waza-ari

(judo) a throw in which the opponent is thrown with control and accuracy, but not to the extent of an ippon, or held on the back for between 20 and 25 seconds on the mat; the score of half a point awarded for this throw

wazari

a judo throw in which the opponent is thrown with control and accuracy


ippon

Borrowed from Japanese 一本 (“one full point”).

(martial arts, judo) The highest score in judo, awarded for a throw that places the opponent on their back with impetus or for holding the opponent on their back for a number of seconds.


chequered flag

chequered flags (plural)
checkered flag (alternative)

[Alt: Checkered flag]
*(flag): From the pattern found on the flag signalling the end of a race.
*(victory): In motor racing, an official waves a black and white chequered flag to signify the end of the race, starting with waving at the leading vehicle.

(motor racing) A black-and-white chequered flag which signifies the end of a race.

As well as the livery Perkins had when claiming three chequered flags at Mount Panorama, Russel Ingall's 'Silver Bullet' and the #6 Castrol Edge Ford Performance Racing Falcon driven by Mark Winterbottom are also on the short list.

2019, Anya Whitelaw, “Rick Kelly's fans can vote on the livery he will use in the Bathurst 1000”, in Western Advocate:


heptathlete

“Heptathlon is very geared and favorable to those who are quick,” said Gray’s coach, Andy Eggerth, who trains both heptathletes and decathletes. “A lot of world-class heptathletes are relatively bad at javelin and shot-put.”

2021 June 7, Shauna Farnell, “An Olympic Hurdle: Why Is the Decathlon Only for Men?”, in The New York Times:

He comes from a family of athletes: Greg, his father, was an elite vaulter for the U.S. Helena, his Swedish mother, was an international heptathlete and volleyball player.

2024 May 8, Liam Tharme, “Mondo Duplantis: Breaking down the biomechanics behind the best-ever pole vaulter”, in The New York Times:

(athletics) An athlete who competes in the heptathlon.


pentathlete

In Tokyo, that led to accusations of abuse after a German pentathlete and medal contender, Annika Schleu, was assigned a stubborn horse that refused to jump at all.

2021 March 11, Victor Mather, “Modern Pentathlon Drops Equestrian Competition After Abuse Claims”, in The New York Times:

While the pentathletes at the Paris Games are indeed riding horses over a series of jumps as part of the event, they will face an entirely different fifth discipline when they get to Los Angeles in 2028: a race the organizers are calling a “‘Ninja Warrior’-style obstacle course.”

2024 October 8, Sarah Lyall, “Dear Pentathletes: Enjoy Your Last Ride. Get Ready for the Obstacle Course.”, in The New York Times:

(athletics) An athlete who competes in the pentathlon.


biathlete

(sports) An athlete who competes in the biathlon.


denivelation

(hiking, cycling, trail running) the difference in level between the highest and lowest part of the track, regardless of starting or ending point

hiking; trail running; hiking; trail running


turn around

en-verb

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

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

kääntää

idiomatic: to effect a positive reversal of a trend

The new management team has really turned the company around 180 degrees, and they expect a good profit next year.

The team really turned it around in the second half for a great win.

They were way ahead but the game turned around on them and they lost 4–3.

It took changes from Wenger and a rare defensive lapse from Everton before Arsenal finally turned the game around with two goals in the space of five minutes.

2011 February 1, Phil McNulty, “Arsenal 2-1 Everton”, in BBC:

Pollard, who went into the semifinals with an unsatisfactory 63% return from the kicking tee, turned it around splendidly against Wales and he continued that form despite missing his first attempt in the final.

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

(transitive, business, management, sports) To reverse an expected outcome (of a game, etc.), usually from a losing outcome to a winning one; to return (a business, department, etc.) to effectiveness, profitability, etc.

kääntää + accusative + edukseen (transitive, of games; positive)


mercy rule

(sports) A rule that ends a one-sided contest prior to its natural conclusion.


empty the bench

empty the bench (third-person singular simple present empties the bench, present participle emptying the bench, simple past and past participle emptied the bench)

empties the bench (present singular third-person)
emptying the bench (participle present)
emptied the bench (participle past)
emptied the bench (past)

(US, sports) to remove the varsity players from a game and insert junior varsity players. Usually happens toward the end of a one-sided contest.


goalbound

Liverpool did have one moment of danger in the first half when Chelsea failed to clear Glen Johnson's cross and Branislav Ivanovic blocked Craig Bellamy's goalbound shot.

2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:

(soccer) Likely to enter the goal, but for the intervention of defenders and the goalkeeper.


gold rush

gold rushes (plural)
goldrush (alternative)
gold-rush (alternative)

/ˈɡəʊldˌɹʌʃ/

/ˈɡoʊldˌɹʌʃ/

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From gold + rush. First use appears c. 1848 in the Oregon Spectator.

(informal, sports) The urge to win gold medals, as in the Olympic Games.


color commentator

en-noun

color commentator (plural color commentators)

color commentators (plural)
colour commentator (alternative)

From color (“detail or flavour”) + commentator.

af

(US, sports) At a sporting event, a member of the radio or television announcing team who assists a play-by-play announcer. Provides insight into strategy, player performance, background information, etc., and often light humor.


sportive

Such incidents, part of the cherished mythology of the Tour's early years, are rare in modern cycling, although a 62-year-old local councillor was arrested and subsequently released after tacks had been scattered during the 2009 Etape Caledonia, a sportive held on closed roads in Scotland, causing countless punctures among the 3,500 riders.

2012 July 15, Richard Williams, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track, Guardian Unlimited:


jobber

professional wrestling
professional wrestling

(professional wrestling slang) A performer whose primary role is to lose to established talent.


ring rat

(professional wrestling, slang) A promiscuous person, often a young female, who attends professional wrestling events primarily to seek sexual liaisons with wrestlers and other performers.


ham-and-egger

From boxing, where a poor boxer would only win enough money to pay for meals; ham and egg + -er.

(wrestling slang) A preliminary wrestler; a jobber.

Well, it's just that, you see, uh, I fight in clubs, you know, and uh, I'm really a ham-and-egger. This guy, he's the best, and uh, it wouldn't be such a good fight.

1976 November 21, Rocky, spoken by Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone):


blasting

From Middle English blastyng, blastynge, equivalent to blast + -ing (gerundive ending).

Coordinate term: cruising

(bodybuilding, slang) Administering full dosage of PEDs as opposed to lowering them during times of so-called cruising.


third string

(sports) A unit of players that plays behind the first and second strings; a junior varsity team.


continuous clock

en-noun

continuous clock (plural continuous clocks)

(sports) A clock, especially in American football, that operates continuously in a one-sided game, so as to hasten the end of the contest.


black spot

black spot (countable and uncountable, plural black spots)

black spots (plural)
blackspot (alternative)

(snooker) The spot on a snooker table where the black ball is normally placed.


run-off

run-off (countable and uncountable, plural run-offs)

Twelve laps later, Leclerc locked up at the first chicane and clattered over the run-off area. Again, Hamilton got a run on him, and this time Leclerc defended robustly through the flat-out Curva Grande, moving very late to block Hamilton to the Ferrari's left.

2019 September 8, Andrew Benson, BBC Sport:

(motor racing) A run-off area; a paved area around the track at a spot that drivers are likely to go off, as opposed to a gravel trap, grass or a barrier.


box out

en-verb

box out (third-person singular simple present boxes out, present participle boxing out, simple past and past participle boxed out)

boxes out (present singular third-person)
boxing out (participle present)
boxed out (participle past)
boxed out (past)

(basketball) To position oneself between an opposition player and the basket in anticipation of getting a rebound.


circuit slugger

en-noun

circuit slugger (plural circuit sluggers)

Gil Hodges became the greatest circuit slugger ever to wear Dodger flannels.

(baseball, idiomatic) A talented baseball batter who hits home runs.


mercy killing

mercy killings (plural)
mercy-killing (alternative)

(sports) In sports, a premature ending of a one-sided game or contest due to a mercy rule.


interception

interception (countable and uncountable, plural interceptions)

Borrowed from Latin interceptiō; compare French interception.

(American football) A passing play where the ball is caught by the opposing team.

(rugby) A pass that is intercepted by an opposing player.


floryshe

(martial arts) In the Association for Renaissance Martial Arts, an unstructured practice routine of guard transitions, cuts, thrusts, slices and parries with appropriate footwork; an expression of techniques already learned in an original way.


tomato can

Presumably because of tendency to bleed when battered, tomato juice leaking from a can being a metaphor for bleeding.

(slang, boxing, derogatory) An inferior fighter in the sport of boxing. The insinuation is that an up-and-coming fighter takes on a "tomato can" to burnish his reputation and record.

(slang, sports) By extension, an opponent who presents little challenge.

(slang, boxing) A boxer who takes a dive, or loses a fight on purpose.


guest star

en-verb

guest star (third-person singular simple present guest stars, present participle guest starring, simple past and past participle guest starred)

guest stars (present singular third-person)
guest starring (participle present)
guest starred (participle past)
guest starred (past)
guest-star (alternative)

(sports) Of a player: to play as a guest of another team.


town ball

(softball) A non-varsity softball game, typically played by youths (usually girls) under the age of 18. Frequently played in small cities and towns, sponsored by a local business and coached by volunteers.


ISL

Indian Super League
w:Indian Super League

(sports) Initialism of Indian Super League.


rough up the bullpen

rough up the bullpen (third-person singular simple present roughs up the bullpen, present participle roughing up the bullpen, simple past and past participle roughed up the bullpen)

roughs up the bullpen (present singular third-person)
roughing up the bullpen (participle present)
roughed up the bullpen (participle past)
roughed up the bullpen (past)

The strong baseball team really roughed up the bullpen in their 34-0 rout against their foes; the coach used nine relievers and they still couldn't get anybody out.

(baseball, of the offensive team) To manage easily to hit pitching by the starting and relief pitchers of the opposing team, despite the types of pitches thrown or the skill of the pitchers.


extended playing time

Once the No. 1 team football built an early 56-0 lead in the game against their weak opponents, the coach - wanting to spare the opponent further embarrassment, to keep his top players from being injured and sensing his own younger players needed experience - decided to give his reserves some well-deserved extended playing time.

(sports) In a one-sided sporting contest, when junior varsity players (i.e., second- and third-string players) play a majority of a varsity game.


montant

From Italian montante. Doublet of mountant.

