (Rhoúsioi, “Reds”).

bor

Gibbon's successors had alternative suggestions, the most persistent of which has been that the Blues were supporters of religious orthodoxy and the Greens of Monophysitism. According to this view, the emperor Anastasius, whose Monophysitism was notorious, should have been a Green, though contemporary evidence makes him a Red.

2002, James Allan Stewart Evans, The Age of Justinian..., p. 38

(informal, sports) Any of several sports teams whose uniform is predominantly red, particularly

(historical) The chariot-racing faction of the Roman circus and Constantinopolitan hippodrome that wore red.


aqualung

→ Bulgarian: аквала́нг (akvaláng)

→ Japanese: アクアラング (akuarangu)

→ Polish: akwalung

→ Portuguese: aqualung

desctree

→ Russian: аквала́нг (akvaláng)
→ Armenian: ակվալանգ (akvalang)
→ Kazakh: акваланг (akvalañ)

Aqualung was the original name for the first open-circuit SCUBA diving equipment by Emile Gagnan and Jacques Cousteau in 1943. From aqua- + lung.

(underwater diving) A piece of equipment consisting of an oxygen tank and breathing apparatus used by divers to allow them to breathe underwater.


match fixing

(sports) The act of losing, or playing to a pre-determined result, in sports matches after betting against oneself.

the act of losing, or playing to a pre-determined result

غش ماتش m (ġišš mātš, literally “8ishh match”)


man up

en-verb

man up (third-person singular simple present mans up, present participle manning up, simple past and past participle manned up)

mans up (present singular third-person)
manning up (participle present)
manned up (participle past)
manned up (past)

man + up, with influence from own up, buck up.

They must be athletic enough to man up on a solid number two receiver and yet be physical enough to step into the line scrimmage and tackle a running back.

2005, Allan Trimble, Coaching football successfully,, Human Kinetics, page 166:

He will man up on his opponent whenever his opponent has the ball.

2005, Andrew McLeod, Trevor D. Jaques, Australian football: steps to success,, page 138:

I had to "man up" on their rover, and every time I went for the ball he tried to hit me.

2007 Blye Frank & Kevin G. Davison, Masculinities and schooling: international practices and perspectives, Althouse Press, page 141

(sports) To vigorously guard the opponent to whom one is assigned.


bunny hop

(cycling) A jump made where both wheels leave the ground.

The first baseman misplays the bunny hop, so all runners are safe.

(baseball) A ground ball that hops along the field instead of rolling.


bunny hop

bunny hop (third-person singular simple present bunny hops, present participle bunny hopping, simple past and past participle bunny hopped)

bunny hops (present singular third-person)
bunny hopping (participle present)
bunny hopped (participle past)
bunny hopped (past)


widebody

widebodies (plural)
wide-body (alternative)

(sports) A player with a wide or heavyset body.

The increased design freedom offered by composites was demonstrated with the introduction of "widebody" rackets, such as the Profile by Wilson, in the late 1980s. Widebody rackets have larger cross sections around the centre of the frame than the handle and tip, to give higher stiffness in the region of maximum bending.

2020 January 21, Thomas Allen, “Tennis: a smashing history of how rackets shaped the game”, in The Conversation, archived from the original on 2022-10-27:

(tennis) A tennis racket having a thick (although not necessarily wide) frame, increasing the racket's stiffness.


batter up

(baseball) Used by an umpire to invite the next batter to the batter's box, especially at the beginning of a half-inning.


short pass

(netball) A pass of the ball between teammates too close together to allow an opponent to get between them. There is no particular distance the ball must travel to qualify as a short pass. For instance, if the passing player drops the ball and retreats before her teammate takes possession, it is not a short pass. A short pass is against the rules and results in a free pass to the opposition.

(American football) A pass of the ball that is primarily to the side rather than one that gains yardage.


quarterbacking

(American football) The act of playing as a quarterback


ski run

(skiing) A trail or slope used for skiing


DT

en-noun

DT (countable and uncountable, plural DTs)

DTs (plural)
DT. (alternative)
Dt. (alternative)
Dt (alternative)
D/T (alternative)

defensive tackle
defensive tackle#English

(American football, Canadian football) Initialism of defensive tackle.


RFA

Coordinate term: UFA

restricted free agent
restricted free agent#English

(sports) Initialism of restricted free agent.


block party

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(basketball, slang) A game during which a single player blocks the shots of many other players.


cupset

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Gary: It'll Be Cupset for Andy

[…] a landmark point of the season, with fans and commentators alike eagerly awaiting a 'cupset'.

2014, Lee Price, Turning My Back On the Premier League:

(sports, British, slang) An upset in a Cup competition.


red-card

en-verb

red-card (third-person singular simple present red-cards, present participle red-carding, simple past and past participle red-carded)

red-cards (present singular third-person)
red-carding (participle present)
red-carded (participle past)
red-carded (past)

He was red-carded for striking the other player.

(transitive, sports) To show (a player) a red card, and dismiss them from the playing area; to send off.


yellow-card

yellow-card (third-person singular simple present yellow-cards, present participle yellow-carding, simple past and past participle yellow-carded)

yellow-cards (present singular third-person)
yellow-carding (participle present)
yellow-carded (participle past)
yellow-carded (past)


first half

Raheem Sterling, in particular, was a constant menace in the first half and prominently involved in the opening goal, squaring the decisive pass for Jesus after Virgil van Dijk’s clearance had been cut out.

2018 April 10, Daniel Taylor, “Liverpool go through after Mohamed Salah stops Manchester City fightback”, in The Guardian (London):

(sports) The period of play before half time, as opposed to the second half.


second half

Sunderland had the best of the second half but were unable to find a winner.

2011 October 1, Phil Dawkes, “Sunderland 2 - 2 West Brom”, in BBC Sport:

(sports) The period of play after half time, as opposed to the first half


stoppage time

en-noun

stoppage time (usually uncountable, plural stoppage times)

But Sunderland fans fearing the worst finally had something to cheer when in the fourth of five minutes of stoppage time Gyan stood at the right place at the right time.

2011 January 16, Saj Chowdhury, “Sunderland 1 - 1 Newcastle”, in BBC:

Brazilian substitute Andressa Alves had equalised in stoppage time to force the shootout after Ella Toone had given England a first-half lead.

2023 April 6, Emma Sanders, “Women's Finalissima:England beat Brazil in dramatic shhotout”, in BBC Sport:

(sports) Additional time added to the end of a match, or period of a match, in order to compensate for time lost due to any stoppages of play.


front man

front men (plural)
frontman (alternative)


hit the net

en-verb

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

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


back line

Battling Bolton disputed the goal, claiming Drogba was offside, but the Ivorian appeared to have timed his angled run across the visitors back line to perfection to race onto a fine Michael Essien pass and ensure Chelsea moved back into fourth place in the Premier League.

2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC:

(soccer) Collectively, the defenders of a team.

A running fullback radically improves the attacking prowess of any back line, particularly if she is able to read a play, knowing when it's time to hit the line at pace or to join the line to act as an extra attacker.

2011, Mathew Brown, Patrick Guthrie, Greg Growden, Rugby For Dummies, →ISBN, page 58:

(rugby) The players known as the backs, whose primary responsibility is defense.

(rugby) The imaginary tactical line across the field that passes through the backs, through their primary line of attack/defence (i.e. excluding any players in a more backward defensive position).


off-the-ball

An off the ball incident led to N'Zogbia confronting Wilshere before leaning his head into the Englishman and giving referee Lee Probert no choice but to show the red card.

2010 December 29, Mark Vesty, “Wigan 2 - 2 Arsenal”, in BBC:

(sports, of an incident or foul) Occurring away from active play.


see yellow

see yellow (third-person singular simple present sees yellow, present participle seeing yellow, simple past saw yellow, past participle seen yellow)

sees yellow (present singular third-person)
seeing yellow (participle present)
saw yellow (past)
seen yellow (participle past)

Healy’s first act was to crudely wipe out Forrest on the touchline. He saw yellow when it could have been red.
 Lafferty then had his name taken for a late one on Adam Matthews.

