sandwich pick

(baseball) A type of draft pick awarded to Major League Baseball teams for the loss of free agents under certain conditions, and taking place in the supplemental round between the first and second rounds of the MLB amateur draft.


interval training

(exercise) Training based upon a series of high-intensity workouts interspersed with rest or relief periods.


CEBL

(Canada, sports) Initialism of Canadian Elite Basketball League.


top bin

(soccer, slang) The upper left- or right-hand corner of the goal.


triple single

From triple double. Popularized and possibly coined by American basketball player and commentator Charles Barkley.

(basketball) The accumulation of nine or fewer each of points, rebounds and assists a single game.


UFA

Coordinate term: RFA

(sports) Initialism of unrestricted free agent.


London postcode of the Wimbledon area (with SW standing for southwest London).

I see him win there in SW19 and in the Davis Cup; I see him enraged when we lose to his sisters in carrom […]

2014, Sundeep Misra, The Best of Indian Sports Writing:

[…] to try and get the unmistakable 'Wimbledon experience' across to people who can't make it to SW19.

2018, David Hassan, Managing Sport Business: An Introduction:

(sports) Wimbledon (tennis championships)


Mickey Mouse ring

en-noun

Mickey Mouse ring (plural Mickey Mouse rings)

2020 NBA Bubble
Championship ring
LeBron James

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Likely from Mickey Mouse (“of inferior quality”), or in reference to the 2020 NBA Bubble shortened basketball season held at Walt Disney World, or both of these; with ring as a metonym for “championship” after the Championship ring presented to members of winning teams.

After the Lakers won their little Mickey Mouse ring, LeBron went to the church of victimhood as he often does, and talked about what a ‘huge challenge’ it was to be in Orlando.

2020 December 3, Will Leitner, quoting Ben Maller, “The Ben Maller Show: 'Stop Acting Like LeBron's Championship at the NBA's Bubble Was Challenging'”, in Fox Sports Radio:

Occasional jabs about James and his supposed 'Mickey Mouse' ring haven’t really stuck.

2020 December 31, Marc Stein, “From Kobe to LeBron: Tragedy and Triumph in the N.B.A.”, in New York Times:

But this upsets many fans, leading to widespread comments all over social media such as a Mickey Mouse Ring/Win/Championship (in reference to how the NBA bubble was at Disney World) to underline how these competitions are not authentic enough because of coronavirus's impact on how well teams can play.

2021 March 17, “The Medic: NCAA's March Madness offers real threat for pandemic madness”, in Daily Trojan, University of Southern California, page 1:

Lakers/LeBron haters have lamely labeled last year’s title, which featured a mental and emotional toll unlike any other in NBA history, a Mickey Mouse ring.

2021 June 17, Adam Caparell, “'Stop putting an Asterisk on Every NBA Champion'”, in Complex Sports Magazine:

(informal, derogatory, basketball, US) The 2020 NBA championship won by the Los Angeles Lakers.

Basically, a Mickey Mouse ring is a championship that is not earned and seems to come “easily.”

2021 July 15, Ethan Moutes, “It’s time to retire the notion of a ‘Mickey Mouse ring’”, in The Daily Californian:

I do not want them to win a ring again. If the Dodgers win, at least it will remove the “Mickey Mouse ring” thing which would be a fair criticism if it was literally any other team than the Dodgers who actually have been the best team in baseball for a while!

2021 October 7, “Who to Root for in the Playoffs Now”, in SB Nation:

(informal, by extension, derogatory, sports, US) Any championship in a sporting competition that is perceived to be of lower quality than other championships due to weaker competition or circumstances.


jump box

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(skateboarding, BMX) A ramp or incline for riders to gain air and perform tricks.


boot one

[…] to jeer at him when he booted one or fanned with a crucial run on base.

1998, Eliot Asinof, Man on Spikes, page 68:

[…] he played short with sweet ease, and looked good even when he booted one, […]

2002, Brooke Horvath, Tim Wiles, Line Drives: 100 Contemporary Baseball Poems, page 92:


scratch hit

(baseball) A weakly hit ground ball that eludes the infielders and leads to a base hit.


fireroad

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From fire + road, based on their use as an access route for firefighters.

Coordinate term: singletrack

The run began with a basically straight 50 to 60 mph fireroad with just enough hidden rocks to emphasize the strength of the alloy Daido rims.

2003 October, Walneck's Classic Cycle Trader, page 126:

(cycling) A trail that is wide enough for four-wheeled off-road vehicles.


nosegrab

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(skateboarding) An aerial maneuver in which the skater ollies, then pops the back foot off board and grabs the nose (front) of the skateboard.


half-pass

(equestrianism) In dressage, a movement in which the horse moves forward and sideways at the same time


hand-sling

hand-slings (plural)
handsling (alternative)
hand sling (alternative)

(cycling) in the madison, the act of propelling one's teammate into the race by linking hands


blow up the tote

en-verb

blow up the tote (third-person singular simple present blows up the tote, present participle blowing up the tote, simple past blew up the tote, past participle blown up the tote)

blows up the tote (present singular third-person)
blowing up the tote (participle present)
blew up the tote (past)
blown up the tote (participle past)
light up the tote (alternative)

From the whimsical notion that the payout on a particularly high-priced longshot might be a larger number than the tote board is capable of computing and/or displaying.

Giacomo blew up the tote by winning the 2005 Kentucky Derby at odds of 50-1.

(horse racing, of a horse) To win a race as a long shot.


The Hundred

(cricket) A short form of professional cricket that lasts for 100 balls.


Chusovitina

From Russian Чусовитина (Čusovitina).
The gymnastics skills are named after Oksana Chusovitina, an athletic artistic gymnast for the Soviet Union, CIS/Unified Team, Germany, and Uzbekistan.

(gymnastics) Any of several gymnastic skills created by Oksana Chusovitina and named after her.

Synonym of Miller; (An uneven bars skill)

full-out dismount
full-out dismount#English

Synonym of full-out dismount; (An uneven bars skill)

A full-twisting double-layout, in floor routines


3x3 basketball

From 3 (“three”) + X (“cross, by, against”) + 3 + basketball.
From being a form of basketball with three players facing three players on the two sides.

compound

(sports) A coach-less (no in-game coaching) form of basketball, with 2 opposing sides of 3 on-court players at a time on a side, on a court with a single basket, half the size of a regular basketball court, where defenders and attackers switch during play.


pumpy

en-adj

pumpy (comparative more pumpy, superlative most pumpy)

more pumpy (comparative)
most pumpy (superlative)

a pumpy climb


gate-to-wire

Authentic led the 2020 Breeders’ Cup Classic at every point of call en route to a gate-to-wire victory.