HOST: To see thee fight, to see thee foin, to see thee traverse; to see thee pass thy punto, thy stock, thy reverse, thy distance, thy montant.

c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:

(fencing, archaic) An upward cut with a blade


call off the dogs

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

calls off the dogs (present singular third-person)
calling off the dogs (participle present)
called off the dogs (participle past)
called off the dogs (past)

Doing the opponents an obvious favor, the football coach decided to call off the dogs early after his team was up 56-0.

(sports, idiomatic) During a one-sided sports contest, to remove the first-string unit of a team from the game after dominating the opponent.


X's and O's

Derived from the use of the letters X and O as common stand-ins for other concepts.

2006, Jerry Krause, Ralph Pim, Basketball Beyond the X's And O's: Lessons from the Legends:

(idiomatic, sports) The fundamental elements of a play.


grimy

en-adj

grimy (comparative grimier, superlative grimiest)

grimier (comparative)
grimiest (superlative)
grimey (alternative)

Pro Era are a group of young rappers (and artists) straight from the streets of Brooklyn, New York. They're headed by Joey Bada$$ who is definitely the most well known figure but as a group they stand alone as some of the top emcees and producers coming through. They've been hailed as the return of hip hop, especially the gritty, grimey New York hip hop we all know and love

2014 June 6, Scott Miller, “A Few Thoughts on Pro Era's 'The Shift'”, in The Niche Cache, archived from the original on Febuary 4, 2024:

(slang, hip-hop, of a beat or song) Darkly atmospheric; having affinities with the style of the East Coast hip hop of the 90s, especially that of New York.


oaks

(horse racing) A stakes race in which entry is restricted to 3-year-old fillies.


Gunners

(informal, soccer) Arsenal football club.


no score

(idiomatic, sports) In a sporting event, a score of zero to zero.


cheaply

en-adv

cheaply (comparative more cheaply, superlative most cheaply)

more cheaply (comparative)
most cheaply (superlative)

(cricket, by extension) For a low score.


golf course

(golf) The land where one plays golf, with tees, fairways, greens and flags in holes.


driving range

Improve your golf swing by taking your mate to the driving range. If you're good, you can show off and give her some tips. If you stink, play it for laughs.

2008 January–February, “70 Ways to Improve Every Day of the Week”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 1, →ISSN, page 135:

(golf) An area where golfers practice their swing, and try to hit the ball far, toward no target.


crazy golf

(golf) A variation on golf, played on a smaller scale, where players have to putt the golf ball into a hole, past various obstructions.


photo finish

(sports) The finish of a race in which the leaders are so close together that the winner cannot be identified using the naked eye but is determined by means of a photograph.

maalikameraratkaisu

finish of a race in which the leaders are close together


pentathlon

en-noun

pentathlon (plural pentathlons or pentathla)

→ Japanese: ペンタスロン (pentasuron)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πένταθλον (péntathlon), from πέντε (pénte, “five”) + ἆθλον (âthlon, “contest”), equivalent to penta- + -athlon.

bor+

women's pentathlon
women's pentathlon#English

(athletics) Ellipsis of women's pentathlon.; A 20th-century athletics discipline for women, the women's counterpart of the men's decathlon, the predecessor to the women's heptathlon, featuring five events: hurdles, shot put, high jump, long jump, and a run.

women's pentathlon

In the end, why not be happy with both, with the BMXes and the pentathlons, with the swans of synchro and the Quasimodos of wrestling? Sweet.

2008 August 21, “The old school survives at the Olympics, amid new events”, in The New York Times:

Dwindling interest and a reputation for being outdated couldn’t change modern pentathlon. A brief video clip of a coach punching a horse at the Tokyo Olympics has altered it forever.

modern pentathlon
modern pentathlon#English

(athletics) Ellipsis of modern pentathlon.; a discipline with five events based on late-19th century basic military skills.


butt plug

butt plugs (plural)
buttplug (alternative)

Remove the butt plug of the pole and have the athlete grip 8–12 inches (about 20–30.5 cm) in excess of his or her extended reach on a pole placed vertically.

2000, Joseph L. Rogers, USA Track & Field Coaching Manual, Champaign, Illinois: Human Kinetics, →ISBN, page 208:

(athletics, rare) A rubber cap fitted to the end of the pole in pole vaulting; the pole tip.


run-on

(soccer, rugby, etc.) An amount of time spent playing on the field during a game, especially so as to evaluate a player's abilities.


NPC

(sports) Initialism of National Paralympic Committee.


gym candy

(bodybuilding, slang) Steroids or other drugs taken to improve physical performance.


pumper

(bodybuilding, slang) A steroid or other drug taken to improve blood flow and increase muscular size.


roid

(sports, slang) Steroids, especially those used illegally for performance enhancement.


roid rage

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(bodybuilding) Uncontrollable anger or violent behavior resulting from the use of anabolic steroids.


electric chair

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(wrestling) A transitional hold in which an attacking wrestler hoists an opponent up onto his/her shoulders so that they are both facing in the same direction.


in hand

(snooker, billiards, pool) Of the cue ball: not on the table; able to be positioned by the current player.

At the other end […] the Sounders completed a run that had taken them from 15 points off the lead, to first place in the Supporters Shield standings with two games in hand.

(sports, chiefly UK) Still to be played.


moonwalk

From Moon + walk.
* (backslide): Coined by Michael Jackson in 1983, when popularizing the backslide and renaming it.

(dance) A dance move in which the dancer slides backwards though the feet move as if walking forwards; the backslide.

Though the idea of placing wacky made-up characters in a real-life context was carried over from Da Ali G Show—wherein Buzz Aldrin was once asked if he was upset that Michael Jackson got all the credit for inventing the moonwalk—Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat felt like something new, an attempt to square an improvised, guerrilla style of underground comedy with reality-TV stunt shows like Jackass or Fear Factor.

2012 May 15, Scott Tobias, “Film: Reviews: The Dictator”, in The Onion AV Club:

(dance) A dance style in which the dancer appears to be moving in a low gravity environment.


moonwalk

en-verb

moonwalk (third-person singular simple present moonwalks, present participle moonwalking, simple past and past participle moonwalked)

moonwalks (present singular third-person)
moonwalking (participle present)
moonwalked (participle past)
moonwalked (past)

(intransitive, dance) To perform the moonwalk.


tailback

(American football) A running back or halfback who lines up furthest to the rear in an I formation.


one foot

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Dude, doing one foots is suicidal.

(snowboarding) A trick with one foot free from the bindings; instead it is placed beside the rear binding and boned far away from the board during airtime.


putting green

→ Korean: 퍼팅 그린 (peoting geurin)

(golf) The area of a golf course nearest the hole, with a smoother surface to make putting easier.


sand wedge

(golf) A golf club (an iron) with a heavy flange on the bottom, ideal for bunker shots.


double bogey

(golf) A score of two over par (for one hole).


triple bogey

(golf) A score of three over par (for one hole)


tap in

(golf) A simple, short putt very close to the hole.

(soccer) A simple shot into the goal from close range, and without opposition.


tap in

tap in (third-person singular simple present taps in, present participle tapping in, simple past and past participle tapped in)

taps in (present singular third-person)
tapping in (participle present)
tapped in (participle past)
tapped in (past)
tap-in (alternative)

Bent was again left with the simplest of finishes when Rooney picked out Young and he unselfishly crossed for Bent to tap in from inside the six-yard area.

2011, Phil McNulty, Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England:

(soccer) To kick a simple shot, without opposition, from close range into the goal.


tee off

tee off (third-person singular simple present tees off, present participle teeing off, simple past and past participle teed off)

tees off (present singular third-person)
teeing off (participle present)
teed off (participle past)
teed off (past)

I always check the wind direction before I tee off.

(golf) To hit the first shot of the hole, from the tee.

Reyes teed off on a hanging curve to give the Cardinals a 3-1 lead.

(baseball, by extension) To hit the ball very hard, especially for a home run.


LPGA

Ladies Professional Golf Association
w:Ladies Professional Golf Association

(golf) Initialism of Ladies Professional Golf Association.


approach shot

(golf) Any shot, normally not when teeing off, aimed to land on the green, hit for accuracy more than power.

(tennis) A shot intended to allow the player hitting it to get to the net.


Bharat Army

The Bharat Army—with around 30 in Gandhi topis, 51 tricolour T-shirts and Sachin Tendulkar posters—continually cheered the Indians […]

2004, Boria Majumdar, J A Mangan, Cricketing Cultures in Conflict: Cricketing World Cup 2003:

Every Barmy Army chant was countered by the British Bharat Army. India batted first. […]

Fan involvement was the main 90's phenomena, and the Barmy Army were the fore-runners and leaders in this (and have since been followed by the Bharat Army (India), the Aussie Cricket Family, etc).

2011, Pete Christopher, Barmy Days and Balmy Nights, page 319:

[…] loyalists such as England's Barmy Army and India's Bharat Army, who follow their national cricket team […]

2014, Rob Steen, Floodlights and touchlines:

(cricket) The group composed of Indian cricket fans who travel, sporadically, around the world to watch and support the Indian cricket team in action.


gripped

en-adj

gripped (comparative more gripped, superlative most gripped)

more gripped (comparative)
most gripped (superlative)

(climbing, slang) Afraid; too anxious to continue a climb.


pickup

en-noun

pickup (countable and uncountable, plural pickups)

pickups (plural)
pick-up (alternative)
pick up (alternative)

Chinese:

→ Mandarin: 皮卡 (píkǎ)

→ Finnish: pick-up

→ French: pick-up, pickup

→ German: Pickup

→ Indonesian: pikap

→ Japanese: ピックアップ (pikkuappu)

desc

→ Khmer: ភីកអាប់ (pʰiik’ap), ពីកឺប (piikəɨp)

→ Korean: 픽업 (pigeop)

→ Portuguese: pickup, pick-up, picape (Brazil)

→ Russian: пика́п (pikáp)

→ Spanish: pickup, picop

→ Thai: ปิคอัพ (bpìk-àp)

→ Turkish: pikap

→ Uyghur: پىكاپ (pikap)

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The fourth seed was dominating her 20-year-old opponent with a series of stinging groundstrokes and athletic drive-volleys, striking again in game five when Paszek flicked a forehand pick-up into the tramlines.

2011 June 28, David Ornstein, “Wimbledon 2011: Victoria Azarenka beats Tamira Paszek in quarters”, in BBC Sport:

(sports) In various games, the fielding or hitting of a ball just after it strikes the ground.


afters

42-2: From the other end Strauss has a bit of afters with Morne Morkel after yet another bouncer raps him on the gloves.