2011 December 29, Keith Jackson, “SPL: Celtic 1 Rangers 0”, in Daily Record:

(idiomatic, soccer) To receive a yellow card.


substitutes' bench

en-noun

substitutes' bench (plural substitutes' benches)

Oleg Blokhin's side lost the talismanic Andriy Shevchenko to the substitutes' bench because of a knee injury but still showed enough to put England through real turmoil in spells.

2012 June 19, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport:

(soccer) The bench on which the players sit when they are not in action.


spot kick

spot kicks (plural)
spot-kick (alternative)
spotkick (alternative)


miskick

The shot went wide of a post after a miskick from Sayers.


mishit

England added only one more run to its overnight second-innings total of 221 for 9 before Broad was caught by Hammer at mid-on to a mishit.


first-half

Leo Messi scored a first-half hat-trick to give Barcelona a 3-1 advantage vs Arsenal.


straight-sets

American Fish beat Frenchman Tsonga in a straight-sets victory.

(tennis, of a victory or a loss in a match) Achieved in the minimal possible number of sets.


stoppie

→ German: Stoppie

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tailwhip

tailwhips (plural)
tail whip (alternative)
tail-whip (alternative)

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(cycling) A trick in which the body of the bike is revolved around the steering column axis going through the handlebar.


kickflip

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(skateboarding) An ollie where the board is rotated 360 degrees along its axis.


pop shove-it

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(skateboarding) A trick, combining an ollie and a shove-it, where the board rotates 180 degrees while in mid-air.


shove-it

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(skateboarding) A trick where the board is rotated 180 degrees under the rider's feet.


He did a 900 off the halfpipe.

(sports) The act of spinning 900 degrees in the air, doing two and a half complete turns.


benihana

Named after the Benihana restaurant chain, from Japanese 紅花 (“safflower”).

(skateboarding) An aerial trick where one hand grabs the tail of the board, and the back foot is released from the board.


bunny-hop

en-verb

bunny-hop (third-person singular simple present bunny-hops, present participle bunny-hopping, simple past and past participle bunny-hopped)

bunny-hops (present singular third-person)
bunny-hopping (participle present)
bunny-hopped (participle past)
bunny-hopped (past)

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The stunt cyclist bunny-hopped onto the table.

(cycling) To make a jump where both wheels leave the ground


regu

(sports) A standard group of three players in a sepak takraw team.


miniature golf

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


arm-wrestle

arm-wrestles (plural)
arm wrestle (alternative)


CF

en-noun

CF (countable and uncountable, plural CFs)

(baseball) Abbreviation of center field.

(baseball) Abbreviation of center fielder.


LB

(American football) Initialism of linebacker.


SG

SG (countable and uncountable, plural SGs)

(basketball) Initialism of shooting guard.


HB

(American football) Initialism of halfback.

(gymnastics) Initialism of horizontal bar.


three-legged race

three-legged race (plural three-legged races)

There's something for the whole family with events including cow pat throwing, sack races, three-legged races and more.

2021 December 21, The Road Ahead, Brisbane, page 27, column 3:

(games, athletics) A race in which a team of two players are joined together at opposite ankles, and must complete a short sprint before the other teams.


non-cut

(sports) Synonym of no-cut (“allowing an unlimited number of participants”)


fielding position

fielding position (plural fielding positions)

(cricket, baseball) Any of many named parts of the field of play at which fielders traditionally stand


touchline

touchlines (plural)
touch line (alternative)

French winger Hatem Ben Arfa has also taken plenty of plaudits recently and he was the architect of the opening goal with some superb trickery on the left touchline.

2012 April 21, Jonathan Jurejko, “Newcastle 3-0 Stoke”, in BBC Sport:

Some kids were having a kickabout on the grass beside the walkway, cheering, groaning, calling for the ball, absorbed in the game, a self-contained universe marked out by jackets for goalposts and invisible touchlines.

2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 107:

sideline

in Canadian football, field lacrosse and basketball

(rugby, soccer) One of the lines that mark the border limits of the pitch.


MUFC

Manchester United Football Club
w:Manchester United Football Club

(soccer) Initialism of Manchester United Football Club, a famous English football club from Manchester.


linkman

From link + -man. See link (“torch, light”).

(rugby) A player who uses speed and dexterity to keep an attacking team's downfield progress fluid.


orienteer

She is an expert orienteer.

(sports) Someone who takes part in the sport of orienteering.

定向運動 /定向运动

someone who takes part in the sport of orienteering


orienteer

en-verb

orienteer (third-person singular simple present orienteers, present participle orienteering, simple past and past participle orienteered)

orienteers (present singular third-person)
orienteering (participle present)
orienteered (participle past)
orienteered (past)

She travels worldwide to orienteer.

(sports) to race across unfamiliar countryside using a map and compass


Liga

(soccer) The highest division of professional football in Spain.


non-league

Crawley missed two penalties but still edged out League Two Torquay to become the first non-league side to reach the FA Cup fifth round for 17 years.

2011 January 29, Chris Bevan, “Torquay 0 - 1 Crawley Town”, in BBC:

(British, soccer) Playing in a division below The Football League, being amateur or semi-professional teams.


unseeded

(sports) Not being a seed, not being in a seed position.


basketball hoop

en-noun

basketball hoop (plural basketball hoops)

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(sports) The hoop, holding a string net, through which the basketball must be placed to score


handball

handball (countable and uncountable, plural handballs)

desc

→ Portuguese: andebol, handebol (Brazil)

sport involving bouncing a ball off a wall

It was a dramatic finish to an absorbing, fast-paced game but Blackburn will be deeply unhappy with referee Anthony Taylor as Nzonzi's handball was harsh.

2011 October 29, Neil Johnston, “Norwich 3 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC Sport:

(countable, soccer) The offence of a player other than the goalkeeper touching the ball with the hand or arm on the field during play.


handball

en-verb

handball (third-person singular simple present handballs, present participle handballing, simple past and past participle handballed)

handballs (present singular third-person)
handballing (participle present)
handballed (participle past)
handballed (past)

If the defender handballs in the penalty area, a penalty is awarded.

(soccer) To illegally touch the ball with the hand or arm.


fallaway

(basketball) Of a shot, taken while moving away from the basket.


fallaway

(basketball) A shot taken while moving away from the basket.


second down

(American football) The second down in a series that has a maximum of four downs.


third down

(American football) The third down in a series that has a maximum of four downs; traditionally the last running/passing play before punting.


fourth down

Mahomes converted key fourth downs with his legs and looked to Kelce throughout the second half and overtime – the tight end finished with nine receptions and 93 yards after just one catch in the opening half.

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

(American football) The fourth down in a series that has a maximum of four downs; often used to punt the ball downfield or attempt a field goal (If not punted or converted, the opposing team takes possession wherever the ball is).


red zone

(American football) The area extending twenty yards from the end zone, where a team in possession of the ball is expected to score.


press box

press boxes (plural)
pressbox (alternative)

In major league stadiums the press box is usually located between the first and second decks in the loge level.

2006, George Gmelch, J.J. Weiner, In the Ballpark: The Working Lives of Baseball People, →ISBN, page 151:

(sports) The section in a stadium or arena set aside for the press, or specifically for sportscasters.


uprights

(American football, rugby) Vertical (upright) posts of the goal.


normoxic

(underwater diving) Describing a breathing gas mixture that contains 21% oxygen, the same amount as in normal air.


reach-around

reach-arounds (plural)
reacharound (alternative)

(basketball) A passing style in which the ballhandler performs a crossover step in the direction of the intended pass and then extends his or her arms to throw the pass around the defender.


MMA

en-noun

MMA (countable and uncountable, plural MMAs)

Mark Zuckerberg shares photos from the hospital after undergoing knee surgery for a torn ACL suffered during MMA training.

2023 November 4, “Mark Zuckerberg tears ACL while training for MMA fight early next year”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

mixed martial arts
mixed martial arts#English

(martial arts) Initialism of mixed martial arts.