(US, horse racing) From start to finish. (Usually used to describe a horse that wins a race by leading throughout.)


world's fastest man

en-noun

world's fastest man (plural world's fastest men)

(athletics, slang) the Olympic champion male sprinter in the men's 100-metre dash sprint race athletics track and field event

en:Bailey–Johnson 150-metre race
en:Bob Costas


world's fastest woman

world's fastest woman (plural world's fastest women)

(athletics, slang) the Olympic champion female sprinter in the women's 100-metre dash sprint race athletics track and field event


world's greatest athlete

world's fastest athlete (plural world's greatest athletes)

world's fastest athlete (canonical)
world's greatest athletes (plural)

(masculine, athletics, slang) the Olympic champion male athlete in the men's decathlon athletics track and field sport

(feminine, athletics, slang) the Olympic champion female athlete in the women's heptathlon athletics track and field sport (the pentathlon was replaced by the heptathlon in Olympic competition for women)

(historical, feminine, athletics, slang) the Olympic champion female athlete in the women's pentathlon athletics track and field sport (the heptathlon replaced the pentathlon in Olympic competition for women)


disabled list

(sports) A list of players on a team who are unable or ineligible to play because of an injury.


leg sweep

(martial arts) A swipe of a fighter's leg meant to destabilize the adversary

(cricket) A sweep shot played to the leg side


air sense

(gymnastics) Aerial awareness, the perception of the location and orientation of one's body in the air and in relation to the gymnastics apparatus and the floor and ground mats.


no-height

(athletics) A score of 0 in height, where an athlete fails to make a valid jump, in high jump or pole vault, and faults out of competition.


no-height

en-verb

no-height (third-person singular simple present no-heights, present participle no-heighting, simple past and past participle no-heighted)

no-heights (present singular third-person)
no-heighting (participle present)
no-heighted (participle past)
no-heighted (past)

(athletics) To fail to record a valid score, and produce a score of 0 or no-height, by failing to make a valid jump in high jump or pole vault, and faulting out of competition.


flying disc

en-noun

flying disc (countable and uncountable, plural flying discs)

Generic name for a frisbee, avoiding the trademark Frisbee. Coined as a descriptive name for what a frisbee is, a disc-shaped object designed to fly through the air.

(uncountable, sports) Synonym of frisbee (“the sport”)


bracket racing

(motor racing) A form of drag racing that allows for a handicap between the predicted elapsed time of the two cars over a standard distance.


El Tri

El Tri have just defeated Japan in a 3-1 victory

(soccer) Nickname for Mexico's National Football Team


surfer's knob

surfer's knob (countable and uncountable, plural surfer's knobs)

(surfing, slang) A hard bump or nodule on a surfer's knee, shin or ankle, resulting from recurrent contact with the surfboard.


surfer's knot

surfer's knot (countable and uncountable, plural surfer's knots)

(surfing, slang) Synonym of surfer's knob


freestyle wrestling

Coordinate term: Graeco-Roman wrestling

(sports) One of the two Olympic styles of wrestling, which allows attacks below the waist.


Team GB

(sports) The name of the team of athletes that represent the United Kingdom in the Olympic Games


FOTA

(motor racing) Acronym of Formula One Teams Association.


FOCA

(motor racing) Acronym of Formula One Constructors Association.


IPL

Indian Premier League
w:Indian Premier League

(sports, cricket) Initialism of Indian Premier League.


turtle curb

turtle curbs (plural)
turtle kerb (alternative)

From turtle + curb, from its half-turtle-shell-like shape.

(motor racing) A type of curb/kerb and speed bump found on motor-racing tracks, having an oblong shape and elevated profile of a turtleshell, used for path and areal denial to delimit track limits, and launch vehicles into the air, blow-out suspensions, rip-out undercarriages, of those who choose to run over it.


deep squat

(sports) In powerlifting, a special kind of squat movement in which the hips are lowered under the level of the knees.


deep squat

en-verb

deep squat (third-person singular simple present deep squats, present participle deep squatting, simple past and past participle deep squatted)

deep squats (present singular third-person)
deep squatting (participle present)
deep squatted (participle past)
deep squatted (past)

(sports) To perform a deep squat movement.


table shuffleboard

From being a counter-sized adaptation of shuffleboard.

shuffleboard table
shuffleboard table#English

(sports, games) A game and sport, played on a shuffleboard table, over 20ft/6m long, with weighted steel pucks, frequently found in bars and pubs. The aim is to slid the smooth-bottomed pucks into the tiered endzones, and achieve a score without being knocked out by competitor pucks. Similar in play to a cross between curling and shuffleboard.


shuffleboard table

en-noun

shuffleboard table (plural shuffleboard tables)

table shuffleboard
table shuffleboard#English

(sports, games) A type of game table, used as the playing surface for the sport and game of table shuffleboard. Typically a with solid wood surface shuffleboard, over 6m/20ft long.


parajudo

parajudo (usually uncountable, plural parajudos)

parajudos (plural)
para judo (alternative)
para-judo (alternative)

(disability, sports) A disability-adapted form of judo


parajudoka

parajudoka (plural parajudokas or parajudoka)

parajudokas (plural)
parajudoka (plural)
para judoka (alternative)
para-judoka (alternative)

(disability, sports) A practitioner of parajudo,


para-athletics

parathletics (alternative)
paraathletics (alternative)
para athletics (alternative)

(disability, sports) The disability-adapted form of athletics (“track and field”).

(disability, sports) Disability-adapted form of sport (“athletics”)


VMO

vastus medialis oblique
w:Vastus medialis

(bodybuilding, rehabilitation) Initialism of vastus medialis oblique.


raceday

racedays (plural)
race day (alternative)

(horse racing) A day on which a race is held


pitwall

(motor racing) The wall to the side of the pit lane


show court

show courts (plural)
showcourt (alternative)

(sports) A court with a relatively large crowd capacity.


supermodified

(motor racing) A class of racecar used in supermodified racing


draw bridle

en-verb

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

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

When he was within a small distance of this inn, which to him seemed a castle, he drew bridle, and stopt Rozinante […].

1755, Miguel de Cervantes, translated by Tobias Smollett, Don Quixote, Volume 1, I.2:

Surrey […] rode, without drawing bridle, to Berwick.