2010 David Lewis South Africa v England - as it happened: Proteas rip into top order as tourists flounder Daily Mail (16 January 2010)

Clarke was dismissed in the sixty-seventh minute ... for overly enthusiastic afters with one of the Wexford players.

2012 May 12, Nine-man Harps crushed in Wexford, Donegal News:

(British, Ireland, informal, sports) Fighting or arguing off the ball or when play has stopped.


batterie

Borrowed from French batterie, from battre (“to hit”). Doublet of battery.

(dance) A brilliant display of virtuosity in which the dancer's legs open and close rapidly while in the air, with the illusion of striking together and rebounding.


tuck in

en-verb

tuck in (third-person singular simple present tucks in, present participle tucking in, simple past and past participle tucked in)

tucks in (present singular third-person)
tucking in (participle present)
tucked in (participle past)
tucked in (past)

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And although Steven Fletcher cut the deficit for Wolves, tucking in Stephen Hunt's cross, the home side held on.

2011 September 24, Arindam Rej, “Liverpool 2 - 1 Wolverhampton”, in BBC Sport:

(transitive, soccer) To score from with a casual motion


wakeboarding

(sports) A water sport where a rider on a small board is towed by a motor boat, attached by a cable.


BASE jumping

From BASE (“Building, Antenna, Span, Earth”) + jumping, four categories of fixed objects from which one can jump.

af

B.A.S.E. jumping (alternative)
base jumping (alternative)

(sports) An extreme sport consisting of jumping from a fixed structure on land, using a parachute.


Bermuda green

en-noun

Bermuda green (countable and uncountable, plural Bermuda greens)

(golf, countable) A green whose surface consists of Bermuda grass.


anchorwoman

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(athletics) The most reliable female runner in a relay team, usually the one that runs last.


hooking

hooking (countable and uncountable, plural hookings)

(ice hockey, bandy, floorball) The penalized action of using one's stick to restrain an opponent.


uppishly

en-adv

uppishly (comparative more uppishly, superlative most uppishly)

more uppishly (comparative)
most uppishly (superlative)

[…] the tall left-hander slapped a short ball from Adil Rashid wearily and uppishly to extra cover.

2010 June 30, Andy Wilson, “Kyle Hogg’s bat buoys Lancashire and halts Yorkshire in their tracks”, in The Guardian:

(cricket, of a ball, hit by a batsman) In an upward direction, with the chance of being caught.


salto

Borrowed from Italian salto (“jump, leap”), from Latin saltus (“jump, leap”). Compare German Salto, French salto, Dutch salto, Hungarian szaltó.

bor+

I originally thought I'd impress Bela with my fullout dismount (two saltos in a tucked position with a 360-degree twist on the second salto), but I hadn't perfected it on a hard landing surface yet.

2012, Dominique Moceanu, Off Balance: A Memoir, New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page unknown:


WR

(sports, speedrunning) Initialism of world record.

(American football, Canadian football) Initialism of wide receiver.


push off

en-verb

push off (third-person singular simple present pushes off, present participle pushing off, simple past and past participle pushed off)

pushes off (present singular third-person)
pushing off (participle present)
pushed off (participle past)
pushed off (past)

(intransitive, basketball) to commit a foul by pushing against an opponent to both accelerate more quickly and push the opponent in the opposite direction.


bumps race

(rowing) A form of rowing race in which a number of boats chase each other in single file; each boat attempts to catch the boat in front without being caught by the boat behind.


APG

(basketball) Abbreviation of assists per game.


kayo

His stunning title-winning kayo of Charles captivated the country, and on top of everything, he was actually an amazing fighter for one of his years, both as a puncher and boxer.

2023, Ian Phimister, David Patrick, editors, A Boxing Legacy: The Life and Works of Writer and Cartoonist Ted Carroll, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 239:


kicky

en-adj

kicky (comparative kickier, superlative kickiest)

kickier (comparative)
kickiest (superlative)

(cricket) Describing a wicket that sometimes causes the ball to kick (bounce unevenly).


buttered

buttered (comparative more buttered, superlative most buttered)

more buttered (comparative)
most buttered (superlative)

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Pertaining to the action of to butter, buttering

(skiing, snowboarding) Of a turn, having used the to butter action to instantiate the turn.


peeled

From peel (verb) + -ed (suffix forming past tenses).

suffix

(bodybuilding) Dieted down such as having attained a peak contrast of trained muscle volume.


buttering

en-noun

buttering (countable and uncountable, plural butterings)

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(skiing, snowboarding) The action of a rider having to butter in an acrobatic maneuver.

The action of turning with only the tips (tail or nose) of skis or snowboards


mullered

en-adj

mullered (comparative more mullered, superlative most mullered)

more mullered (comparative)
most mullered (superlative)

From muller (“to destroy; to beat or thrash; to utterly defeat or outplay”) + -ed (suffix forming past tense and past participle forms of regular verbs). Muller is probably derived from Angloromani mul-, the preterite stem of mer- (“to die”) (compare mullered, mullo (“dead”, adjective); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to die; to disappear”)) + English -er (suffix forming frequentative verbs).

der

The papers were saying we were going to get mullered in the scrum. That's when the confidence started to grow. If they believe that, then that's good for us.

2010, Tom English, quoting Jim Telfer, “Once More unto the Breach, Dear Friends, Once More”, in The Grudge: Scotland vs. England, 1990, London: Yellow Jersey Press, Random House, →ISBN, page 160:

Looks like we're going to have a majority of around thirty, forty seats. I really can't wait to see [Jeremy] Paxman grilling the Tory top brass to explain their defeat. […] I better phone home and make sure that gets recorded. Mullered, they were, the Tory cunts. Absolutely mullered! Especially in London.

2011, Alex Wheatle, “It’s All Red on the Night”, in Brenton Brown, London: Arcadia Books, published 2013, →ISBN, page 260:

Then she stuck her arms akimbo and delivered a look a mum would give to a lad who wanted to quit football just because his team got mullered.

2019, Laurel Kerr [pseudonym; Erin Laurel O’Brien], chapter 1, in Sweet Wild of Mine (Where the Wild Hearts Are; book 2), Naperville, Ill.: Sourcebooks Casablanca, →ISBN:

(often sports) Of a sportsperson, a team, etc.: utterly defeated or outplayed; destroyed, thrashed, trounced.


doping

en-noun

doping (countable and uncountable, plural dopings)

(sports) The use of drugs to improve athletic performance.


juiced

en-adj

juiced (comparative more juiced, superlative most juiced)

more juiced (comparative)
most juiced (superlative)


relegation zone

en-noun

relegation zone (plural relegation zones)

The Cottagers had previously gone eight games without a win and had slipped into the relegation zone over Christmas, with boss Hughes criticised by fans after their 3-1 home defeat by fellow basement battlers West Ham on Boxing Day.

2010 December 28, Marc Vesty, “Stoke 0 - 2 Fulham”, in BBC:

(sports) The bottom part of e.g. a sports table, listing how well teams have played over a period of time. All teams that end up in the relegation zone are relegated.


splits

(dance, cheerleading, gymnastics) A maneuver in which the legs are extended straight out and perpendicular to the body, either to the sides or in front and behind.


quint

A musical or piquet term, or a quintuplet

From Middle French quint, from Latin quīntus.

(fencing) quinte; the fifth fencer in parrying or attacking position.


lanes

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We spent every weekend down at the lanes.

(bowling, colloquial, usually in definite form) bowling alley


sprints

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cha-cha

From Cuban/Latin American Spanish cha-cha, imitative of the music.

onomatopoeic

imitative

(dance) A ballroom dance to a Latin American rhythm.


hipe

(wrestling) A throw in which the wrestler lifts his opponent from the ground, swings him to one side, knocks up his nearer thigh from the back with the knee, and throws him on his back.


hipe

en-verb

hipe (third-person singular simple present hipes, present participle hiping, simple past and past participle hiped)

hipes (present singular third-person)
hiping (participle present)
hiped (participle past)
hiped (past)
hype (alternative)

(wrestling, transitive, intransitive) To throw (an opponent) using this technique.


uppercut

(boxing) A swinging blow aimed upwards at the opponent's chin.

(cricket) A cut shot that sends the ball over the wicket-keeper's head.


whiteout

en-noun

whiteout (countable and uncountable, plural whiteouts)

whiteouts (plural)
white-out (alternative)

(sports, slang) A sporting event where all in attendance are urged to wear white apparel.


walkout

walkouts (plural)
walk-out (alternative)

(weightlifting) A part of the squat exercise wherein one has to step out from the rack (“walk out” the weight) in order not to hit it during execution.


walk out

en-verb

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

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

(transitive, weightlifting) To step away with when carrying the weight in order not to hit the rack it was lifted off from during execution of the exercise.


LGM

(US, sports) Initialism of let's go Mets.


inbound

inbound (third-person singular simple present inbounds, present participle inbounding, simple past and past participle inbounded)

inbounds (present singular third-person)
inbounding (participle present)
inbounded (participle past)
inbounded (past)

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Smith inbounds the ball to Johnson.

(basketball) To pass a ball inbounds; to throw the ball in.


seeded

(sports) Being a seed; being in a seed position.


shelled

(cycling, slang) Unable to keep up in a race, having used up one's reserves of energy.


guttered

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(cycling) Unable to get into the slipstream of the echelon, by reason of the limited width of the road.


NOC

en-noun

NOC (countable and uncountable, plural NOCs)

(sports) Initialism of National Olympic Committee.


planche

Borrowed from French planche (“board”). Doublet of phalange, phalanx, planch, plancha, and plank.

doublet

(gymnastics) A position where the gymnast is horizontal and face-down, using only the hands as support.


posé

This perversion illustrates a tendency on the part of even educated people to call everything which is posé or exhibitional in action by the name of Delsarte.

1897 June, “Perversions of Delsarte”, in S.S. Curry, editor, Expression: A Quarterly Review of Art, Literature, and the Spoken Word:

Dégagé with the right foot, the left; posé on point: coupé with the right foot behind, left foot in fondu; small développé to the side with the left foot, the right foot posé on point;

The dance opens with a développé posé fondu in arabesque followed by a step back.

2005, Gay Morris, Moving Words: Re-Writing Dance, page 19:

A classical ballet syllabus has a similar structure, where steps are grouped together into sets such as posé, jeté, batterie etc.