XFL

Xtreme Football League
w:en:Xtreme Football League

(sports, American football) Initialism of Xtreme Football League.

Extreme Football League
w:en:Extreme Football League

(sports, American football) Initialism of Extreme Football League.


attackman

(sports) A player in a position whose primary responsibility is offense.


transfer window

transfer window (plural transfer windows)

Gary Cahill, a target for Arsenal and Tottenham before the transfer window closed, put England ahead early on and Rooney was on target twice before the interval as the early hostility of the Bulgarian supporters was swiftly subdued.

2011 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Bulgaria 0-3 England”, in BBC:

(soccer) A period of time during the year in which soccer players may be bought or sold between professional clubs.

Wechselperiode

period during which transfers can be made of players between soccer clubs


DCS

DCSs (plural)
D.C.S. (alternative)
D. C. S. (alternative)

She’d been worried about DCS as well – she could barely remember ascending – but the symptoms hadn’t persisted and she was fine now.

2023, Martin MacInnes, In Ascension, Atlantic Books, page 87:

decompression sickness
decompression sickness#English

(underwater diving) Initialism of decompression sickness.


chanceless

en-adj

chanceless (comparative more chanceless, superlative most chanceless)

more chanceless (comparative)
most chanceless (superlative)

(cricket, not comparable) Without a chance of being dismissed.


knuckleballer

(baseball) A baseball pitcher known for throwing knuckleballs.


EN

en-noun

EN (countable and uncountable, plural ENs)

(ice hockey, floorball) Initialism of empty net.


prusik

Named for Austrian mountaineer Karl Prusik.

(climbing, chiefly attributive) A type of friction hitch.


prusik

en-verb

prusik (third-person singular simple present prusiks, present participle prusiking, simple past and past participle prusiked)

prusiks (present singular third-person)
prusiking (participle present)
prusiked (participle past)
prusiked (past)
prussik (alternative)

(climbing) To climb a rope using a prusik.


LBJ

LBJ scores six meaningless points in last forty-five seconds while Warriors keep a seven- to eleven-point lead.

2020, Robert Scoop Jackson, The Game is Not a Game […] , Haymarket Books, →ISBN:

(sports, NBA) Initialism of LeBron James.


victory lane

(motor racing) The place where the winner of a motor race goes to celebrate victory after an event.


saddle tree

(equestrianism) The base on which the rest of the saddle is built, usually based on wood or a similar synthetic material, and is eventually covered in leather or a leatherlike synthetic.


Paralympics

Blend of para- (as in paraplegia or parallel (as preferred by the International Paralympic Committee itself, according to Snopes)) + Olympics

blend

At present, however, the Long Beach resident has more than records on his mind, mainly getting a representative U.S. team to the 1964 "paralympics" to be held in Tokyo Nov. 8–12. [Frank] Vecera is on a fund-raising drive for the six California athletes selected to perform on this year's team. The tab for transporting the six to Tokyo is $3,900.

1964 August 20, “Funds sought for ‘Paralympian’ trip”, in Nick B[oddie] Williams, editor, Los Angeles Times, volume LXXXIII, number 250, Los Angeles, Calif.: Times Mirror Company, →OCLC, part III (Sports), page 8, columns 2–3:

Paralympic Games
Paralympic Games#English

(sports) Synonym of Paralympic Games (“an international sports competition participated in by sportspeople with physical disabilities, which is held every four years as a counterpart of the Olympic Games and nowadays at the same venue”)

paralympiáda

synonym of Paralympic Games — see also Paralympic Games


goal difference

en-noun

goal difference (plural goal differences)

The hosts went close on several occasions with Victor Obinna and Robbie Keane impressive in the first half, yet they had trouble carving out many clear openings and the defeat leaves them at the bottom of the Premier League on goal difference, two points from safety.

2011 February 6, Alistair Magowan, “West Ham 0 - 1 Birmingham”, in BBC:

England will qualify for the semi-finals if they beat Scotland on Tuesday and the Netherlands drop points in their final match with Belgium.
However, even if the Netherlands beat Belgium at home, England could still go through if they defeat the Scots by a sufficiently large scoreline to take their goal difference above the Dutch.

2023 December 1, Emma Sanders, “England 3-2 Netherlands”, in BBC Sport:

(sports) The difference between the number of goals scored and the number of goals conceded, over the duration of a competition.


reweight

en-verb

reweight (third-person singular simple present reweights, present participle reweighting, simple past and past participle reweighted)

reweights (present singular third-person)
reweighting (participle present)
reweighted (participle past)
reweighted (past)

(horseracing) To adjust or reassign the handicap weight.


end-to-end

But rather than the end-to-end action of the first half, much of the entertainment took place in the Sunderland third.

2011 February 1, Saj Chowdhury, “Sunderland 2 - 4 Chelsea”, in BBC:

(soccer) Smoothly alternating between attacking and defensive plays.


DSLD

suspensory ligament
suspensory ligament#English

(pathology, equestrianism) Initialism of degenerative suspensory ligament desmitis, an equine skeletal disorder characterized by a hyperabundance of a certain proteoglycan in equine connective tissue which causes degeneration and eventually death.

equine systemic proteoglycan accumulation


lapper

June 2006, RoadRacingWorld.com - Stanton Tops Formula Pacific Podium In Fourth Round Of AFM Racing At Thunderhill
After he tangled with the lapper I thought, ‘Man, that sucks’,” Dorsey explained. “Then I realized I was in the lead! I was going to just cruise home.

(sports) A competitor who is one lap behind another, in the same race, and hence physically in front.


free-diver

(underwater diving) A practitioner of free-diving.


cage match

(professional wrestling) An event in which wrestlers battle in an enclosed location, escaping over the top to win.


rebreather

(underwater diving) A breathing apparatus that recycles expelled air, removing carbon dioxide and thus allowing extended use of a supply of air.

a similar device that does not recycle expelled air


PF

en-noun

PF (countable and uncountable, plural PFs)

(basketball) Initialism of personal foul.

(basketball) Initialism of power forward.

Coordinate term: PA

The Giants and Commanders have the same record after 13 games each. However, Washington has control of third place in the NFC East due to a better PF/PA record in comparison to the Giants.

2022 December 14, “NFL Playoff picture Week 15: Are the New York Giants still in contention for the postseason?”, in Sportskeeda, archived from the original on 2022-12-17:

(American football, fantasy football) Initialism of points for.


rallye

A car that wins such a rallye uses its victory to convince potential purchasers that it can cope with difficult driving conditions.

1969, Charles Winick, The New People: Desexualization in American Life:


TPC

Tournament Players Club
w:Tournament Players Club

(golf) Initialism of Tournament Players Club.


drop the gloves

en-verb

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

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

From the practice of ice hockey players of removing their heavy gloves before striking blows in fistfights.

Nobody used to care when players such as John Ferguson, Bobby Orr, Gordie Howe and Maurice Richard dropped the gloves, because they could play the game, too.

2007 March 27, Mike Brophy, “Getting rid of the goons”, in Globe and Mail, Canada, retrieved 2008-10-14:

(Canada and US, ice hockey, idiomatic) To fight.


kneeboard

(surfing) A short (often less than 6'), broad (sometimes extremely broad) surfboard designed to be ridden in the surf in a kneeling position, and often having traction pads in the central area as an alternative to wax, to help the knees grip the deck.


fakie

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(skateboarding, snowboarding) The riding backwards of the board, in the opposite stance.


drop shot

drop shots (plural)
dropshot (alternative)

deixada

a lightly struck shot that lands just in play

(sports) In sports such as badminton, squash, tennis and volleyball, a lightly-struck shot that just lands into play.

(golf) A downward chopping shot used to extract a ball that lies deep in the grass.


allonge

Borrowed from French allonge (“a lengthening”). Doublet of lunge.


battery mate

battery mates (plural)
batterymate (alternative)

(baseball) One who plays in the same battery, either the pitcher or the catcher.


sac fly

(baseball) A sacrifice fly, a fly out which allows a runner to advance a base.


slugging average

en-noun

slugging average (plural slugging averages)

(baseball) A statistic which compares the total number of bases achieved by a batter over that batter's number of at bats.


slugging percentage

slugging percentage (plural slugging percentages)


red line

(ice hockey) The thick red line on the ice which divides the rink in half.