1828, Patrick Fraser Tytler, History of Scotland:

(equestrianism) To pull on the reins (of a horse etc.) in order to slow it down or bring it to a stop; hence, to stop, draw up.


GPDA

(motor racing) Initialism of Grand Prix Drivers Association.


WEC

(motor racing) Initialism of World Endurance Championship.

(motor racing, motorcycling) Initialism of World Enduro Championship.


reachy

en-adj

reachy (comparative more reachy, superlative most reachy)

more reachy (comparative)
most reachy (superlative)

(climbing) Involving a long reach to get to a hold


juggy

juggy (comparative more juggy, superlative most juggy)

more juggy (comparative)
most juggy (superlative)

(climbing) Involving one or more jugs as hand holds


sport climber

sport climber (comparative more sport climber, superlative most sport climber)

more sport climber (comparative)
most sport climber (superlative)

(climbing) Someone who participates in sport climbing


traditional climber

traditional climber (comparative more traditional climber, superlative most traditional climber)

more traditional climber (comparative)
most traditional climber (superlative)

traditional climbing
traditional climbing

(climbing) Someone who participates in traditional climbing


anti-gravity lean

en-noun

anti-gravity lean (plural anti-gravity leans)

anti-gravity leans (plural)
antigravity lean (alternative)

Coined by Michael Jackson in 1987, when he created this performance dance maneuver, for the music video of Smooth Criminal. The move appears to defy gravity, as one would topple over without the special restraints used for the procedure.

(dance) In performance dance, a freestanding 45-degree lean, with a special shoe, anchored to the floor by a support bolt locking to the dance shoe.


golf bag

(golf) A long bag for carrying golf clubs.


pankratist

(martial arts) A competitor in pankration.


dragway

(motor racing) A dragstrip, a place where drag races are held. A racetrack to drag on.


turn stop

(skating) A move by which the skater reverses direction and comes to a halt by means of the toe stops.


Lionesses

The Lionesses were given their biggest test of the year by a talented, albeit injury-hit, Brazilian side but delivered more silverware as their momentum continues to gather pace before this summer's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

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

Weakened by a string of injuries and the retirement of star players, the Euro 2022-winning Lionesses will need luck on their side to stop the USA lifting their third successive title[.]

2023 July 15, Suzanne Wrack, “Can the England women’s football team pull off the World Cup dream?”, in The Observer, →ISSN:

(soccer, informal) England women's national football team


low-impact

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low-impact stretches before a full workout

(exercise) That does not place harmful stresses on the body.


high-impact

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(exercise) That places a great deal of harmful stresses on the body.


cruxy

en-adj

cruxy (comparative more cruxy, superlative most cruxy)

more cruxy (comparative)
most cruxy (superlative)

(climbing) The most difficult (part of a climb).


boulderable

boulderable (comparative more boulderable, superlative most boulderable)

more boulderable (comparative)
most boulderable (superlative)

(climbing) suitable for, or possible to, boulder


ottermode

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From otter + mode, from a likening of the otter, a mammal adapted to aquatic environments, to competitive swimmers who maintain fit but lean physiques to reduce drag.

Standing, the victim was about an inch shorter than me, and a pretty skinny guy. Wellbuilt, though. What we called “otter mode” at the gym.

2014, SM Reine, Hotter Than Helltown, unnumbered page:

Nyiam and I stay behind, but my eyes recognized the back of his ottermode body, instantly.

2017, Nkauj Ntsuab Lis, Core Integrate: The Core Welcomes You, unnumbered page:

He wasn't as muscly as Short Hair, but still pretty fit. Ottermode.

2018, Ko Hiratori, JK Haru is a Sex Worker in Another World, unnumbered page:

(slang, bodybuilding, often attributive) A lean and physically-fit physique with well-defined muscles.


street stock

street stock car racing
street stock car racing#English

(motor racing) Pertaining to street stock car racing.


street stock

en-noun

street stock (countable and uncountable, plural street stocks)

street stocks (plural)
street-stock (alternative)

street stock car
street stock car#English

(countable, motor racing) Ellipsis of street stock car.: A street-legal retail-sold car close to factory stock configuration, lightly modified for safety and racing, no longer being street-legal used for stock car racing.

street stock car

(uncountable, motor racing) Ellipsis of street stock car racing.


dunk on

en-verb

dunk on (third-person singular simple present dunks on, present participle dunking on, simple past and past participle dunked on)

dunks on (present singular third-person)
dunking on (participle present)
dunked on (participle past)
dunked on (past)

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(transitive, informal, basketball) To perform a slam dunk over (a defender).


Tarzan swing

After the fictional character Tarzan, known for swinging on ropes.

(sports, recreational) A rope swing, typically suspended from a tree, now especially installed in an outdoor activity center.


field meet

(sports) A spectacle in the field involving opposing contestants.


edge control

As a gauge of its importance, consider that when an instructor or racer speaks of someone having amazing edge control, he means that that skier is a master of the slopes.

1967 December, Doug Pfeiffer, “Instruction Corner”, in Skiing, volume 20, number 3, page 111:

Many people say that skaters who had to do figures learned to freeskate better because figures teach you edge control.

1997, Brian Boitano, Suzanne Harper, Boitano's Edge: Inside The Real World Of Figure Skating, page 27:

Skateboards roll. They do not slide. The demands of edge control aren't involved in the physics of this sport.

2010, Doug Werner, Snowboarder's Start-Up: A Beginner's Guide to Snowboarding, page 3:

(skating, skiing, snowboarding) The controlled use and placement of the edge of a skate, ski, or snowboard.


recomp

recomp (third-person singular simple present recomps, present participle recomping, simple past and past participle recomped)

recomps (present singular third-person)
recomping (participle present)
recomped (participle past)
recomped (past)

(bodybuilding, colloquial) to recompose (that is, to gain muscle while simultaneously losing adipose tissue)


recomp

en-noun

recomp (countable and uncountable, plural recomps)

(bodybuilding, colloquial) A phase of gaining muscle while simultaneously losing adipose tissue.


corked bat

(baseball) A bat that has been tampered with by drilling out part of the head of the bat and filling the resulting cavity with a light, compressible material (typically cork) in an attempt to improve the bat's performance (although performance is in fact degraded by corking the bat), rendering it illegal for use in play.


armfloat

armfloats (plural)
arm-float (alternative)
arm float (alternative)

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At that moment I realised just how alike Dad and BRAD were, and an image splashed into my mind of the two of them, armfloats strapped to their arms and goggles on their foreheads, […]

armband

(swimming) Synonym of armband (“one of a pair of inflatable plastic bands, normally worn on the upper arms, to help the wearer (often a child) float in water and learn to swim”)


fly route

(American football) A pattern run by a receiver, straight upfield towards the end zone, with the aim of outrunning any defensive backs and getting behind them, catching an undefended pass while running untouched for a touchdown.