2016, Maratt Mythili Anoop, Varun Gulati, Scripting Dance in Contemporary India, page 165:

(ballet, dance) Held in position for a prolonged period.


washboard

(bodybuilding, colloquial) Ellipsis of washboard abs.


ski jump

(skiing) The ramp used in the sport of ski jumping

(skiing) A course prepared for ski jumping.


greenie

From green + -ie. Environmentalist sense first attested in Australia in 1973, referring to trade unionists who supported green bans.

“Come on Lil, catch a greenie,” I say. In between wipe-outs, Lily is having a great time too, occasionally catching waves all the way into the beach.

2014, Dianne Ellis, A Surfer's Healing Journey: The Beauty Beneath Life and Death, page 110:

(golf) The player whose ball is closest to the hole on a par-3 hole after the first shot (drive), in the case when multiple players reach the green on that first shot and the player with the closest ball sinks the ball within the next two shots.


one-on-one

After several near misses, Van Persie finally reached three figures by turning in Walcott's cross before Jaaskelainen saved from Walcott when one-on-one.

2011 September 24, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 3 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC Sport:

Swedish striker Isak was also foiled by Ortega in a one-on-one opportunity shortly before half-time. If converted, that may have put the game beyond City's reach.

2024 January 13, Callum Matthews, “Newcastle United 2-3 Manchester City”, in BBC Sport:

(sports) Involving one attacker and one defender.


one-shot

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Ask anyone — golf writers, designers, players —and they all agree the coolest thing about the one-shot hole is — you can complete it in one shot.

2011, Michael Bartlett, Tony Roberts, Pete and Alice Dye, Golf's Finest Par Threes: The Art and Science of the One-Shot Hole, →ISBN:

And the real true measure of that was when I got to eighteen, and I had a one-shot lead at the time, and I hit a perfect tee shot—this is the last day, the fondest day, Sunday.

2014, Bob McCullough, My Greatest Day in Golf, →ISBN:

(sports) Involving a single act of launching a ball.


ruck rover

(sports) A position in Australian rules football: one of three followers, formerly a secondary ruckman, now an athletic player generally taller than a rover.


divot

1530s, Scots divot (“turf”), also spelt devat, diffat, and the earliest form (1435), duvat(e), from Scottish Gaelic dubhad, a reduced form of dubh-fhàd, literally “black sod” (compare fàl (“turf, sod”)).

Usually her voice came over the wire as something fresh and cool, as if a divot from a green golf-links had come sailing in at the office window, but this morning it seemed harsh and dry.

1925, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, chapter 8, in The Great Gatsby, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 1953, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 155:

Soon, thick dark tufts of hair began to spread across his scalp, hanging over his ears, a moor of unruly divots which he was first unable to tame and with time willingly cultivated.

2007, Lewis Crofts, chapter 1, in The Pornographer of Vienna, London: Old Street, page 4:

(especially golf) A torn-up piece of turf, especially by a golf club in making a stroke or by a horse's hoof.


divot

en-verb

divot (third-person singular simple present divots, present participle divoting, simple past and past participle divoted)

divots (present singular third-person)
divoting (participle present)
divoted (participle past)
divoted (past)

(transitive, especially golf) To tear up pieces of turf from, especially with a golf club in making a stroke.


dubbed

She also told me how my dad, no athlete, played tennis on the island, and how her favorite aunt, Aunt May — a nurse and a woman well ahead of her time — threw her golf clubs in one of the island's canals when one of her dubbed shots went into the water.

2000, Joseph Anthony Amato, Bypass: A Memoir, page 32:

For those of us who play a sport for fun, it is not the missed baskets that bring us back to the basketball court or the dubbed golf shots back to the golf course.

2002, William Becker, How to OD... and Live to Tell About It, page 141:

In golf, it tends to occur with dubbed shots affecting the lead wrist (left wrist in a right-handed golfer).

2010, William P. Cooney, The Wrist: Diagnosis and Operative Treatment, page 1172:

(golf, of a shot) Poorly executed; mis-swung.


ballotade

(dressage) A leap of a horse so that when its four feet are in the air simultaneously and aligned.


shot put

en-noun

shot put (usually uncountable, plural shot puts)

shot puts (plural)
shotput (alternative)

(athletics, uncountable) An athletics event where a competitor must hurl a heavy metal orb ("shot") as far as possible. Because of the weight of the ball this is done with a pushing ("putting") motion rather than a throwing motion.

(athletics, countable) A trial of shot put.

(athletics, countable) A ball used to perform the action of shot put.


poacher

Regular supplier Barton played in another teasing corner, which was headed on towards goal by the impressive Ameobi and flicked in by expert poacher Nolan.

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

(soccer) An attacker with good movement inside the penalty box, see Wikipedia:Goal poacher.


ripping

ripping (countable and uncountable, plural rippings)

The action of one who rips (in any sense).

(bodybuilding) The use of diet and exercise to reduce body fat and emphasize muscle mass.


pole-vaulting

(athletics) The sport of performing pole vaults, especially in a competition


dispossess

en-verb

dispossess (third-person singular simple present dispossesses, present participle dispossessing, simple past and past participle dispossessed)

dispossesses (present singular third-person)
dispossessing (participle present)
dispossessed (participle past)
dispossessed (past)

From Middle English [Term?], from Middle French despossesser. Equivalent to dis- + possess.

It was Bannan who released Agbonlahor for his goal with a long-range curling pass after Stephen Warnock had dispossessed Mohamed Diame.

2011 October 1, John Sinnott, “Aston Villa 2 - 0 Wigan”, in BBC Sport:

(sports) To take possession of the ball/puck etc. (from someone).


FDC

(dance) Initialism of facing diagonally to the center.


day-to-day

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He has an ankle sprain and his status is day-to-day.

(US, sports) Subject to daily redetermination.


postseason

If Rodriguez slumps and the Yankees stumble, pressure will mount on a manager who failed to guide the team to the playoffs in 2008, the first time the Yankees missed the postseason in a nonstrike year since 1993.

2009 February 13, Tyler Kepner, “Before Arriving, Rodriguez Rules the Conversation”, in The New York Times:

Suárez has only two more starts in the regular season to convince the Phillies he deserves a longer leash than in previous postseasons.

2024 September 17, Matt Gelb, “Can Ranger Suárez recapture some of the Phillies’ trust before October?”, in The New York Times:

(US, sports) The period after the end of the normal sports season during which extra games are held (such as playoffs or championships).


in touch

Kick the ball in touch.

And when scrum-half Ben Youngs, who had a poor game, was burgled by opposite number Irakli Abuseridze and the ball shipped down the line to Irakli Machkhaneli, it looked like Georgia had scored a try of their own, but the winger's foot was in touch.

2011 September 18, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia”, in BBC Sport:

(rugby, of a ball or a player) outside the playing area or touching the touchlines of the playing area.


MOD

en-noun

MOD (countable and uncountable, plural MODs)

maximum operating depth
w:maximum operating depth

(underwater diving) Initialism of maximum operating depth.


rainmaker

esőcsináló

someone or something that causes or attempts to cause rain to fall

The slugger is known for hitting rainmakers.

His #Boomstick helped [Nelson] Cruz earn a spot as the second-longest Statcast™-rated homer of the 2016 season, coming up just shy of Giancarlo Stanton's 504-foot rainmaker in August.

2016 September 24, Adrian Garro, “Nelson Cruz’s 493-foot monster homer in Minnesota is Statcast’s second-longest of 2016”, in Cut4, MLB.com, Major League Baseball, archived from the original on 2018-09-09:

(baseball, informal) A batted ball that is hit very high into the air.


fitness model

(bodybuilding) A good-looking person (usually a man) with a well-developed physique who is paid as a model to demonstrate exercises or related equipment.


racewalking

(sports) A sport in which people try to walk as fast as possible, subject to the constraint that at least one foot must be on the ground at all time (or else they would be running).


deadwood

deadwood (countable and uncountable, plural deadwoods)

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(bowling) Pins that have fallen and have not been cleared from the alley.


day-nighter

limited overs cricket
limited overs cricket

(cricket) A limited overs cricket match that starts in the afternoon and continues into the evening under floodlights.


two-step

The dancing shadows on the wall / (The two-step in the hall)

1977, Jeff Lynne (lyrics and music), “Turn to Stone”, performed by Electric Light Orchestra:

(dance) A ballroom dance in duple time, having long, sliding steps.

(dance) A dance move consisting of two steps in approximately the same direction onto the same foot, separated by a joining or uniting step with the other foot.


blaster

The "blaster" type of club has been blamed for doing its share in making golf courses look ridiculous, […]

1948, Henry Cotton, This Game of Golf, page 119:

The person who has a sand wedge - the blaster - for these shots has a distinct advantage.

1962, Gary Player, Golf Secrets, page 61:


SFA

Scottish Football Association
w:Scottish Football Association

(soccer) Initialism of Scottish Football Association.


foilist

(fencing) A fencer who fights with a foil.


brakeman

(sports) A person who pulls the brake lever in the sport of bobsleigh.


in goal

After Chelsea had two goalkeepers injured in one match, their captain went in goal for the last few minutes.


England's formation was a rigid 4-4-2 against a Norway side of surprisingly limited ambition and on one of the rare occasions James Milner got in the action he forced a save from Jarstein.

2012 May 26, Phil McNulty, “Norway 0-1 England”, in BBC Sport:

(soccer) A popular football formation with 4 defenders, 4 midfielders and 2 strikers.


corner flag

Wilkinson was struggling, sending the re-start straight into touch and flinging a pass the same way, and France then went close to the first try of the contest as Clerc took a long pass out on the left and was just bundled into touch by the corner flag.

2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France:

(sports) Each of the flags that denotes the corner of the field of play.

banderó de córner

flag marking the corner of a playing field


final whistle

Before the next [tennis] game begins, the players in each court change partners: and the same routine is followed until the time agreed upon has elapsed, when the final whistle is sounded, scores are added up, and prizes awarded.

1888 July, “Chat”, in Demorest’s Monthly Magazine, volume XXIV, number 9 (number CCCI overall), New York, N.Y.: W[illiam] Jennings Demorest, →OCLC, page 583, column 2:

Only fifteen minutes now remained before the referee would blow the final whistle, and both teams exerted every effort to gain the mastery.