TTT

(cycling) Initialism of team time trial.


(sports, snowboarding, skiing) Clipping of 1440. (1440° spin)


dormie

(golf) In match play, leading the match by the same number of holes as remain to be played.


COL

United States of America
United States of America#English

(sports) Abbreviation of Colorado (a state of the United States of America).


dibbly-dobbler

Sri Lanka's seamers, like their dibbly-dobblers of yesteryear, gave the speedometer a day off, their deliveries rarely touching 80mph.

2006 May 11, Charlie Austin, “Sri Lanka's defective Plan B: What went wrong for Sri Lanka on the first day at Lord's”, in Cricinfo, archived from the original on 2016-05-07:


scissor kick

There were few complains[complaints] from Arteta or his players when Vieira was dismissed for a reckless challenge on Brownhill, but Zinchenko's scissor kick nine minutes earlier had all but ended Burnley's hopes of salvaging a point.

2023 November 11, Matthew Howarth, “Arsenal 3-1 Burnley”, in BBC Sport:

(swimming) A leg movement in which the legs are separated and brought together with a snap.


washed out

en-adj

washed out (comparative more washed out, superlative most washed out)

more washed out (comparative)
most washed out (superlative)

a washed out horse

(US, horse racing) Synonym of washy (“tending to sweat profusely”)


billiard table

(sports, billiards, snooker) A heavy felt-covered table fitted with six pockets along the perimeter used in the games of pool, billiards or snooker.


hit someone for six

en-verb

hit someone for six (third-person singular simple present hits someone for six, present participle hitting someone for six, simple past and past participle hit someone for six)

hits someone for six (present singular third-person)
hitting someone for six (participle present)
hit someone for six (participle past)
hit someone for six (past)
knock someone for six (alternative)

From cricket, where hitting the ball over the boundary without it bouncing scores six runs, the maximum for one shot.

(cricket) To score six points against (a bowler) by hitting the ball over the boundary.


hit a six

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

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

(cricket) To hit the ball hard enough to go out of the boundary of the field without touching the ground, thereby scoring the maximum of six runs


scrummage

(rugby) An ordered formation of forwards, typically bending down, binding to one another with their arms, and pushing opponents shoulder to shoulder, in which each side aims to gain control of the ball; a scrum.


scrummage

scrummage (third-person singular simple present scrummages, present participle scrummaging, simple past and past participle scrummaged)

scrummages (present singular third-person)
scrummaging (participle present)
scrummaged (participle past)
scrummaged (past)

(rugby) To engage in an ordered formation of forwards in which each side aims to gain control of the ball, as described above.


throwdown

throwdowns (plural)
throw-down (alternative)

Deverbal from throw down. Fight and music senses from earlier idiom throw down the gauntlet (“issue a challenge”).

(slang, wrestling) A fall, indicating defeat.

a hip-hop throwdown

(slang, hip-hop) A performance by a rapper or DJ that is intended to be particularly hardcore or intense.


away team

Comparisons were made between the home and away team's number of fouls and violations.

1960, Peter Lynn Kasson, An Analysis of College Basketball Officiating, page 25:

During this analysis, it became apparent that the home team seemed to be receiving proportionately greater generosity from the referee than the away team.

1997, Jens Bangsbo, Thomas Reilly, Mike Hughes, Science and Football III: Proceedings of the Third World Congress of Science:

They also echo Jennett (1984), in using a variable measuring away team market size.

2000, Paul Downward, Alistair Dawson, The Economics of Professional Team Sports:

In 56 games, the home team was favored and the away team won.

2005, Susan B. Gerber, Using SPSS for Windows: Data Analysis and Graphics, page 79:

He found no differences between home and away team performances when spectators cheered before the start of a play.

2007, Sophia Jowett, David Lavallee, Social Psychology in Sport, page 108:

(sports) The visiting team; the team that is playing away from home.


visiting team

(sports) The team in a sport that has traveled out of its home area to play, as opposed to the home team.


drag race

Did you watch the drag race on Sunday?

(motor racing) A race in a car or on a motorcycle to be first to cross a set finish line.


drag race

drag race (third-person singular simple present drag races, present participle drag racing, simple past and past participle drag raced)

drag races (present singular third-person)
drag racing (participle present)
drag raced (participle past)
drag raced (past)

(motor racing) To participate in a drag race.


magic carpet

The relaunch of the railway comes alongside other major improvement works including new 'magic carpet' conveyor belts for skiers using the beginner slopes.

2023 April 5, “News in pictures: New livery adorns Cairngorm funicular”, in RAIL, number 980, page 28:

(skiing) A conveyor belt to transport skiers/snowboarders.


home game

home games (plural)
homegame (alternative)

(idiomatic, sports) An athletic contest played in a team's own geographic area.

kotiottelu

athletic contest played on a team's own turf


away game

(idiomatic, sports) An athletic contest played away from the team's home field.

vieraspeli

athletic contest played in the opposing team's territory


road game

Road travel is usually necessary to reach the venue.

(US, sports) An athletic contest played in the opposing team's geographic area.


flatlander

ridge-runner

antonym(s) of “person who was born or raised by someone outside low altitude mountainous regions”

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check mark

check marks (plural)
checkmark (alternative)

(athletics) In long jump, javelin and similar events, little mark alongside the runway which helps the athlete to set their steps just right for their performance.


pair of spectacles

en-noun

pair of spectacles (plural pairs of spectacles)

(cricket) Synonym of pair (“score of zero runs in both innings”)


training wheel

From training (“relating to the moving of a firearm laterally so that it points in a different direction; relating to imparting and acquiring skills”) + wheel.

compound

(chiefly Canada, US and in the plural, cycling) One of a pair of small wheels, each attached to one side of a bicycle's rear wheel to provide support for new riders.

輔助輪 /辅助轮

one of a pair of small wheels, each attached to one side of a bicycle’s rear wheel to provide support for new riders — see also stabilizer


fat

en-adj

fat (comparative fatter, superlative fattest)

fatter (comparative)
fattest (superlative)

Of sense: lean

carrying a larger than normal amount of fat; antonym(s) of

Sranan Tongo: fatu

From Middle English fat, from Old English fǣtt (“fatted, fat”), from Proto-West Germanic *faitid (“fatted”), originally the past participle of the verb *faitijan (“to make fat”), from *fait (“fat”).

chubby

Hitting a thin shot from a fairway bunker is more productive than hitting a fat shot.

1992, DeDe Owens, Linda K. Bunker, Advanced Golf: Steps to Success, page 81:

(golf) Being a shot in which the ground is struck before the ball.


fat

Sranan Tongo: fatu

From Middle English fat, fatt, fatte, from the adjective above, and possibly from Old English fǣt (“fat”, recorded once), from Proto-West Germanic *fait, from Proto-Germanic *faitą, *faitaz (“fat”).

lard

in animals; derogatory slang when used of human fat

(golf) A poorly played shot where the ball is struck by the top part of the club head. (see also thin, shank, toe)


fat

en-verb

fat (third-person singular simple present fats, present participle fatting, simple past and past participle fatted)

fats (present singular third-person)
fatting (participle present)
fatted (participle past)
fatted (past)

“On this one hole, Donald hits his second and fats it into the water,” Faxon remembers. “But he quickly says to me, ‘Hey, throw me another ball; they weren’t looking.’ So I do. But he fats that one into the water, too. So he drives up and drops where he should’ve dropped the first time and hits it on the green.”

2019 April 2, Rick Reilly, How and why President Trump cheats at golf — even when he’s playing against Tiger Woods, archived from the original on 2022-03-29:

(transitive, golf) To hit (a golf ball) with a fat shot.


factory-backed

(motor racing, of a team) Wholly or substantially supported by financial or technical backing from a car manufacturer, but not necessarily contracted to it.