OW

(underwater diving) Acronym of Open Water.


He too is filling the pocket, darting in the space between the 808 and the glittering melody, closing the distance with his short lines and ad libs.

2021, Caleb Azumah Nelson, Open Water, Viking, page 129:

A synthesized drum or bass sound that emulates the sound of a Roland TR-808.

(music, chiefly hip-hop) A bassline or sub-bassline, or the sound used for such.


circle runner

(handball) A player who plays along the six-meter line with his/her back facing the opponent's goal, and tries to get in between the defenders to create space so that a teammate can get in. The circle runner can also receive a pass and try to score.


reserve team

(sports) A team composed of players under contract to a club but who do not normally play in matches for the first team.


NEAT

non-exercise activity thermogenesis
w:en:Thermogenesis

(exercise) Acronym of non-exercise activity thermogenesis.


on the rail

(horse racing) Alternative form of on the rails


drop set

drop sets (plural)
drop-set (alternative)
dropset (alternative)

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(bodybuilding) A set of repetitions of an exercise wherein muscular failure is reached and before resting the exercise is continued with decreased resistance to failure.

pudotussarja

Lowering the resistance before resting for another set


collar the bowling

en-verb

collar the bowling (third-person singular simple present collars the bowling, present participle collaring the bowling, simple past and past participle collared the bowling)

collars the bowling (present singular third-person)
collaring the bowling (participle present)
collared the bowling (participle past)
collared the bowling (past)

Heatley and Baines then got together, and succeeded in collaring the bowling, and put on 60 before they were separated, and, when Heatley was caught far out for 38, the score stood at 151.

The fact was that Mr. Bruce and Mr. Whitmore (who was stupidly run out in the first innings, else the same thing might not improbably have happened then) went in first, and collared the bowling in the first twenty minutes, […]

1872, Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, volume 22, page 166:

(cricket) (Of a batsman) to hit the bowled balls to all parts of the field.


blind hockey

(disability, sports) An adapted form of ice hockey played by people with little to no vision, or with blindfolds. Forwards are typically low-vision, while the goalie is typically blind or blindfolded. An adapted hockey puck is used that is larger than an ice-hockey puck and contains noisemakers.


down and distance

en-noun

down and distance (plural downs and distances)

The choice to punt at this down and distance is unusual.

(American football) The game situation described using the current scrimmage down and the yardage required to either the line to gain, or the goal line if no line to gain exists.


bring the wood

en-verb

bring the wood (third-person singular simple present brings the wood, present participle bringing the wood, simple past and past participle brought the wood)

brings the wood (present singular third-person)
bringing the wood (participle present)
brought the wood (participle past)
brought the wood (past)

(American football) To play, especially to tackle, with great force.


hand-out

(racquets, real tennis, squash) A player to whom a ball is served.


throw it back

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

throws it back (present singular third-person)
throwing it back (participle present)
threw it back (past)
thrown it back (participle past)

(dance, slang) To arch the back and thrust the hips backwards.


Charger

(sports) A member of the Los Angeles Chargers.


Bronco

(sports) A member of the Denver Broncos.


above the rim

Basketball went from a game of set shots and long jumpers to a game played above the rim, characterized by earth-shattering dunks.

2003, Walter M. Kimbrough, Black Greek 101: The Culture, Customs, and Challenges of Black Fraternities and Sororities, Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, →ISBN, page 111:

The same male-centric phenomenon takes place in basketball, where the “standard” version of the game is played above the rim while the “watered-down” female version is played below the rim (and with a smaller ball).

2017, Rick Eckstein, How College Athletics Are Hurting Girls' Sports: The Pay-to-Play Pipeline, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 149:

Whereas Erving made his impact above the rim Curry is expanding what we never thought was expandable - the jump shot.

2021 December 13, Bob Padecky, “Stephen Curry has made jump shot an art form”, in The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, California:

(basketball) [handing the ball] higher than the rim of the basket (such as during a slam dunk or alley oop)


podium position

en-noun

podium position (plural podium positions)

Referring to the podium that is often used when announcing or honoring the winners of a competition that places the winner on the highest step with second and third place next to the winner at a lower level.

Elsewhere on the circuit, Ryo's ZX-7RR had run out of gas and Russell darted past, only to run wide on the final lap, forfeiting the podium position. “We were looking for the win here, so it's disappointing to finish fourth," Russell said.

1997 November, Cycle World Magazine, page 95:

If winning is not possible, then a podium position is next best with second and third placegetters at least gaining due acclamation, but that is about where it ends, so no points have been awarded for finishing below third place.

2013, Angus Dougall, The Greatest Racing Driver, Balboa Press, →ISBN, page 75:

For advanced triathletes racing short—course events, optimizing transition time may mean the difference between a podium position and no podium position.

2013, Joe Friel, Jim Vance, Triathlon Science, Human Kinetics, →ISBN, page 441:

(sports) An outcome of being among the best three participants in a competition.


jock off

en-verb

jock off (third-person singular simple present jocks off, present participle jocking off, simple past and past participle jocked off)

jocks off (present singular third-person)
jocking off (participle present)
jocked off (participle past)
jocked off (past)

Dawn Run's owner, Charmian Hill, who had insisted on trainer Paddy Mullins 'jocking off' his son Tony and putting up Jonjo O'Neill to ride her in the Gold Cup, was an awkward cuss too.

2012, Robin Oakley, Britain and Ireland's Top 100 Racehorses of All Time:

(transitive, informal, horse racing) To replace (a jockey) with another.


sports prototype

en-noun

sports prototype (plural sports prototypes)

(motor racing) A type of race car that is used in the highest-level categories of sports car racing.


prototype racing

prototype racing (plural prototype racings)

(motor racing) Sports car racing only involving a sports prototype vehicle.


bulge in the onion bag

bulge in the onion bag (plural bulges in the onion bag)


match ball

(soccer) The ball used in a particular match. It is often given to the man of the match after the game.


goalkeep

(sports, colloquial) A goalkeeper or goaltender.


goalkeep

en-verb

goalkeep (third-person singular simple present goalkeeps, present participle goalkeeping, simple past and past participle goalkept)

goalkeeps (present singular third-person)
goalkeeping (participle present)
goalkept (participle past)
goalkept (past)

By rights I ought to have been lolling in bed this morning, but Nancy was ill and I had to goalkeep for the Second.