1910 January 15, Bernard Finch, “The Outside Right: A Football Story”, in The Boy’s Own Paper, volume XXXII, number 16 (number 1618 overall), London: “Boy’s Own Paper” Office, […], →OCLC, page 255, column 2:

On December 14 Cornell's green, soph-laden basketball team tasted its first defeat as it fell before an experienced Niagara five. […] The second half Niagara jumped into the lead and held it until the final whistle.

1949, “Basketball”, in The 1949 Cornellian, Ithaca, N.Y.: The 1949 Cornellian Board for the students of Cornell University, →OCLC, page 313, column 2:

It ended 1–0 to West Ham, and at the final whistle their players were going mad, knowing they were staying up [i.e., not being relegated].

2006, Wayne Rooney, “Introduction”, in Wayne Rooney: The Way It Is, London: HarperSport, HarperCollinsPublishers, published 2007, →ISBN, page 3:

The final whistle prompted a pitch invasion – although there appeared to be an unwanted incident when a supporter seemed to punch Stevenage's Scott Laird, who subsequently fell to the ground.

2011 January 8, Paul Fletcher, “Stevenage 3 – 1 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 2023-01-01:

(sports) The blow of the whistle by the referee or other adjudicator signifying the end of a match.

صَافِرَة نِهَائِيَّة

blow of the whistle signifying the end of a match


playmaker

It’s one of Foden’s curiosities that, 74 games into his City career, we still don’t really know what his best position will be. He is played as a wing-back and a deep-lying playmaker for England age-group sides.

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

(sports) A sportsman who leads attacks for his team and creates chances to score.


herringbone

herringbone (countable and uncountable, plural herringbones)

herringbones (plural)
herring-bone (alternative)

/ˈhɛɹɪŋˌboʊn/

(countable, skiing) A method of climbing a hill by pointing the skis outward in a V-shape to keep from sliding backwards.


herringbone

en-verb

herringbone (third-person singular simple present herringbones, present participle herringboning, simple past and past participle herringboned)

herringbones (present singular third-person)
herringboning (participle present)
herringboned (participle past)
herringboned (past)
herring-bone (alternative)

/ˈhɛɹɪŋˌboʊn/

(skiing) To climb a hill by pointing the skis outward in a V-shape to keep from sliding backwards.


regression

en-noun

regression (countable and uncountable, plural regressions)

/ɹɪˈɡɹɛʃ.ən/

/ɹiːˈɡɹɛʃ.ən/

/ɹɪˈɡɹɛʃ.ən/

/ɹəˈɡɹɛʃ.ən/

/ɹəˈɡɹeʃ.ən/

Learned borrowing from Latin regressio. Equivalent to regress + -ion.
The statistics sense comes from regression to the mean.

(exercise) The making an exercise less straining to perform by manipulating the details of its performance like loaded weight, range of motion, angle, speed.


scoreline

A stunning performance from the Republic of Ireland all but sealed progress to Euro 2012 as they crushed nine-man Estonia 4-0 in the first leg of the qualifying play-off tie in A Le Coq Arena in Tallinn. The scoreline did not flatter Ireland who's produced a composed, classy and determined showing that will go down as the highlight of the Giovanni Trapattioni era so far.

2011 November 11, Rory Houston, “Estonia 0-4 Republic of Ireland”, in RTE Sport:

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 score at the end of, of during, a match or game.


powder monkey

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Snowbird has been amending its reputation as a destination primarily for the steep-and-deep skiers and powder monkeys. Off the Baby Thunder lift in 1995, the resort has a largely protected area that has gentle slopes great for less experienced skiers.

2000, Charles Leocha et al., Ski America and Canada, World Leisure Corporation, →ISBN, page 218:

How's about this then me little powder monkeys... A chance to WIN A SNOWBOARD OF YOUR CHOICE up to the value of £350.

2002 September 9, denise&bryn, “www Snowboard 25/12”, in uk.rec.competitions (Usenet):

On the opposite, western boundary, the blue fingers under the Timberline Express are training grounds for powder monkeys, flanked by mellow glades and blessed with small natural hits and stashes of deep snow.

2003, Tam Leach et al., The Rough Guide to Skiing & Snowboarding in North America, Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 146:

Yes, getting up the mountain is more of a hassle — powder monkeys will probably yelp in frustration because of the extra minutes involved each morning. But if you want a more laid-back holiday, […] you’ll love it.

2006 November 19, Sean Newsom, “Europe's poshest ski chalets”, in The Sunday Times:

There are lots of fine cutovers into untouched sugar for powder monkeys (snow permitting, of course).

2008, Charles Leocha, Charlie Leocha's Ski Snowboard Europe, 16th edition, World Leisure Corporation, →ISBN, 978-0-915009-86-2, page 86:

(skiing, snowboarding, informal) A skier or snowboarder who avidly seeks out the “powder” (light, dry, fluffy snow).


pusher

(tennis) A defensive player who does not attempt to hit winners, instead playing slower shots into the opponent's court.


merch

Many musicians make merch you can only get if you join the fanclub.

2012, Jesse Cannon, Todd Thomas, Get More Fans: The DIY Guide to the New Music Business:

With almost two months until Inauguration Day, fans who were "With Her" (or are still "With Her") can grab Clinton merch — now at deeply marked-down prices.

2016 November 15, Sam Reed, “Still Fired Up? Hillary Clinton Merch Marked Down to Move”, in Hollywood Reporter:

The merch is proof of how much the sentiment resonates with people.

2019 October 19, “'OK Boomer' Marks the End of Friendly Generational Relations”, in NY Times:

(informal) goods which are or were offered or intended for sale.

(especially in entertainment, sports, marketing) goods connected with an entity such as a team, band, work of fiction, etc.


right of way

right of way (countable and uncountable, plural rights of way or right of ways)

rights of way (plural)
right of ways (plural)
right-of-way (alternative)

In foil the important thing is to be sure you have the right of way. You gain right of way by starting the attack first or beating the blade last.

2002, Elaine Cheris, Fencing: Steps to Success, →ISBN, page 63:

(fencing, uncountable) The priority granted to the first person to properly execute an attack.


PADI

w:Professional Association of Diving Instructors

(underwater diving) Acronym of Professional Association of Diving Instructors.


setter

→ Czech: setr

→ Danish: setter

→ Finnish: setteri

→ French: setter

→ German: Setter

→ Italian: setter

→ Russian: сеттер (setter)

→ Swedish: setter

From Middle English settere, equivalent to set + -er. Compare West Frisian setter, Dutch zetter, German Low German Setter, German Setzer.
The hunting dogs are so named because when they scent the game, they set (that is, strike a certain stance).

(volleyball) The player who is responsible for setting, or passing, the ball to teammates for an attack.

It was desperately close until all but the closing moments, and for that we had the 32nd-ranked [Julien] Benneteau to thank for bringing the fight out in [Roger] Federer, whose thirst for these long battles has waned over the past couple of years. For a player regarded by many as the greatest of all time his record in completed five-setters is ordinary: now 20 wins, 16 losses.

2012 June 29, Kevin Mitchell, “Roger Federer back from Wimbledon 2012 brink to beat Julien Benneteau”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 2016-11-15:

(sports, in combinations) A game or match that lasts a certain number of sets.


gainer

From gain + -er. Compare German Gegner (“opponent, adversary”).

I tried a full gainer with a twist, the way he did it, but succeeded only in smacking the water with my thighs.

1961, Stanisław Lem, chapter 4, in Return from the Stars:

(diving, gymnastics, slang) A diving or gymnastics maneuver, from a high diving board or platform, involving a simultaneous inversion and rotation.


infighting

infighting (countable and uncountable, plural infightings)

From in- + fighting. Compare Middle English infighten (“to attack”), Old English infiht (“infighting”).

Tate predicted that Wills, famed for infighting, would have to change his tactics against Firpo to avoid being knocked "very loose."

1924 September 1, “Abdication”, in Time:

His left jab pecked at McTigue's face, and at infighting he matched the champion on even terms.

1955 March 28, Charles Lesemann, “Ruckus in Georgia”, in Sports Illustrated:

(boxing) Fighting with one's opponent closer than arm's length.

lähiottelu

boxing: fighting with the opponent close


tanking

(sports) An act of a deliberate loss in a game or match with the intent of gaining a perceived future competitive advantage.


bulking

bulking (countable and uncountable, plural bulkings)

(bodybuilding) A period of intentional weight gain.


seeding

Everybody likes to second‐guess computers, including who seed the pros. Nothing could have better exposed the vulnerability of the computer seeding than the spectacle of clay‐court experts looking like weekend hackers on grass.

1979 July 2, “Reflection on the Seedings Fills Pause at Wimbledon”, in The New York Times:

(sports, games) The arrangement of positions in a tournament.

appariement

Arrangement of positions in a tournament


shielding

shielding (countable and uncountable, plural shieldings)

(soccer) Action done by the person with the ball to protect the ball from the defender; the person concerned keeps his body between the ball and the defender.


striding

striding (countable and uncountable, plural stridings)

From Middle English strydynge, equivalent to stride + -ing.

(skiing, uncountable) A technique for propelling forward that appears similar to walking, where a foot slides forward on the opposite side of a pole being planted to provide a location to apply force.


switch-hitter

switch-hitters (plural)
switch hitter (alternative)

The average ball player can become an effective switch hitter only if he has switched hit from the time he commenced playing.

1961, National Association of Basketball Coaches of the United States, American Football Coaches Association, Athletic Journal, volume 46, page 23:

(baseball) A person who can bat either as a right-hander or a left-hander; an ambidextrous batter.

(cricket) A batsman who performs switch-hits.


toehold

toeholds (plural)
toe-hold (alternative)
toe hold (alternative)

(climbing) A foothold small enough to support just the toe.

(wrestling) A hold in which the aggressor bends back the opponent's foot.


chest pass

(basketball) A pass played with the ball at chest-height.


scrambles

(British, dated, sports) motocross (racing game)


scorer

(cricket) Either of a pair of people, one provided by each side, who record in a specially formatted book, every ball bowled, every run scored, and every wicket that falls


4-2-4 (countable and uncountable, plural 4-2-4s)

(soccer, uncountable) A popular football formation with 4 defenders, 2 midfielders and 4 strikers


mantelshelf

(climbing) Synonym of mantel (“type of maneuver to surmount a ledge”)


boned

Bro, for sure you were all boned out, but I wasn't rolling.