100 metres

100 metres (plural)
100 meters (alternative)

(athletics) A sprint race over 100 metres.


200 metres

200 metres (plural)
200 meters (alternative)

(athletics) A sprint race over 200 metres.


400 metres

400 metres (plural)
400 meters (alternative)

(athletics) A sprint race over 400 metres.


800 metres

800 metres (plural)
800 meters (alternative)

(athletics) A middle-distance running race over 800 metres.


1500 metres

1500 metres (plural)
1500 meters (alternative)

(athletics) A middle-distance running race over 1500 metres.


5000 metres

5000 metres (plural)
5000 meters (alternative)

(athletics) A long-distance running race over 5000 metres.


10000 metres

10000 metres (plural)
10 000 metres (alternative)
10000 meters (alternative)
10,000 meters (alternative)
10 000 meters (alternative)

(athletics) A long-distance running race over 10,000 metres.


race walk

race walks (plural)
racewalk (alternative)


madison

Madison (dance)
Madison Avenue
Madison Square Garden
madison (cycling)

The cycling race is named after the original Madison Square Garden in New York, where the first such events were held. The dance is reportedly named after Madison Avenue, also in New York.


horizontal bar

Near-synonym: pull-up bar

(gymnastics) A horizontally-aligned bar used in gymnastics, upon which acts of swinging are performed.

висилка

(gymnastics) A gymnastics event using the horizontal bar.


show jumper

show jumpers (plural)
showjumper (alternative)

(equestrianism) A (human or horse) participant in show jumping


(American football) A player for the San Francisco 49ers, an NFL team.

(sports) A student or player on a sports team at California State University, Long Beach (more commonly known as “Long Beach State”, founded in 1849).

(sports) A student or player on a sports team at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (more commonly known as “Charlotte” in a sports context).


diving knife

(underwater diving) a type of knife used by divers, with a wide, serrated blade.


hangtime

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(skateboarding, American football) The length of time something can stay in the air.


drop punt

Australian rules football
Australian rules football

(Australian rules football, rugby) A kick made by dropping the ball and kicking it before it touches the ground.


DCI

decompression illness
w:decompression illness

(underwater diving) Initialism of decompression illness.


ball machine

(tennis) A machine that shoots tennis balls out of a pipe, allowing a player to practise hitting them.


come from behind

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

comes from behind (present singular third-person)
coming from behind (participle present)
came from behind (past)
come from behind (participle past)

Chelsea kept their faint Premier League title hopes alive and damaged Manchester United's own ambitions as they came from behind to beat the leaders at Stamford Bridge.

2011 March 1, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2 - 1 Man Utd”, in BBC:

(sports) To be in a winning position after having been in a losing position.


high-sticking

(ice hockey) A penalized action in the sport of ice hockey where a player knowingly or inadvertently raises (the hand-grip part of) his stick above shoulder level.


synchronized swimmer

en-noun

synchronized swimmer (plural synchronized swimmers)

synchronized swimming
synchronized swimming

(swimming) Someone who practices synchronized swimming.

Synchronschwimmer

someone who practices synchronized swimming


snowboard cross

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(snowboarding) A downhill snowboard race over obstacles with many simultaneous racers.


boardercross

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boarder cross (alternative)
boarder-cross (alternative)
boarder-X (alternative)
boarder X (alternative)

I knew Jamie went in for boardercross racing sometimes, but that wasn't really my thing. Boardercross is like motocross on a snowboard; riders race down the hill, and it's more about speed than style.

2010, Erin Thomas, Boarder Patrol, page 3:

(snowboarding) Synonym of snowboard cross


dump out

en-verb

dump out (third-person singular simple present dumps out, present participle dumping out, simple past and past participle dumped out)

dumps out (present singular third-person)
dumping out (participle present)
dumped out (participle past)
dumped out (past)

(transitive, ice hockey, of a defensive player) To gain control of the puck and shoot it into the neutral zone.


CIAU

(Canada, sports) Initialism of Canadian Interuniversity Athletics Union: now called CIS - Canadian Interuniversity Sport.


Anfield

Possibly from Middle English hange + feld, field (see field).

(soccer) A football stadium within the area, home of Liverpool Football Club.

(soccer, by extension) Liverpool Football club itself.


linksland

en-noun

linksland (usually uncountable, plural linkslands)

(golf) A golf course near the sea, particularly one with terrain resembling linksland.


professional sport

professional sport (plural professional sports)

Ice hockey is a professional sport at the top level.

(sports) Sport in which athletes receive payment for their performance.


hockey puck

(ice hockey) A small black flat roundel of hardened rubber used as a playing piece in ice hockey to score points by moving the puck into the opponent's goal net.


hockey bag

(ice hockey) A large bag for all the equipment of a hockey player: hockey skates, hockey stick, shin pads, shoulder pads, helmet, puck, etc.


hockey tape

(ice hockey) fabric tape used to wrap the hockey blade of a hockey stick


hip check

(ice hockey) a maneuver performed by an ice hockey player to take another player out of the play; a maneuver whereby the performer uses his hip to crash into another player, to check their movement


hip check

en-verb

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

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


cross check

(ice hockey, lacrosse) An illegal maneuver whereby a player hits and pushes another player with their stick while holding it stick with both hands. Illegal in hockey when no part of the hockey stick is touching the ice surface; illegal in lacrosse when the opposing player is touched by the portion of the stick between the player's hands, when those hands are farther apart than the shoulders.

càrrega amb l'estic

illegal maneuver in ice hockey and lacrosse


cross check

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

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


hockey net

(ice hockey) a goal cage that contains the scoring zone where the hockey puck must enter to score a goal


goal judge

(ice hockey) an ice hockey official who judges whether pucks enter the net and sits directly behind the goal, triggering a red light and siren when a goal is scored.


shut out

shut out (third-person singular simple present shuts out, present participle shutting out, simple past and past participle shut out)

shuts out (present singular third-person)
shutting out (participle present)
shut out (participle past)
shut out (past)

(sports) To prevent from scoring; to perform a shutout.


slap shot

slap shots (plural)
slapshot (alternative)

(ice hockey) The fastest shot in hockey, which typically involves levering the stick above the head before swinging it down to strike the puck with maximum power.


student body

student body left

student body right

(American football slang) A football play in which most of the players run to one side of the field.


windboard

windboards (plural)
wind-board (alternative)

(climbing, skiing) The hard crust formed by high winds on exposed snow.


audax

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[…] the self-acknowledged stereotype of the audaxer as a socially awkward middle-aged man, […] carefully avoiding eye contact as a volunteer serves him his cup of tea and plate of baked beans in one of the draughty village halls that typically host audax controls.

2019, Emily Chappell, Where There's a Will:

Probably the best-known aspect of audaxes is the brevet card. This is a small card you must have stamped at various checkpoints, called controls, along the route, to prove you’ve ridden the audax, completed each section within the time limit and not taken the train.

2023 January 15, Paul Norman, “Everything you need to know about audax riding: events, brevet cards and bike setup explained”, in BikeRadar:

(cycling) A non-competitive long-distance (often over 200 km) cycling event.


Hab

(ice hockey) A member of the Montreal Canadiens hockey team.


FCB

(soccer) Initialism of FC Barcelona, a famous Spanish sports club from Barcelona, best known for its football (soccer) section; from Catalan FCB (“Futbol Club Barcelona”).

FC Barcelona

(soccer) Initialism of FC Bayern Munich, a famous German football (soccer) team from Munich.


sis boom bah

(US, cheerleading) An exclamation of encouragement.


VOR

en-noun

VOR (countable and uncountable, plural VORs)

video operation room
w:Video assistant referee

video assistant referee
video assistant referee

association football
association football

(soccer) Initialism of video operation room, part of the set-up for the video assistant referee (VAR) in association football.


hung up

en-adj

hung up (comparative more hung up, superlative most hung up)

more hung up (comparative)
most hung up (superlative)

Snap throw to first, and they’ve got Sanchez hung up.