2011, Eilidh Nisbet, Giddy Old School: The Diary of a Swot 1948-1951, page 268:


skidance

ski-dance (alternative)
ski dance (alternative)

freestyle skiing
freestyle skiing#English

(skiing, dance) A freestyle skiing event, a form of performance dance on alpine skis, performed across flats and choreographed to music.


pregrab

pregrabs (plural)
pre-grab (alternative)
pre grab (alternative)

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(skiing, snowboarding) A trick where the performer grabs their board/ski prior to a jump, instead of after the take-off, and keeps grabbing onto their device for as long as the trick requires.


knockout merchant

en-noun

knockout merchant (plural knockout merchants)

My second fight against the big dosser Deontay Wilder, the biggest knockout merchant in boxing history.

2020, Tyson Fury, The Furious Method: The Sunday Times bestselling guide to a healthier body & mind:

(boxing) A boxer who specializes in inflicting knockouts.


onion bag

From the resemblance to the net bags in which onions are sold.

You ponce, you slag, pop it in the onion bag.

2002, Fat Les (band), Who Invented Fish and Chips? (song)


swim meet

From swim + meet., on the pattern of track meet and field meet.

(sports) An athletic contest for swimming.


future endeavor

en-verb

future endeavor (third-person singular simple present future endeavors, present participle future endeavoring, simple past and past participle future endeavored)

future endeavors (present singular third-person)
future endeavoring (participle present)
future endeavored (participle past)
future endeavored (past)

From the fact that wrestling promotion WWE, when announcing a wrestler’s release, will “wish them all the best in their future endeavors.”

Creative couldn’t find anything for him to do, so they ended up future endeavoring him.

professional wrestling
professional wrestling

(professional wrestling, slang) To release a wrestler from their contract.


ball kid

(sports) A youth responsible for getting the balls from off the area of play to the players.


street race

(motor racing) An instance of street racing; a competitive race between cars driving on public roads rather than a race track.


stivot

(skiing) A steering pivot turn, a type of rapid turn in alpine skiing. A turn that starts a as a skid, and transitions to a carve.


stivot

stivot (third-person singular simple present stivots, present participle stivoting, simple past and past participle stivoted)

stivots (present singular third-person)
stivoting (participle present)
stivoted (participle past)
stivoted (past)


sidecarcross

(motor racing) A version of motocross with dirtbikes equipped with sidecars, and passengers riding them.


wondersave

You can hear Allan McGregor attempt to persuade the referee that he never made a wondersave from Leigh Griffiths' first half effort, and you can also hear him give his defenders an earful.

2021 January 4, Mark McDougall, “Unique Rangers vs Celtic insight given by SPFL highlights package as every word caught on camera”, in Glasgow Live:

(soccer) A first-rate save; an exceptional save


outhalf

DAVID HUMPHREYS, who played very well for Ireland A against Scotland a fortnight ago, gets another chance to impress the national selectors when he plays for Ulster at outhalf against New South Wales at Ravenhill next Tuesday night.

2021 January 5, “Ulster's finest get chance to impress”, in The Irish Times:


rail saver

(surfing) A piece of fabric at the point where the leg rope is attached to the surfboard, to protect the rail when the rope is pulled taut.


goalee

The goalee made a frantic grab as the leather spun clean past him, but he was just a second too late, and Joe had scored for Redcliff.

(sports, colloquial) Archaic form of goalie (“goalkeeper”).


netmind

netmind (third-person singular simple present netminds, present participle netminding, simple past and past participle netminded)

netminds (present singular third-person)
netminding (participle present)
netminded (participle past)
netminded (past)


nip-up

(gymnastics) an acrobatic spring from a supine position to a standing position.


all-court

en-adj

all-court (comparative more all-court, superlative most all-court)

more all-court (comparative)
most all-court (superlative)

(tennis) adaptable to playing on all surfaces


alley ball

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(bowling) A bowling ball kept in a bowling alley, for public use.


house ball

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(bowling) A bowling ball kept in a bowling alley, for public use


Little League home run

en-noun

Little League home run (plural Little League home runs)

From such error-filled plays being common at the actual Little League level but rare in professional-level baseball.

(baseball) A plate appearance where the batter is able to reach home due to major fielding errors, on a scale not usually seen at that level of play.


EAD

equivalent air depth
w:equivalent air depth

(underwater diving) Initialism of equivalent air depth.


long track

long track (countable and uncountable, plural long tracks)

long tracks (plural)
long-track (alternative)
longtrack (alternative)

long-track speedway
long-track speedway#English

(uncountable, motor racing) Ellipsis of long-track speedway.

(uncountable, cycling) Ellipsis of long-track speedway.


short track

short track (countable and uncountable, plural short tracks)

short tracks (plural)
short-track (alternative)
shorttrack (alternative)

(countable) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see short, track.

(motor racing) A speedway oval of less than one mile in track circuit length.


bar pad

Set the bar pad in the center of the bar. If you don't have a bar pad, it's easy enough to wrap a towel around the bar as well.

2011, Nick Nilsson, The Best Arm Exercises You've Never Heard Of:

Lower the bar down so it is about 30cm off the ground and place a bar pad (a black, cushioned tube) around the centre of the horizontal bar.

2019, Chloe Madeley, Transform Your Body With Weights:


RAL

(sports) Abbreviation of ranked as last (“a penalty score relegating a racer to the last placing in a heat”).


football match

football match (countable and uncountable, plural football matches)

[ˈfʊʔtbɔɫ mæt͡ʃ]

[ˈfʊʔt̚bɔɫ mæt͡ʃ]

[ˈfʊʔt̚bɔːl mæt͡ʃ]

[ˈfʊʔtʰbɔːl mæt͡ʃ]

[ˈfʊʔbɔːl mæt͡ʃ]

[fʷʊʔt̚bɑɫ mæt͡ʃ]

“Whata fantastic football match!” Yuck heard over the loudspeaker. “Three goals each! It's a draw!” Polly hung tangled in the net, coughing and spluttering. She screamed at the referee. “I'm supposed to win, you idiot!