2021 February 16, Charlie Berens and DudeDad, The 5 People on the Ski Slopes:

(snowboarding) Having the legs straightened during a trick.


siciliana

sicilianas (plural)
siciliano (alternative)
sicilienne (alternative)

(dance) A Sicilian dance, resembling the pastorale, set to a slow and graceful melody in 12-8 or 6-8 measure.


schoolie

schoolies (plural)
schooly (alternative)

From school + -ie (“diminutive suffix”).

(equestrianism, informal) Synonym of school horse


sin bin

sin bins (plural)
sin-bin (alternative)
sinbin (alternative)

From sin + bin. Apparently Australian. Usage of the panel van sense is influenced by the US trade name.

Tommy Parker had propped Sporting World against a waterjug. He said “I see Max de Woppa spent three minutes in the sin bin.”

1985, Nicholas Mosely, Accident, →ISBN, page 27:

Rob received a minor penalty, and as he served out his three minutes kicking back in the sin bin, Chinook′s sniper, Pierre Dion, shot from the point.

2005, Rachel K. Gibson, The Trouble With Valentine's Day, page 46:

2012: Phil Gifford, Rivals: Sports Greatest Battles, HarperCollins Australia, unnumbered page,
At the play-the-ball Tamati and Dowling started jostling each other, then punching. The referee sent them to the sin bin.

(sports) An area where players are temporarily confined while suspended from play following an infringement of the rules of the game.

jäähyaitio

sports: an area where players are temporarily confined while suspended from play

penalty box

area for confinement of players while suspended


sin bin

en-verb

sin bin (third-person singular simple present sin bins, present participle sin binning, simple past and past participle sin binned)

sin bins (present singular third-person)
sin binning (participle present)
sin binned (participle past)
sin binned (past)
sin-bin (alternative)
sinbin (alternative)

(sports, usually in passive voice) to send a player off temporarily following an infringement of a rule in a game

antaa jäähy

sports: to send a player off temporarily following an infringement of a rule


hot stove

the hot stove report

(baseball, attributive) The baseball off-season where trades take place and teams look to sign free agents.


seconder

From second + -er (measurement suffix) or + -er (agent noun suffix).

(climbing) A person who seconds; a person who climbs after the leader


burn off

burn off (third-person singular simple present burns off, present participle burning off, simple past and past participle burned off or burnt off)

burns off (present singular third-person)
burning off (participle present)
burned off (participle past)
burned off (past)
burnt off (participle past)
burnt off (past)

Slick use of the resulting turnover ball gave Koroibete the space to burn off Daly, only the third try England have so far conceded in this tournament.

2019 October 19, Robert Kitson, “England into World Cup semi-finals after bruising victory over Australia”, in The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media:


winningest

There can be little doubt that Carroll Shelby deserves the high praise he has received from many quarters. On the record he’s America’s winningest big car driver.

1958, Charles Beaumont, William F. Nolan, editors, Omnibus of Speed: An Introduction to the World of Motor Sport, Putnam, page 183:

[Jody Conradt] is the winningest all-time coach in women's basketball with more than 650 victories.

1996, David F. Salter, Crashing the Old Boys’ Network: The Tragedies and Triumphs of Girls and Women in Sports, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 83:

In just a few short years, Don Shula turned the Dolphins from a laughingstock expansion team into an NFL dynasty. He then went on to become the winningest coach in NFL history.

2004, Walter Harvey, The Super Bowl’s Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Big-Game Heroes, Pigskin Zeroes, and Championship Oddities, Brassey’s, →ISBN, page 42:


switch-hit

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

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

His ability to switch-hit left the manager with a tough decision whether to bring in a left-handed or a right-handed relief pitcher.

(baseball, softball) To bat both left and right-handed.

(cricket) To face the bowler with a left or right-handed batting stance, and then switch to the opposite stance as the ball is bowled.


switch-hit

switch-hits (plural)
switch hit (alternative)

(cricket) An instance of switch-hitting.


triplex

en-noun

triplex (countable and uncountable, plural triplexes)

From Latin triplex. Analyzable as tri- + -plex.

(juggling) A throwing motion where three balls are thrown with one hand at the same time.


tabletop

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(skateboarding) A fixed item resembling a table, used for performing skateboarding tricks.


tackler

When frustrated tacklers finally do catch up with him, Arnett knows how to take his lumps. "If I hit the ground tensely, rigidly, and two tons of angry linemen landed on top of me, they'd break every bone in my body."

The ball carrier can be with or without a football. For the “Head-On” tackle have the “Ball Carrier” stand right in front of the pit and face the tackler.

2007, Bob Swope, Youth Football Drills and Plays Handbook, page 29:


Euros

(soccer) the UEFA European Football Championship


rebolter

(climbing) A person who replaces dangerous or broken climbing bolts in frequently-used climbs


climbing bolt

(climbing) A bolt permanently fixed to a rock face to allow climbers to attach ropes etc


backfield

(sports) The rear part of the field of play, particularly

(American football) The area behind the line of scrimmage occupied before the snap by the team on offense.

Moving the ball directly out of the backfield is the greatest form of attack there is.

2000, Derek Smethurst, Soccer Offense for Winning, →ISBN, page 1:

Cheryl Salisbury[…]moved back to defense, and became a veteran force on the backfield. By 2003 she was captain of the Matildas, but still found enough time to hone her skills for the WUSA[…]

2012, Barbara Stewart, Helen Stoumbos, Women's Soccer: The Passionate Game, page 92:

“Like you should talk about good soccer, Ethan,” said Joshua, the team's starting keeper. “I bet every girl on the soccer team knows not to go charging on goal from the backfield, ignoring her teammates.”

2017, Jake Maddox, Eric Stevens, Soccer Stand-off, page 56:

(soccer, US) The area behind either the offensive or defensive line.


run-up

run-ups (plural)
runup (alternative)
run up (alternative)

(cricket) The approach run of a bowler before delivering the ball.

aanloop

(cricket) the approach run of a bowler before delivering the ball


rusher

(American football) The fast defensive position whose objective is to sack the offensive team's quarterback.


rotisserie

rotisseries (plural)
rôtisserie (alternative)

/ɹəʊˈtɪ.sə.ɹi/

/ɹəʊˈtɪs.ɹi/

From French rôtisserie, from rôtir ‘to roast’. Doublet of rosticceria and roastery.

rotisserie baseball
rotisserie baseball#English

fantasy baseball
fantasy baseball#English

(US, sports) Ellipsis of rotisserie baseball. Synonym of fantasy baseball

rotisserie sports
rotisserie sports#English

(US, sports) Ellipsis of rotisserie sports. Synonym of fantasy sports


backstretch

backstretches (plural)
back stretch (alternative)
back-stretch (alternative)

At the time appointed to start [2 1 2 P.M.], the horses made their appearance on the track, and were soon after called up by the judges for the race. They were startd at six minutes before three o'clock, the pacer having the pole, and leading round the first turn. On the backstretch he waited for the trotter, and let him take sides with him, it being apparent at this early stage that [George] Spicer did not intend to go any faster than the trotter would make him, at the same time keeping the trotter on the ouside all the way round, thereby making him go a greater distance in the race.

1853 November 26, “Ten Mile Race in Centreville, L.I.”, in Gleason’s Pictorial Drawing-room Companion, volume V, number 22 (number 126 from the start), Boston, Mass.: F[rederick] Gleason, corner of Tremont and Bromfield Sts., →OCLC, page 340, column 1:

This was a day almost fifty years since the time I was supposed to run in the 4 by 100-meter Olympic relay. I was standing on the track in the imposing, empty Olympic Stadium in Berlin. […] I walked down into the well of the vast, brooding stadium, and then along the backstretch of the red clay running oval.

1996, Marty Glickman, Stan Isaacs, “Prologue”, in The Fastest Kid on the Block: The Marty Glickman Story (Sports and Entertainment), Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, →ISBN, page 2:

(athletics, horse racing, car racing) Synonym of back straight (“straight part of a racetrack, running track, etc., opposite the finishing line”).

back straight

Dominic Gatto liked to have someone at the track to represent him when one of his horses raced at Arlington Park or Belmont or Prescott Downs. Someone to relay a word to the jockey, keep a sharp eye on the trainer, distribute tips to the backstretch workers who were made to understand that Mr Dominic appreciated their services.

1997, Cary Fagan, chapter 9, in Sleeping Weather, Erin, Ont.: The Porcupine's Quill, →ISBN, page 71:

When I was a kid here, growing up in the Palouse River, we never met people from other cultures or countries. There on the racetracks and backstretches in England I met people from all over the world. Everyone came together to own the horses, to work the horses and to watch them race.

2012, Krista Michelle Breen, “Quicksand”, in Quicksand: The Mysterious Disappearance of Dakotaroo, 4th edition, Rockwood, Ont.: Groundskeeper's Cottage Press, →ISBN, page 130:

(horse racing) An area next to a racetrack used to stable the racehorses and house employees.

I went over to the other bed and lay down. My knees were hanging over the side of the bed, providing me with a fairly decent back stretch. With my eyes closed, I could hear sleep calling.

2014, Tim O'Mara, Dead Red (Raymond Donne Mysteries; 3), New York, N.Y.: Minotaur Books, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 264:

The upper backstretches require that you stand in position with your feet at a slight distance apart 'than shoulder-width, while the knees are bent slightly.' Intertwine the fingers and then 'push your hands as far away from' the chest area 'as feasible.'

2017, “Live Longer and Stay Healthy while Feeling Younger”, in Fitness & Exercise: The Most Comprehensive Work-out Manual to Strengthen Your Body & Improve Your Health, [s.l.]: Ouvrage Collectif, →ISBN, page 86:

(exercise) An exercise that stretches the muscles of the back.


bantamweight

(boxing) A weight class in boxing and other sports, intermediate between flyweight and featherweight. In boxing it ranges from 112 to 118 pounds (51 to 54 kg).


UB

UB (countable and uncountable, plural UBs)

(gymnastics) Abbreviation of uneven bars.


ultramarathoner

(athletics) Someone who participates in ultramarathons.

ultrajuoksija

someone who participates in ultramarathons


guarder

From guard + -er.
School slang relates to Stonyhurst College in the United Kingdom.

The Hodder Football is very good this year, and we have an excellent team. Hammond is a good guarder and can save some very difficult shots.

1914 February 21, “Hodder Notes”, in The Stonyhurst Magazine, volume 13, number 192, page 819:


shot-putter

shot-putters (plural)
shot putter (alternative)
shotputter (alternative)

(athletics) An athlete who competes in the shot put.


decider

Four years on, France […] will meet Ireland again in the probable decider for their World Cup pool in September 21 in Paris.