(baseball, of a runner, not comparable) In a position such that the path to the desired base is blocked by a fielder holding the ball; caught in a rundown.


mongo

push mongo

(skateboarding) A manner of pushing oneself on a skateboard with one's front foot as opposed to one's back foot.


wrist shot

That wrist shot completely fooled the defenders.

(ice hockey) A shot that involves using the arm muscles, predominantly the wrist, to propel the puck using the concave side of the blade.

(golf) A short stroke usually played with an iron, from the wrist, without swinging the club over the shoulder.


hook shot

(basketball) A shot in which the offensive player gently throws the ball with a sweeping motion of his arm in an upward arc with a follow-through which ends over his head.

(cricket) A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc, hitting the ball high in the air to the leg side, often played to balls which bounce around head height; a hook.

(golf) Synonym of hook (“a shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the left”)

hook

(cricket) Synonym of hook (“shot played by swinging the bat in a horizontal arc, hitting the ball high in the air to the leg side”)


flutterball

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(baseball) A type of pitch; knuckleball.


organized baseball

(baseball) Major League Baseball and its associated minor leagues. This does not include amateur leagues, most professional international leagues, the former Negro Leagues, and independent leagues.


rag the puck

en-verb

rag the puck (third-person singular simple present rags the puck, present participle ragging the puck, simple past and past participle ragged the puck)

rags the puck (present singular third-person)
ragging the puck (participle present)
ragged the puck (participle past)
ragged the puck (past)

So confident and serene were the Red Wings that despite have several opportunities to attempt empty-netters from their own end, they opted to coolly rag the puck in the neutral zone.

2002 September 11, “Blues frustrated again by Detroit efficiency”, in Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, retrieved 2008-05-12:

(ice hockey) To retain possession of the puck by skillful skating and stickhandling without attempting to score, as a deliberate tactic intended to use up time.


knucklecurve

(baseball) A type of pitch with characteristics of both a curveball and a knuckleball.


ghostball

(baseball) A type of pitch; the knuckleball.


stickhandle

stickhandle (third-person singular simple present stickhandles, present participle stickhandling, simple past and past participle stickhandled)

stickhandles (present singular third-person)
stickhandling (participle present)
stickhandled (participle past)
stickhandled (past)

Kovalev regained possession of the puck and stickhandled at full speed into neutral-zone open ice.

2008 April 17, Dave Stubbs, “Lots of life left in Bruins”, in The Gazette, Montreal, retrieved 2008-05-13:

(transitive, intransitive, ice hockey, field hockey, lacrosse) To maintain individual possession of the puck or ball by controlling it with movements of one's stick, especially to do so in a skillful manner.


stickhandling

(ice hockey, field hockey, lacrosse) Skillful manipulation of the puck or ball with a player's stick, allowing the player to maintain control of the puck or ball.


court sense

(basketball) A player's knowledge of all that is occurring in the game.


empty-net goal

empty-net goals (plural)
empty net goal (alternative)

Malik added an empty-net goal with 55 seconds left on a length-of-the-ice shot.

2001 February 19, “Carolina close in on Bruins”, in BBC Sport Online, retrieved 2008-05-14:

(ice hockey) A point scored when a player shoots the puck into the opposing team's net at a time when the opposing team's goalie has been withdrawn from the game for tactical reasons.


empty-netter

empty-netters (plural)
empty netter (alternative)


empty netter

(ice hockey) Alternative spelling of empty-netter


backplate

(underwater diving) A plate harnessed to a diver's back, to which the gas cylinders are attached.


top scorer

On our website you can keep tabs of the top scorers in Europe’s major leagues.

England's top scorers in the World Championship games were NN and MM.

(sports, ballgames) A person who scores most or among the best in a specified league, team or game.


superteam

superteams (plural)
super team (alternative)
super-team (alternative)

Cleveland Cavaliers
Golden State Warriors
LeBron James
Miami Heat

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Any well-respected or highly successful team (in any of several contexts)

(sports, chiefly basketball) A team composed of three or more high-caliber players, especially one assembled by free agency or trades rather than by drafting.


goalscorer

goalscorers (plural)
goal scorer (alternative)
goal-scorer (alternative)

At the other end, goalscorer Krohn-Dehli's 20-yard strike brought a fine stop from Stekelenburg.

2012 June 9, Owen Phillips, “Euro 2012: Netherlands 0-1 Denmark”, in BBC Sport:

(soccer) A person who scores a goal, or scores goals


chicken wing

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(wrestling) A particular wrestling move.


chicken leg

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(bodybuilding slang) The genetically disadvantaged or otherwise underdeveloped shank of a man.

Hey chicken legs, stop skipping leg day!

(in the plural, bodybuilding slang) Someone with underdeveloped leg muscles.


double-header

double-headers (plural)
double header (alternative)
doubleheader (alternative)

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This afternoon we will have a double-header between the Bears and the Wolves, games at 3pm and 7:30pm.

The ′40s and ′50s were in advance of the day of the twilight double-header, and most certainly before the more common twilight or “twinight” double-headers, in which the fans must leave so as to empty their seats for a new crowd which is to see the second game at a separately scheduled time.

2011, William B. Gould, IV, Bargaining with Baseball: Labor Relations in an Age of Prosperous Turmoil, page 43:

(sports) A pair of games played one after another between the same teams.


disengagement

en-noun

disengagement (countable and uncountable, plural disengagements)

There was a quick flash, a disengagement, a feint, a lunge that was like a man's, and as her long left arm shot out like lightning, her foil bent nearly double.

1895, Francis Marion Crawford, chapter 23, in Taquisara:

(fencing) A circular movement of the blade that blocks an opponent's parry.


pull the string

en-verb

pull the string (third-person singular simple present pulls the string, present participle pulling the string, simple past and past participle pulled the string)

pulls the string (present singular third-person)
pulling the string (participle present)
pulled the string (participle past)
pulled the string (past)

(baseball) To throw an off-speed pitch, a change up, to cause the hitter to swing early and miss.


breeching

en-noun

breeching (countable and uncountable, plural breechings)

/bɹiːt͡ʃiːŋ/

Beside this, he has to learn to wear a collar, a crupper, and a breeching, and to stand still whilst they are put on; then to have a cart or a chaise fixed behind him, so that he cannot walk or trot without dragging it after him: and he must go fast or slow, just as his driver wishes.

[1877], Anna Sewell, “My Breaking In”, in Black Beauty: […], London: Jarrold and Sons, […], →OCLC, part I, pages 16–17:

(equestrianism) A component of horse harness or tack, enabling the horse to hold back a vehicle.


DDP

professional wrestling
professional wrestling

Diamond Dallas Page
w:Diamond Dallas Page

(professional wrestling) Initialism of Diamond Dallas Page.


downfield

(sports) Toward the defending team's end of the playing field.


upfield

en-adj

upfield (comparative more upfield, superlative most upfield)

more upfield (comparative)
most upfield (superlative)

Henderson, beginning a mini-run in the team with David de Gea on paternity leave, threw out to the left flank and Shaw had only one thought – to rumble upfield.

2021 March 7, David Hytner, “Manchester United catch City cold as Fernandes and Shaw end winning run”, in The Guardian:

(sports) Away from the defending team's end of the playing field.


upfield

The All Blacks drove upfield, using up the remaining moments, and when Joubert blew for another French infringement, the biggest party in New Zealand's history was under way.

2011 October 23, Tom Fordyce, “2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France”, in BBC Sport:


tai chi

en-noun

tai chi (usually uncountable, plural tai chis)

tai chis (plural)
taichi (alternative)
tai-chi (alternative)
taiji (alternative)

From Mandarin 太極／太极 (tàijí), Wade–Giles romanization: tʻai⁴-chi². Doublet of taegeuk.

zh-l

太極／太极 (tàijí)

Participants perform Tai Chi at a square in Jiefang District during a worldwide Tai Chi activity on October 18, 2015, in Jiaozuo, Henan Province.

2016 March 31, Alan Taylor, “More of the Chinese Art of the Crowd”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 2016-04-05:

(martial arts) A soft form of martial art developed in China.