2014 November 20, Matt and Dave, Yuck's Fantastic Football Match, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:

(sports) A single game of football between two teams.


hydroflight

hydroflight sports
hydroflight sports#English

(sports, recreation) Ellipsis of hydroflight sports.


draft in

en-verb

draft in (third-person singular simple present drafts in, present participle drafting in, simple past and past participle drafted in)

drafts in (present singular third-person)
drafting in (participle present)
drafted in (participle past)
drafted in (past)

Klopp was forced into a late reshuffle after a tearful Thiago Alcantara was injured in the warm-up, drafting in Naby Keita as a late replacement.

2022 February 27, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:

(sports) Drafting a new rookie player to join a professional team.


mountain biker

mountain bikers (plural)
mountainbiker (alternative)


d-man

d-men (plural)
dman (alternative)
d man (alternative)
d.man (alternative)
d. man (alternative)
d.-man (alternative)

(sports, informal) Abbreviation of defenceman/defenseman.


footplay

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So we look at the fight, and what do we see? We see that the best fighter combines footplay with fist-work.

1921, The Army Quarterly and Defence Journal:

Quite “beside himself,” he dances up and down the Corso, seeking to engage Princess Brambilla in wild and inspired footplay, but she is not to be found.

1984, Professor of English and Comparative Literature Tobin Siebers, Tobin Siebers, The Romantic Fantastic:


Sixer

(basketball, informal) A player for the 76ers, a team from Philadelphia.


round of 16

(sports) The round in a knockout competition before the quarterfinal, in which sixteen teams or competitors remain.


round of 32

(sports) The round in a knockout competition before the round of 16, in which thirty two teams or competitors remain.


two-legged tie

(sports, soccer) A competition between two teams which comprises two matches or “legs”, with each team as the home team in one leg. The winning team is usually determined by aggregate score, the sum of the scores of the two legs.


whisker biscuit

en-noun

whisker biscuit (plural whisker biscuits)

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The bad news was his whisker biscuit—the part that guided the arrow—as well as his sight and stabilizer had been snapped, shattered, and otherwise removed.

This is most easily seen on your arrow rest if you're using a recurve, but you can also see erosion on a containment rest and/or a whisker biscuit.

2019, Dawson Albert, Archery: The #1 Beginner's Guide for Everything an Archer Needs to Know About Recurve and Compound Bows, unnumbered page:

The whisker biscuit is the most typical rest, but it can slightly reduce the arrow's speed.

2021, Miguel Rocha, HowExpert Guide to Archery, page 6:

(archery) Alternative letter-case form of Whisker Biscuit.


Whisker Biscuit

Whisker Biscuit (plural Whisker Biscuits)

It might seem that a Whisker Biscuit's nylon bristles, which surround the shaft, would affect arrow flight.

2004 August, Scott Bestul, “The No-Nonsense Bow”, in Field & Stream, unnumbered page:

I pulled my quiver off my bow, ran an arrow through my Whisker Biscuit, and leaned back on my leg.

2006, Jimmy Sites, Jason Cruise, Into the High Country, unnumbered page:

I draw, sure that he can hear the sound of the arrow as it touches each fiber of my Whisker Biscuit rest.

2008, Bill Heavey, If You Didn't Bring Jerky, What Did I Just Eat?: Misadventures in Hunting, Fishing, and the Wilds of Suburbia, page 139:

(archery) A branded arrow rest with synthetic bristles with a hole in the middle to stabilize the arrow shaft while allowing the fletching to pass smoothly.


distaffer

(horse racing) A horse that races in a distaff (race for female horses only).


transfer market

transfer market (plural transfer markets)

It would be more significant if the initial distribution of playing talent, before clubs start to trade players on the transfer market, were more equal.

2006, Wladimir Andreff, Stefan Szymanski, Handbook on the Economics of Sport, page 638:

Dr Raffaele Poli heads the CIES Football Observatory, which analyses the transfer market and the performance of players.

However, the net spending on playing talent in the transfer market (i.e. paid transfer fees minus received transfer fees) has not increased.

2019, Paul Downward, Bernd Frick, Brad R. Humphreys, The SAGE Handbook of Sports Economics, page 204:

Some of the players were concerned about what the future held for them – given that one of the measures involved Chelsea not being able to operate in the transfer market or offer new contracts.

March 11 2022, David Hytner, “Chelsea are in crisis but there is no will to leave club on their knees”, in The Guardian:

(sports) The system by which players are transferred between teams, including the fees involved for teams making such transfers.


cup check

(sports) A tap on the groin given from one (male) athlete to another, to check if the other is wearing a cup by hitting them lightly in the testicles.


Cedars

(soccer) The Lebanon national football team.


fa jin

(martial arts) The explosive discharge of power, in Chinese martial arts.


September call-up

September call-up (plural September call-ups)

(baseball) A league of players who are traditionally added to MLB rosters late in the season.


WASL

Western Australian Super League
w:Western Australian Super League

(Australia, ice hockey) Initialism of Western Australian Super League.


pro shop

(sports, especially tennis and golf) A shop at a sports club that sells equipment, often run by a professional in that sport


center-back

(soccer) Alternative spelling of centre-back


Alouette

(Canadian football) A player for Canadian Football League's Montreal Alouettes.


padwork

Coordinate term: bagwork

Following this is another four to five rounds of padwork with the Thai trainers before one practises his punches and kicks on the bags.

2016, Lionel Loh Han Loong, The Body and Senses in Martial Culture, page 37:

(martial arts) Training with pads on the hands to reduce the risk of injury.


bagwork

Coordinate term: padwork

Once the men are done with the sparring or technical component, there is clinch training followed by a few rounds of bagwork.

(martial arts) Training with a punching bag.


britchen

(equestrianism) Alternative form of breeching (“component of horse harness or tack, to hold back a vehicle”)


runscoring

Philippe's innings, which included five fours and one six, moves him to the top of the runscoring charts for this summer's tournament with 261 from seven innings.

2021 January 4, Ed Jackson, “Aussie call-up matter of time for Philippe”, in The West Australian:


second leg

Coordinate term: two-legged tie

(sports, soccer) The second of the two matches or “legs” which are played between two teams in a two-legged tie. The winning team is usually determined by aggregate.


first leg

Coordinate term: two-legged tie

(sports, soccer) The first of the two matches or “legs” which are played between two teams in a two-legged tie. The winning team is usually determined by aggregate score, the sum of the scores of the two legs.


one-hander

(sports) A shot, stroke, or pass performed using only one hand.


hitting partner

hitting partner (plural hitting partners)

(tennis) A player with whom one practises playing rallies, though not as a coach.


drop pass

(netball) A high pass for a catcher who will move into free space to receive the ball


pin deck

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(bowling) The section of the lane on which the pins are set.


trampoline effect

By analogy with a person jumping on a trampoline.