2007 February 10, William Fotheringham, “France aim to end four years of regret with seven-week sacrifice”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

[…] when the Welshman laid on the 74th-minute decider.

2007 February 22, Kevin McCarra, “Liverpool show of unity recalls old magic”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

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:

(chiefly British, Australia, sports) An event or action which decides the outcome of a contested matter.

Entscheidungsspiel

an event or action which decides the outcome of a contested matter


sectional

(sports) A tournament or match held at the section level, typically between the regionals and the championships.


giant slalom

From giant + slalom.
* (skiing): Being a slalom with larger turns.
* (snowboarding): From its similarity of turn with skiing's giant slalom.

(skiing) An Alpine skiing discipline in which the course is longer, steeper, and faster than normal slalom, and the gates are spaced at a greater distance.

(snowboarding) An Alpine snowboarding discipline derived from the skiing discipline.


kickboxer

(martial arts) One who practices the martial art of kickboxing.


go to ground

en-verb

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

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

There can never have been a more blatant voluntary tackle than the way the Saints captain Chris Joynt went to ground on the penultimate play of the game, to deny Bradford any chance of regaining possession after Sean Long's drop goal 30 seconds or so earlier.

2002 October 21, Andy Wilson, “Lowes rages as Saints clinch title thriller”, in The Guardian:

He defends well and his recovery is good, meaning he can get up and get back at people if he goes to ground.

2004 May 10, Andy Gray, “The pace, power and desire to conquer all”, in The Guardian:

The sort of tackle which continues to be questioned is the bulldozing type which often occurs when a defender goes to ground as he makes the challenge.

2013 January 18, David Lacey, “FA has made dealing with dangerous lunges harder for refs to tackle”, in The Guardian:

Wilfried Zaha has dismissed suggestions he goes to ground too easily and accused those who brand him a diver of “jumping on the bandwagon” as the Ivory Coast winger seeks to edge Crystal Palace closer to safety with victory in the derby against Brighton on Saturday.

2018 April 12, Dominic Fifield, “Those who call me a diver are jumping on the bandwagon, says Wilfried Zaha”, in The Guardian:

(intransitive, sports, chiefly UK) To fall to the ground, lose one's footing, come off one's feet, whether by design, accident, or foul

Ireland get the next put in. They could, and probably should, put the screws on the US now as their fitness and technique begins to tell. [...] Instead, the ball goes to ground as it wings its way down the Irish line. It doesn't go forward though, so they keep on pushing up the pitch.

2011 September 11, Tom Bryant, “Rugby World Cup 2011: Ireland 22-10 USA - as it happened”, in The Guardian:

What was, in truth, a pretty dreadful first half came to life in the final minute when a wayward pass from De Klerk went to ground behind Tuilagi, who gathered, spun, spotted a gap left by overzealous Racing defenders and breezed under the posts.

2022 May 8, Gerard Meagher, “Finn Russell’s stunner for Racing 92 knocks Sale out of Champions Cup”, in The Guardian:

Iftikhar slams the next but it goes to ground just short of Jordan at long on.

2024 May 30, Tanya Aldred, “England v Pakistan: fourth men’s T20 cricket international – as it happened”, in The Guardian:

(intransitive, sports, chiefly UK) (of the ball) to touch the ground; to be dropped


sextuple

Formed (in imitation of quadruple) from Latin sextus (“sixth”): compare French sextuple.

(sports, soccer) A team that wins 6 titles in the same year or season.

Sextuple

a team that wins 6 titles in the same year or season


equalize

equalize (third-person singular simple present equalizes, present participle equalizing, simple past and past participle equalized)

equalizes (present singular third-person)
equalizing (participle present)
equalized (participle past)
equalized (past)
equalise (alternative)
æqualize (alternative)

(intransitive, sports) To make the scoreline equal by scoring points.

(underwater diving) To clear the ears to balance the pressure in the middle ear with the outside pressure by letting air enter along the Eustachian tubes.


warning track

Fly ball to deep center. Shelby goes back and makes the catch on the warning track.

(softball, baseball) The dirt or other material on the edge of a baseball or softball field that warns a player that he or she is approaching the fence, especially the portion in the outfield.

(sports) A non-racing surface at the margin of a racing course, representing the edge of the race track.


quarter-pipe

quarter-pipes (plural)
quarter pipe (alternative)
quarterpipe (alternative)

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(skateboarding, snowboarding, skiing, BMX, rollerskating, etc.) A structure used to perform tricks, approximately half the size of a half-pipe, similar in appearance to having a quarter of a circle in cross-section, with the middle of that quarter as the bottom.

(skateboarding, snowboarding, skiing, BMX, rollerskating, etc) A ramp, one side of a halfpipe


alpine skiing

(skiing) A sport involving skiing downhill.


cross-country skiing

(sports) An endurance sport and method of getting about involving travelling on skis, uphill as well as downhill.

(skiing) A leisure activity using cross-country skis and ski poles for traversing natural terrain during winter.


parc fermé

parcs fermés (plural)
parc ferme (alternative)
parc fermee (alternative)
park ferme (alternative)
park fermee (alternative)

(motor racing) A secure car park where competing cars must be left, and where no maintenance, repairs, or enhancements may be performed, for example during rest periods.

(motor racing) A car configuration race condition, where no or severely limited modifications may be made on a racing car, while the race condition is active.


piton

(climbing) A spike, wedge, or peg that is driven into a rock or ice surface as a support (as for a mountain climber).


piton

piton (third-person singular simple present pitons, present participle pitoning, simple past and past participle pitoned)

pitons (present singular third-person)
pitoning (participle present)
pitoned (participle past)
pitoned (past)

(climbing) To put pitons into a rock/ice to facilitate climbing.


ball-hawking

(sports) An act of catching or obtaining possession of the ball in a skillful manner; the action of a ball hawk.


six-pack

six-packs (plural)
sixpack (alternative)
six pack (alternative)

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Are you going to tone your arms, build a six pack or tighten up the old rump?

2005, Les Hewitt, The Power of Focus for College Students, page 133:

Depending on your genetics, you might develop abs that have deep grooves, or you might get a great six pack yet your abs appear "flat" like Brad Pitt's in the movie Fight Club.

2009, Jorge Cruise, Body at Home: A Simple Plan to Drop 10 Pounds, page 182:

Developing a cut-up six-pack doesn't happen by accident unless you've got exceptional genetics […]

2010, Bill Geiger, "6-pack Abs in 9 Weeks", Reps! 17:106

(bodybuilding) A highly developed set of abdominal muscles.


go the distance

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

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

"In a way it's like the quality of muscle and heart that enables some prizefighters to go the distance—twenty, thirty, forty rounds, say," Dick concurred.

1915, Jack London, chapter 20, in The Little Lady of the Big House:

It really don't matter if this guy opens my head, even, cause I all I wanna do is go the distance. Nobody's ever gone the distance with Creed, and if I can go that distance, seein' that bell ring and I'm still standin', I'm gonna know for the first time in my life, see, that I weren't just another bum from the neighborhood.

1976 November 21, Rocky, spoken by Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone):

(boxing) To participate in a boxing match for its maximum number of rounds.


outbox

outbox (third-person singular simple present outboxes, present participle outboxing, simple past and past participle outboxed)

outboxes (present singular third-person)
outboxing (participle present)
outboxed (participle past)
outboxed (past)

(boxing, transitive) To box better than.


midfield

en-noun

midfield (usually uncountable, plural midfields)

England's win was built on industry and discipline, epitomised by the performances of Manchester City's Joleon Lescott in defence and Scott Parker in midfield.

2011 November 12, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, in BBC Sport:

(sports) The portion of a team which typically plays centrally, between the attack (or forwards) and the defence (or backs).

(sports) The middle of the field of play.


streaky

en-adj

streaky (comparative streakier, superlative streakiest)

streakier (comparative)
streakiest (superlative)

Although the two added thirteen important runs, including four byes let through by Mongia and a streaky outside edge cum late-cut by Pollock for four, one didn't need to be blessed with gifts of insight to realise that Pollock's days at the crease were numbered.

2001, Luke Alfred, Lifting the Covers: Inside South African Cricket:

...rather than hitting it with the middle of the bat, I jagged it off the inside edge and French-cut it over the top of the stumps for another four. That was the only streaky shot I can remember.

2005, Michael Slater, Slats: The Michael Slater Story:

Compton troubled Bradman with his Chinaman, and one streaky shot was edged past Crapp at slips.

2011, Roland Perry, Bradman's Invincibles: The Inside Story of the Epic 1948 Ashes Tour:

(cricket) Used to describe a shot where the ball deflects off the edge of the bat, but is not caught by the slips or wicket-keeper and instead results in runs for the batsman.

Two goals from Alexis Sánchez, the second a little streakier than the first, were enough to send Arsenal into a second successive FA Cup final, once again following extra time after being held over 90 minutes by a Championship side.

2015 April 18, Paul Wilson, The Guardian:

(soccer) Not well-executed, due to luck more than skill.


title track

(sports) The pursuit of a title or the process of winning a title. Often used as on title track. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/murray-on-title-track-after-gulbis-victory-971366.html, http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticlePrinterFriendly&uStory_id=bc1eae20-7b19-4f98-8ad8-6710b8f79f6d, http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/081097/spo_gasouth2.html.


inside track

(sports, chiefly motor racing) The lane or track nearest to the interior.


fibbing

And so did Nick, whom sometimes there would come on / A sort of fear his spouse might knock his head off, / Demolish half his teeth, or drive a rib in, / She shone so much in 'facers' and in 'fibbing.'

15th round. Chancery. Fibbing. Biggs makes dreadful work with his left. Break away. Rally. Biggs down. Betting still six to four on the gown-boy.

1852, William Makepeace Thackeray, “The Fight at Slaughter House”, in Men's Wives, page 17:

(archaic, boxing) Repeatedly striking an opponent's head while holding them in a headlock; a pummelling; a drubbing; a beating.


en garde

(fencing) Used to warn one's opponent to take a defensive position prior to a fight.


en garde

(fencing) Ellipsis of en garde position.; the start position in fencing.


groundswell

groundswells (plural)
ground swell (alternative)

(nautical, surfing) A broad undulation of the open ocean, often as the result of a distant disturbance.


singlet

A single piece of clothing, particularly:

(sports) A one-piece, tight-fitting uniform, usually made of spandex or nylon, required in wrestling and powerlifting.