FBS

w:NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision

(American football) Initialism of Football Bowl Subdivision.


uncapped

there seems nothing very unusual about an uncapped 20-year-old English midfielder being asked to step up in the Champions League last-16 against Real Madrid.

2020 August 7, Jonathan Liew, “Phil Foden stars to offer Manchester City glimpse of multiple futures”, in The Guardian:

The jury is still out on their purchase of French defender Wesley Fofana, who cost £75m from Leicester in 2022 and has struggled with injury. He made his France debut in 2023 but remains, we think, the most expensive player to move clubs while uncapped.

2024 July 24, Guardian sport, “Who are football’s most expensive uncapped players?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(sports) Not having made an appearance in an international sports match.


Boot Hill

(cricket, slang) The position of short leg.


overhead press

en-noun

overhead press (plural overhead presses)

Coordinate term: bench press

(weightlifting) An exercise in which weight is lifted with the arms, which are straightened vertically over one's head.

pystypunnerrus

the arms weightlifting vertically over the head

called жим пе́ред собо́й m if done before the head and жим из-за головы́ m or жим за го́лову m if behind the neck


PDC

Tensions threatened to boil over before the defending champion Gerwyn Price eventually overcame Kim Huybrechts in a sudden-death decider to reach the last 16 of the PDC World Championship.

2021 December 27, “Gerwyn Price beats Kim Huybrechts in fiery clash to keep title defence alive”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

Professional Darts Corporation
w:Professional Darts Corporation

(UK, sports) Initialism of Professional Darts Corporation.


PDC

(underwater diving) Initialism of personal dive computer.


on sight

(climbing) An ascent of a route without falling, on the first attempt, without having been advised on it or having seen it prior.


lappa

From English lap (“a stroke somewhere between a pull and a sweep”).

When the ball bounced, the open stance was a good preliminary position from which to play the cross-batted swipe or lappa.

2010, Mukul Kesavan, Keshwani Mukul, Men in White (page 12)


BSO

(cycling, slang, derogatory) An abbreviation of Bike-Shaped Object, used to refer to cheaply-made, low-quality bicycles.


Death Valley driver

Death Valley driver (plural Death Valley drivers)

(wrestling) A move in which the wrestler throws the opponent off their shoulders and falls in the direction that the opponent's head is facing, driving the opponent's head or back into the mat.


backlift

(cricket) The lifting of the bat in preparation for hitting the ball.


second serve

Rosol spurned the chance to finish off a shallow second serve by spooning into the net, and a wild forehand took the set to 5-4, with the native of Prerov required to hold his serve for victory.

2012 June 28, Jamie Jackson, “Wimbledon 2012: Lukas Rosol shocked by miracle win over Rafael Nadal”, in the Guardian:

(tennis) Another attempt at a service, after a faulty first service.


keep score

en-verb

keep score (third-person singular simple present keeps score, present participle keeping score, simple past and past participle kept score)

keeps score (present singular third-person)
keeping score (participle present)
kept score (participle past)
kept score (past)

(sports, games) To keep track of the score in a game.


hit one out of the ballpark

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

hits one out of the ballpark (present singular third-person)
hitting one out of the ballpark (participle present)
hit one out of the ballpark (participle past)
hit one out of the ballpark (past)
hit one out of the ball park (alternative)
knock one out of the ballpark (alternative)
knock one out of the ball park (alternative)
hit one out of the park (alternative)
knock the ball out of the park (alternative)

(baseball) To hit a fair ball so well that the ball flies over all of the spectators' seats and lands outside the stadium.


LTA

Lawn Tennis Association
w:Lawn Tennis Association

(tennis) Initialism of Lawn Tennis Association.


Nordic skiing

pohjoismaiset hiihtolajit

cross-country skiing, biathlon ski jumping collectively

cross-country skiing
cross-country skiing

(sports) cross-country skiing, especially as competitive sport.

(skiing) nordic skiing, including cross-country skiing, biathlon, ski jumping.


traverse

From Middle English traversen, from Old French traverser, from Latin trans (“across”) + versus (“turned”), perfect passive participle of Latin vertere (“to turn”).

(climbing) A route used in mountaineering, specifically rock climbing, in which the descent occurs by a different route than the ascent.


traverse

traverse (third-person singular simple present traverses, present participle traversing, simple past and past participle traversed)

traverses (present singular third-person)
traversing (participle present)
traversed (participle past)
traversed (past)

(climbing) To climb or descend a steep hill at a wide angle (relative to the slope).

the road traversed the face of the ridge as the right-of-way climbed the mountain

The last run, weary, I traversed the descents in no hurry to reach the lodge.

(engineering, skiing) To (make a cutting, an incline) across the gradients of a sloped face at safe rate.

(intransitive, fencing) To use the motions of opposition or counteraction.


pinfall

en-noun

pinfall (countable and uncountable, plural pinfalls)

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Cohen is best known for the confidence he displays on the wrestling mat, . . . stringing one move after another until he hears the referee's hand slap the mat to signal a pinfall.

2005 February 3, Jon Gallo, “Hammond's Cohen an Artist on the Mat”, in Washington Post, retrieved 2008-07-14:

(wrestling, countable) A victorious maneuver in which both of an opponent's shoulders are held against the mat for a prescribed period of time.

Allison, a member of the Bowling Hall of Fame, recently moved into ninth place for career pinfall with more than 103,000.

2007 July 1, Neil Amdur, “Bowling: Why a 900 Series Just Isn’t What It Used to Be”, in New York Times, retrieved 2008-07-14:

(bowling) The number of pins toppled by a bowler or bowling team during a game, tournament, career, or some other measured period.


non partant

From French non partant (“not leaving, not departing”).

106 JOLY Sébastien FDJ FRA Non Partant (Did not show) dailypeloton.com

(cycling) Not starting; not participating.


non partant

And so on Friday evening, the Tour communique listed Bassons as a non partant. Cyclingnews.com

(cycling) A competitor who has qualified for entry into a race, but fails to attend the start.


sonkyo

From Japanese 蹲踞 (sonkyo), from Middle Chinese 蹲踞 (MC dzwon kjoH).

(sumo) The calm, straight-backed squat, following the shiko exercises, in mental preparation for the tachiai


swing for the fences

en-verb

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

swings for the fences (present singular third-person)
swinging for the fences (participle present)
swung for the fences (participle past)
swung for the fences (past)
swing for the fence (alternative)

Don't swing for the fences unless it's an easy ball; be content with running part way.

(US, baseball, softball) To swing at the ball as hard as possible, with the aim of getting a home run.


antidoping

The league recently announced tough new antidoping measures.

That has left the Olympic and antidoping movements unsettled as the Summer Games prepare to open on Friday in Paris and raised new questions about the reach of U.S. law enforcement powers abroad.

2024 July 25, Michael S. Schmidt and Tariq Panja, “How a U.S. Antidoping Law Fueled Global Tensions”, in The New York Times:

(sports) Proscribing or combating doping.

反興奮劑 /反兴奋剂

proscribing or combating doping in sports


agricultural shot

en-noun

agricultural shot (plural agricultural shots)

(cricket) A swing across the line of the ball (resembling a scything motion) played without much technique, often resulting in a chunk of the pitch being dug up by the bat.


Barça

Shortened form of Futbol Club Barcelona, keeping the Catalan spelling rules. Since this football team is a symbol of the city of Barcelona, this word has been associated with the whole city, although it's wrong to use Barça to refer to the city itself; instead, one would use Barna.

(soccer) Clipping of Futbol Club Barcelona.


breaststroker

(swimming) A person swimming using the breaststroke.


scrutineer

Those people coined the term “open source,” to stress the instrumental benefits of allowing others to scrutinize code: these scrutineers could root out defects and prevent the nefarious subversion of code to spy on or steal data from its users (there’s a saying for this, too: “with enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow”).

2020 September 7, Cory Doctorow, “IP”, in Locus Magazine:

(now chiefly motor racing) A person who scrutinises; a person responsible for scrutineering.


deathlock

(sports) A certain wrestling move that traps the opponent's leg.


trudgen

Named for John Trudgen (1852-1902), an English swimmer who popularised the stroke.