(baseball) The phenomenon by which the baseball "jumps" off the bat at contact.


vibs

On iced rocks, hard-frozen scree, or ledges of wet earth or vegetation, Vibs are treacherous.

The other school of thought (the majority) will wear crampons in vibs — short points flex less — and vibs give better foot insulation than nailed boots.

1970, Climber and Rambler, volume 9, page 67:

(climbing, slang, rare) Shoes with rubber outsoles made by the Vibram company.


backfielder

(sports) A player stationed in the backfield.


CSK

Chennai Super Kings
w:Chennai Super Kings

(sports) Initialism of Chennai Super Kings.


RCB

Royal Challengers Bangalore
w:Royal Challengers Bangalore

(sports) Initialism of Royal Challengers Bangalore.


RRR

RRR (countable and uncountable, plural RRRs)

required run rate
required run rate#English

(cricket) Initialism of required run rate.


jump pass

(American football) A pass to a teammate made while jumping


border morris

(dance) A vigorous style of traditional English dance originating from the villages along the border between England and Wales, performed by a team of dancers usually with their faces disguised with black makeup.


Wallaroo

(Australia, cricket) Someone who plays for the Australia women's national rugby union team.


Men in Blue

(cricket) The India national cricket team.


Gorkhalis

(cricket) The Nepal national cricket team.


Rhinos

(cricket) The Bangladesh national cricket team.


Chevrons

(cricket) The Zimbabwe national cricket team.


Southern Stars

(cricket) The Australia women's national cricket team.


White Ferns

(cricket) The New Zealand women's national cricket team.


Bengal Tigers

(soccer) The Bangladesh national football team.


Blue Tigers

(soccer) The India national football team.


backliner

Bourque can also play the physical game with the best of the NHL backliners. He is not afraid to use the body, and his play in the corners is often fearsome.

2017, Stan Fischler, Boston Bruins: Greatest Moments and Players:

(sports) One who plays on the back line.


minor penalty

minor penalties (plural)
minor (alternative)

Distinguished from the longer major penalties when those were established for the 1923–1924 season.

(ice hockey) A penalty sending the offending player to the penalty box for 2 minutes or (after the 1955–1956 season) the next score by the opposing team.


minor point

minor points (plural)
minor (alternative)

(rugby, historical) A single point awarded for a touch-in-goal and sometimes for touchdowns or dead balls.


clubbie

"When he died, his baseball cap was given to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. He is the only clubbie to be honored with a display there."

1977, Maj. Ed Logan, quotee, Airman, page 38:

(US, baseball, informal) A clubhouse manager.

"[…] But there are some stadiums where the clubhouse guys don't do a very good job, but there are clubbies that do a really outstanding job. […]"

2019 July 10, John Cangelosi, K.P. Wee, John Cangelosi: The Improbable Baseball Journey of the Undersized Kid from Nowhere to World Series Champion, Riverdale Avenue Books LLC, →ISBN:

(US, baseball, informal) A clubhouse attendant.


plant foot

In order to stay balanced on one foot, you must add the appropriate angle so that the center of your hips, shoulders, handle and head are directly over your plant foot on the water.

1996 August, “QUICK TIPS”, in WaterSki, page 22:

Be careful not to place the box so close that the pitcher contacts it with her plant foot.

2007 April 30, Kirk Walker, The Softball Drill Book, Human Kinetics, →ISBN:

To line up to make the kick, the kicker places his plant foot so that the instep of the foot is next to the placement spot, and he places his kicking foot directly behind the placement spot.

2012 May 7, Thomas L. Bass, Football Skills & Drills, Human Kinetics, →ISBN:

As your pitcher drives down the mound, his plant foot should be on the same line as his back foot.

2018 April 5, HowExpert, Thomas Nelson, Travel Baseball Coach: How to Start, Succeed, Have Fun, and Make a Positive Impact in Travel Baseball Coaching From A to Z, HowExpert, →ISBN:

(sports) The foot which supports one's body while the other moves to perform an action.


white card

(soccer) A card similar to the red card and yellow card, but used to acknowledge sportmanship or fair play.


stand fast

(archery) a warning not to pass between the arrow and the target


statline

(US, sports) The statistics of a given player, as recorded in a line in a table


Clockgate

(US, American football, informal) The controversy around the Michigan vs. Michigan State football game of November 3, 2001, in which the ball was spiked with one second remaining visible on the clock.


From America's Cup + 50, because it measures approximately 50 feet on the waterline.

(sports, nautical) A hydrofoil catamaran sailing racing yacht, with a wingsail mainsail, developed for the 2017 America's Cup.


From foil + fifty, from AC50; because it measures approximately 50 feet on the waterline, and uses hydrofoils, and is derived from the AC50 class.

(sports, nautical) A hydrofoil catamaran sailing racing yacht, with a wingsail mainsail.


clen

(bodybuilding slang) clipping of clenbuterol


lat pulldown

(weightlifting) An exercise performed by pulling a bar, attached to a weighted cable machine, toward one's upper chest.


hustla

If you a hustla then do that dance

2005 March 14, Cassidy, Jay-Z (songwriters), “I’m a Hustla”, in I’m a Hustla, performed by Cassidy:

Diva is a female version of a hustla, of a hustla, of a, of a hustla

2009 January 20, Beyoncé, Shondrae Crawford, Sean Garrett (songwriters), “Diva”, in I Am... Sasha Fierce, performed by Beyoncé:

James was still a “hustla” because his survival was still a daily struggle, and he was committed to using every legally acceptable resource available to him to make it.

2013, Jamie J. Fader, “Masculine Identity and Social Support”, in Falling Back: Incarceration and Transitions to Adulthood among Urban Youth, New Brunswick, N.J., London: Rutgers University Press, →ISBN, page 182:

Therefore ‘easy money making,’ fake ‘gangstas,’ and ‘hustlas’ are often taken to be necessary hip-hop attributes.