Einteiler

wrestling: one-piece, tight-fitting uniform, usually made of spandex or nylon


frog hair

en-noun

frog hair (usually uncountable, plural frog hairs)

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(golf) The closely mown grass that surrounds a putting green, between the putting surface and any rough that might also surround the green.


VOC

VSC

volatile sulphur compound/volatile sulfur compound

(sports, Canada) Vancouver Organizing Committee; the organizer of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics


sailer

From Middle English sailer, sayler, saylere, equivalent to sail + -er.

(baseball) A fastball that skims through the air.


AMF

AMF (countable and uncountable, plural AMFs)

attacking midfielder
attacking midfielder#English

(soccer) Acronym of attacking midfielder.


counterstrike

From counter- + strike. Compare counterstroke.

(military, sports) The tactic of counterattacking


chicken-wing

en-verb

chicken-wing (third-person singular simple present chicken-wings, present participle chicken-winging, simple past and past participle chicken-winged)

chicken-wings (present singular third-person)
chicken-winging (participle present)
chicken-winged (participle past)
chicken-winged (past)

Don't chicken-wing it!

(volleyball, humorous) To pass a hard-hit ball with the upper arm extended out from the body. This usually has the lower arm pulled in toward the body and is reminiscent of a chicken's wings when trussed.


flaps

Giges or flappes, is pimples or teates in the in side of his mouth.

1587, Leonard Mascall, The First Booke of Cattell, London: John Wolfe, page 163:

If there be any ſwelling betweene the eares, it is a ſigne of the Pole-evil: ſwelling under the eare, a ſigne of the Vives; and ſwelling in the mouth, a ſigne either of Canker, Flaps, Lampaſſe.

1610, Gervase Markham, “Of the signes of sicknesse, and of what nature it consisteth”, in Markhams Maister-peece. Contayning All Knowledge Belonging to the Smith, Farrier, or Horse-leech, Touching the Curing of All Diseases in Horses: […], 5th edition, London: […] Nicholas and Iohn Okes, […], published 1636, →OCLC, 1st book (Containing All Cures Physicall, […]), page 32:

Theſe Giggs, Bladders or Flaps, proceed either from eating too much Graſs, or that which is bad; or Hay or Provender that is rough and pricking.

1726, N. B. Philippos, The Farrier's and Horseman's Dictionary, London: J. Darby, page 247:

The Flaps are a ſpungy, fleſhy, fungous ſubftance, ſituated juſt below the grinders on the lower jaw, adjoining the cheek, on the part where the bit reſteth upon. The above is ſo troubleſome to a Horſe and ſo ſore, that he will often catch the Flaps between his grinders, which chafes him much, and prevents him to grind his food, and cauſes him to ſlaver and ſlober much.

1784, William Griffiths, A Practical Treatise on Farriery, Wrexham, Wales: R. Marsh, page 119:

These likewise sometimes enlarge during catarrh or imflammation of the mouth, and are called gigs, and bladders, and flaps in the mouth.

1843, William Youatt, The Horse, London: Chapman & Hall, page 206:

(farriery, archaic) A disease in the mouths of horses involving inflammation in the cheeks or lips.


off base

off-base (alternative)
offbase (alternative)

The hippo heard us, and, like a baseball player caught off base, tried to get back to the river.

1907, Richard Harding Davis, chapter 5, in The Congo and Coasts of Africa:

(not comparable, baseball, of a baserunner) Positioned somewhere between the bases, and hence vulnerable to being caught out.


free climbing

free-climbing (alternative)
freeclimbing (alternative)

(climbing) Rock climbing without the aid of ropes or other equipment, sometimes in an urban environment


the bigs

He played AA ball for years, but never made it to the bigs.


run in

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

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

Toeava went over unopposed to stretch his side's lead but Japan got on the scoreboard on 56 minutes, wing Hirotoki Onozawa intercepting an attempted offload from Slade, who had a rather flaky game, and running in from the All Blacks' 10m line.

2011 September 16, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: New Zealand 83-7 Japan”, in BBC Sport:


miler

But the master himself was an old Oxford miler, who could still bear it better than I; nay, as I flagged and stumbled, I heard him pounding steadily behind.

1905, E.W. Hornung, A Thief in the Night:

The champion sprinter is seldom a five-miler as well.

1907, Arthur Conan Doyle, Through the Magic Door:

Indeed, with a world record‐holder or Olympic champion in almost every race, with six milers who have broken 4 minutes, eight high jumpers who can top 7 feet and seven pole vaulters who have cleared 17 feet, there is no way guessing how many Olympic champions‐elect will be on display in the hatbox over Penn Station.

1972 January 28, “Sports of The Times”, in The New York Times:

(sports, often in combination) An athlete or a horse who specializes in running races of one mile, or a specified number of miles.


on guard

en-adj

on guard (comparative more on guard, superlative most on guard)

more on guard (comparative)
most on guard (superlative)
on-guard (alternative)

We fall on guard, and after all it is a friend who comes to meet us.

1881, Robert Louis Stevenson, Virginibus Puerisque:

(fencing) The starting position of a fencing bout; en garde.


sword hand

(fencing) The hand in which one's sword is normally held.


sixte

Borrowed from French sixte, from Middle French sixte, from Old French siste, sixte, modification of sexte (“sixth”) (a borrowing from Latin sextus) after sis (“six”).

(fencing) The sixth defensive position, with the sword hand held at chest height, and the tip of the sword at eye level.


circular parry

en-noun

circular parry (plural circular parries)

(fencing): a defensive move in fencing; a parry in which the blade moves in a circle to block an opponent's attack from the opposite side from which it started (sometimes called a contra- or counter-parry)


doublé

(fencing) A compound attack that deceives the opponent's attempted circular parry.


rassemblement

(fencing) The bringing together of both feet, with the body upright, in order to outreach an opponent.


high line

(fencing) The target area above the opponent's midriff.


low line

(fencing) The target area below the opponent's midriff.


glissade

(fencing) A fencing move that may disarm the opponent.


sword arm

(fencing) The arm in which one's sword is normally held.


compound attack

compound attack (plural compound attacks)

(fencing) An attack consisting of more than one feint.


backflip

The gymnast performed a backflip on a trampoline.

(gymnastics) An act of rotating one's body 360 degrees in the backward direction.


shakeout

(sports) The shaking of one's arms or legs, in order to resist muscle fatigue.


army golf

The term stems from the army marching cadence: left-right-left. In other words, a golfer hits one shot to the left, the next to the right, and very few of them straight.

I play army golf; right, left, right, left from one side of the course to the other. More than I would like, I hit the ball into shrubs or trees rather than into the generous mowed areas of grass.

2002, John P. Borden, The Complete Guide for the Romantically Challenged Male, page 102:

(golf, slang, humorous, derogatory) The situation when a player is spraying the golf ball all over the golf course in different directions.


bench jockey

As verbal jousting is frequently called "riding", the "rider" sitting on a bench came to be known as the "bench jockey".

(US, idiomatic, slang, baseball) A player, coach or manager who verbally annoys and distracts opposition players and umpires from his team's dugout bench.


crash pad

crash pads (plural)
crashpad (alternative)

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


feel the burn

en-verb

feel the burn (third-person singular simple present feels the burn, present participle feeling the burn, simple past and past participle felt the burn)

feels the burn (present singular third-person)
feeling the burn (participle present)
felt the burn (participle past)
felt the burn (past)

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The phrase was popularized by actress Jane Fonda in her highly successful 1980s aerobic exercise videotapes.

“Feel the burn!” Norm says, as Peoria lies over on a reverse lateral pulley system, ass up high, knees jerking back with the weight of fifty-five pounds.

2014, Michael Hastings, The Last Magazine, Penguin, →ISBN:

(sports) To feel the burning sensation arising in a muscle being intensely exercised; often used as an exhortation to extend oneself in physical exercise.


Super Bowl

From super + bowl, from bowl games such as the Rose Bowl Game and Orange Bowl.

(American football) The championship game of the NFL played in early February played between two teams, one each in the American Football Conference and National Football Conference.

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épéeist

(fencing) A fencer who competes with an épée sword.


Hughie

From Hugh + -ie. Regarding rain, various etymologies have been proposed; see Send 'er down, Hughie!.

2006, DC Green, Surf Europe
Pipe scowled. “Hughie... send us swell! Not just any swell, but a grand macking swell! In return, we pray you will accept this near-virginal surfboard sacrifice that we make in your name!”

(surfing, chiefly humorous) Imaginary god who creates surf (waves, and associated conditions).


move the yardsticks

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

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

The phrase originates from American football, where every ten yards of forward progress by the offense moves the yardsticks ahead to measure the next ten yards of progress.


jumar

From the name of the Swiss firm Jümar Pangit which manufactured it, in turn from the surnames of Adolf Jüsy and Walter Marti.

Jacob handed her the ATC belay device and jumar.

2019, Namwali Serpell, The Old Drift, Hogarth, page 552:

(climbing) A device, used to clip on a rope, that tightens when weight is applied, thus allowing the rope to be climbed.


koka

en-noun

koka (countable and uncountable, plural kokas)

The referee shall announce "koka" (almost yuko) when in his opinion the technique applied by the contestant merits the score of koka (almost yuko). Should either contestant score two or further kokas, then the referee shall announce them as they are scored but shall not stop the contest for that reason.

1978, AAU Official Rules, Judo, Amateur Athletic Union of the United States, page 15:

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

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

(judo) The smallest technical score that can be awarded in a judo competition.


pari-mutuel

pari-mutuel (plural pari-mutuels or paris-mutuels)

pari-mutuels (plural)
paris-mutuels (plural)
parimutuel (alternative)

There is also a pari-mutuel option. You and a friend can wager that you will each lose 15 pounds over the next two months. If you both succeed, the money is returned. But if one fails while the other succeeds, then the loser pays the winner. If you both fail, then the one who loses the most is the winner.

2008, Avinash K. Dixit and Barry J. Nalebuff, The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist's Guide to Success in Business and Life, W.W Norton & Company, p. 208

(horse racing) Any betting system in which all bets of a particular type are placed together in a pool; taxes and a house take are removed, and payoff odds are calculated by sharing the pool among all placed bets.


take a seat

en-verb

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

takes a seat (present singular third-person)
taking a seat (participle present)
took a seat (past)
taken a seat (participle past)

(sports) To be benched, to leave the area of play