(swimming) A swimming stroke in which the left and right hands are alternately raised out of the water, brought forward and drawn back through the water. A scissor kick is performed on every second stroke.


trudgen

en-verb

trudgen (third-person singular simple present trudgens, present participle trudgening, simple past and past participle trudgened)

trudgens (present singular third-person)
trudgening (participle present)
trudgened (participle past)
trudgened (past)


count out

count out (third-person singular simple present counts out, present participle counting out, simple past and past participle counted out)

counts out (present singular third-person)
counting out (participle present)
counted out (participle past)
counted out (past)

The champ was knocked unconscious and counted out in the third round.

en:determine that (a competitor) has lost a match

(transitive, boxing, wrestling, professional wrestling) To determine that a competitor has lost a match, by a referee's enumeration aloud of the increments of time for which the competitor has been incapacitated.


lay up

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

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

He takes the pass, he drives, he lays it up and in.

(transitive, basketball) To make a layup with (a basketball)

Rather than try to reach the green, he chose to lay up.

(intransitive, golf) To deliberately leave the ball further than necessary from the hole, so as to secure an easier succeeding shot.


full-court press

en-noun

full-court press (plural full-court presses)

full-court presses (plural)
full court press (alternative)

(basketball) A coordinated maneuver, involving all team members, to block or interfere with the opposing team's attempt to advance the ball down the playing court, so as to force a turnover or backcourt violation.


scuba set

buoyancy control device
buoyancy control device

(underwater diving) The set of equipment required by a scuba diver to be at ease when submerged for extended periods of time. Modern equipment sets include tanks containing mixes of nitrogen in varied ratios with oxygen, a buoyancy control device, a first- and second-stage regulator (to allow the regulated flow of gas from the tank into the user's respiratory system), a wetsuit and accessories for heat insulation, fins for underwater propulsion, a mask (to see underwater), and a snorkel (for moving around the surface of the water without using up breathing gas). Many divers also choose to dive with a diving knife (in case of a tangle with a net, etc.), and night divers may also dive with a waterproof flashlight.


five-second rule

five-second rule (plural five-second rules)

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Any rule that allows or prohibits certain behavior for five seconds after some event, especially:

(basketball) A rule that a closely-guarded player cannot hold the ball for more than five seconds without dribbling, passing, rolling, or shooting the ball.

(basketball) A rule that a player who throws in the ball from out of bounds must get rid of it in less than five seconds.


discus thrower

(athletics) An athlete who takes part in the discus throw.


French press

→ Persian: فرنچ پرس (ferenč peres)

(bodybuilding) A triceps exercise involving lying face up and lifting a barbell; lying triceps extensions.


splash-and-dash

splash-and-dashes (plural)
splash and dash (alternative)
splash-dash (alternative)

(swimming) A fifty-metre freestyle swimming event.

(motor racing) A quick stop for fuel near the end of a race, so as to be able to cross the finish line without running out of fuel.


coxless pair

(rowing, especially in plural) A race in which such craft participate


quadruple scull

quadruple scull (plural quadruple sculls)


iron cross

(gymnastics) A position on the rings where the gymnast holds the rings straight out on either side of the body.

(sports, moguls freestyle skiing) an acrobatic maneuver where the skier remains upright, but the lower leg bends back at the knee 90 degrees, and the ankles twist 45 degrees, so that the back of the skis form a right-angle cross


forward roll

(gymnastics) A movement in which one's body is rolled forward, by putting the head on the ground and swinging the legs over the head.


rhythmic gymnastics

(gymnastics) A discipline of gymnastics where the gymnast manipulates one of five apparatuses (ribbon, ball, rope, clubs, hoop) in a rhythmic manner.


front wall

Because it is a wall and is located at the front of the court.

(squash, racquetball) The main and largest wall in court, located at the front of the world; the wall which the ball must hit in a rally.


back wall

Because it is a wall and is located at the back of the court.

(squash, racquetball) The wall at the back of a racquetball or squash court, directly opposite the front wall.


side wall

side walls (plural)
sidewall (alternative)

Because each of the walls in question is located on a side of the court.

(squash, racquetball) Either of the two parallel walls in a court, perpendicular to the front wall; either of the walls on the side of the court.


TBF

Turkish Basketball Federation
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(basketball) Initialism of Turkish Basketball Federation.


line break

line breaks (plural)
line-break (alternative)
linebreak (alternative)

Toby Flood replaced Wilkinson at the break and scrum-half Ben Youngs scored almost directly from the restart, spotting a gap down the short side and linking well with Tuilagi down the right flank, and nine minutes later full-back Ben Foden extended England's lead following a bullocking line-break by Tuilagi.

2011 September 24, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 67-3 Romania”, in BBC Sport:

(rugby) a break made through the opposition's defensive line


shawty

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These are the things that separate a date from a fiancee, a shawty from a wife, a one-night stand from a lifetime commitment.

Look, I had to pay the shawties that helped me, and after I paid them, yo' cut is thirty-two grand.

2006, Nikki Turner, Chunichi, Roy Glenn, Girls from Da Hood:

Shawty wanna stay in my bachelor pad / But I'm a bachelor and I'm happy

2008, Gucci Mane (lyrics and music), “Bachelor Pad”, in The Movie:

2009, Marie Antionette, A Girl Named Job
My first affair was with my shawty, Baby Boy. I called him that because he was the oldest of two siblings, but his Mama treated him like her baby boy!

(chiefly African-American Vernacular, hip-hop) Alternative form of shorty (“young woman, girlfriend”)


batsmanship

Although our team lost, we were complimented by everyone on our batsmanship.

(cricket) A skilled or courteous display of skill as a batsman.


pankration

From Ancient Greek παγκράτιον (pankrátion, “all powers”).

der

(martial arts) An Ancient Greek martial art combining aspects of boxing and wrestling, introduced in the Greek Olympic games in 648 BC.


somatics

(dance) Movement practices which emphasize the dancer's sensations, or which incorporate somatic therapies.


XP

(motor racing) Abbreviation of extreme prix; xPrix (from being an extreme grand prix).


bat away

en-verb

bat away (third-person singular simple present bats away, present participle batting away, simple past and past participle batted away)

bats away (present singular third-person)
batting away (participle present)
batted away (participle past)
batted away (past)

(US, baseball, of a batter) To use one's own judgment to aggressively swing at pitches, rather than following a coaches instructions.

(US, circus slang) To use any means to take the money of participants in a circus gaming attraction.


MTB

en-noun

MTB (countable and uncountable, plural MTBs)

(cycling) Initialism of mountain biking.


draisine

Named after Baron Karl Drais (1785–1851), who invented a predecessor to the bicycle.

named-after

British users rechristened the baron's invention the hobby horse then the dandy horse, because draisines became very fashionable with Regency gentlemen.

2015, Chris Boardman, The Biography of the Modern Bike: The Ultimate History of Bike Design, Hachette, →ISBN, page 10:

(historical, cycling) Synonym of draisienne


agg

(sports) Clipping of aggregate. (the total score in a set of games between teams or competitors, usually the combination of the home and away scores)


football tennis

(sports) A sport played with a ball over a net on a tennis-like court, with the ball similar to the football one, and the net to the tennis one.


off one's game

One fellow I knew once was off his game the whole first half because some idiot was flying a kite over the field advertising some one's pills.

c. 1910, Ralph Henry Barbour, “The Dub”, in The New Boy at Hilltop and Other Stories:

Then the latter, as every golfer does at times, suddenly went right off his game.

1922, P. G. Wodehouse, “A Woman is only a Woman”, in The Clicking of Cuthbert:

(sports, of a competitor) Playing or competing below one's usual level of performance.


crit

en-noun

crit (countable and uncountable, plural crits)

From criticism, critique, critical, criterium, and critical hit, by shortening.


bowl-out

(cricket) A series of deliveries at an unguarded wicket at the end of a non-first-class cricket match, used to decide the winner of a drawn match.


esses

(motor racing, usually in the plural) A sequence of winding turns.