2013, Sergey Ivanov, “Hip-Hop in Russia: How the Cultural Form Emerged in Russia and Established a New Philosophy”, in Sina A. Nitzsche, Walter Grünzweig, editors, Hip-Hop in Europe (Transnational and Transatlantic American Studies; volume 13), LIT Verlag, →ISBN, side A (Telling Their Stories: Hip-Hop Histories across Europe), page 94:

You just a hustla who sell rubbish for a million dollar.

2014, James A. Levine, Bingo’s Run, New York, N.Y.: Spiegel & Grau, →ISBN, page 170:

In an accompanying post [Yo] Gotti, noted that “Free Game” “was made for a purpose … it’s to give u messages & tell u da experience of a young hustla dat come from da hood but ended up in a position no one expected him to be in, him being me. From cutting 2dollars off a dime bag of weed from touching 6 figures at 16. I’m from North Memphis, Ridgecrest Apts. Dam a lot done changed.”

2021 November 20, Bob Mehr, “Memphis rapper Yo Gotti doubles down with new set”, in The Commercial Appeal, volume 180, number 323, page 6A:

Pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling

(hip-hop slang) Pronunciation spelling of hustler.


yannigan

[…] Sammy Strang, a yannigan from the rival New York Giants […]

2010, Bill James, The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract, page 74:

Addie was a star ball player and a student of the sport, but as a sports writer he was a yannigan, a rookie.

2014, Addie Joss, Gary Mitchem, Addie Joss on Baseball, page XII:


slingy

en-adj

slingy (comparative more slingy, superlative most slingy)

more slingy (comparative)
most slingy (superlative)

A right-arm fast bowler with a slingy action not unlike Lasith Malinga's, Rubel Hossain began by playing tapeball cricket in his home town of Bagerhat (in Khulna), […]

2011, Steven Lynch, The Wisden Guide to International Cricket 2012, page 144:

[…] who had forged a good reputation in the Lancashire League and also for Western Province in South Africa's Currie Cup cricket, where he batted middle-order and bowled brisk medium-pace with a slingy action.

2018, Alan Wilkins, Easier Said Than Done: A Life in Sport:

(cricket) Tending to bowl the ball with a slinging action, i.e. faster but less accurate.


scrummer

(rugby) A player who takes part in a scrum.


wetted area

en-noun

wetted area (usually uncountable, plural wetted areas)

(hydrodynamics) The total surface area of a vehicle which interacts with the fluid through which the vehicle travels.

(motor racing) The total surface area of the upper bodywork, wings, and radiator.


bottom-dwelling

(sports, humorous) (Of a team or competitor) spending a long time in the lowest ranks of the competition ladder.


IGH

Unlike on a derailleur bike, you must remove the shift cable from your IGH to remove the rear wheel.

2014, Christopher Wiggins, Bike Repair and Maintenance, Penguin, →ISBN, page 119:

(cycling) Initialism of internally geared hub.


fan car

(automotive, motor racing) A car with a fan to create a vacuum underneath the car, increasing downforce and better sticking the car to the driving surface, increasing traction.


caught looking

(baseball) out on a third strike after not attempting to hit a pitch


starting gate

Mobile starting-gates and horse-boxes stand parked along the kerbs, and behind every large house, it seems, is a red brick stableyard, gleaming with fresh black-and-white paint and polished steel.

1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 164:

(equestrianism, dog racing) A machine used to ensure a fair start to in horse dog racing by opening doors to allow all the racing animals out at the same time.


bus stop chicane

bus stop chicane (plural bus stop chicanes)

(motor racing) A sequence of two mirror-image chicanes interrupting a straightaway and connected by a very short straight section parallel to, but offset from, the straightaway being interrupted.


quadball

quadball (countable and uncountable, plural quadballs)

International Quadball Association
J. K. Rowling

From quad- (“four”) + ball or quad + ball. The sport sense was introduced in 2022 by the International Quadball Association, formerly the International Quidditch Association, with quad- chosen in reference to the number of balls and positions in the game. The IQA cited concerns over the trademarked status of Quidditch and a wish to distance itself from the "anti-trans positions" of J. K. Rowling.

“This is an important moment in our sport’s history,” said Chris Lau, chair of the IQA board of trustees, in a statement. “We are confident in this step and we look forward to all the new opportunities quadball will bring.”

2022 July 20, Adela Suliman, “Quidditch is now quadball, distancing game from J.K. Rowling, league says”, in The Washington Post:

Major League Quidditch and US Quidditch will now be known as Major League Quadball and US Quadball respectively.

2022 July 20, “Quidditch changes name to quadball after JK Rowling’s trans statements”, in The Guardian:

Quidditch, the sport of boarding school wizards riding broomsticks in “Harry Potter,” will become “Quadball” to the humans who play the game in real life, its leading organizations said on Tuesday.

2022 July 20, Alex Traub, “Quidditch Becomes ‘Quadball,’ Leaving J.K. Rowling Behind”, in The New York Times:

Love Harry Potter? Then check out the quadball championship that combines elements of rugby, basketball and dodgeball. The MLQ Championship is the league’s signature event

2023 August 24, Susan Stapleton, “Plan your weekend: This weekend offers quadball, World Food, Music Fest and more”, in Des Moines Register, page D.1.:

(sports, uncountable, neologism) A co-ed contact ball sport created as a ground-based adaptation of Quidditch, featuring the same positions, balls, and goals as the fictional sport, but with the players clutching broomsticks and a human "snitch runner" carrying the snitch (an autonomous magical device in the Harry Potter novels).


ESBK

(motor racing) The Spanish Superbike Championship (Spain)


FSBK

(motor racing) The French Superbike Championship (France)


SBK

French: SBK

Spanish: SBK

(motor racing) Abbreviation of superbike.


ISBK

(motor racing) Initialism of Indian Superbike Championship. (India)


CSBK

(motor racing) Initialism of Canadian Superbike Championship.


WSBK

(motor racing) Initialism of World Superbike Championship.


PSBK

(motor racing) Initialism of Philippines Superbike Championship.


MSBK

(motor racing) Initialism of Malaysia Superbike Championship.


ASBK

(motor racing) Initialism of Australian Superbike Championship.


NZSBK

(motor racing) Initialism of New Zealand Superbike Championship.


self-spot

en-verb

self-spot (third-person singular simple present self-spots, present participle self-spotting, simple past and past participle self-spotted)

self-spots (present singular third-person)
self-spotting (participle present)
self-spotted (participle past)
self-spotted (past)

From self- + spot (“to support or assist a maneuver”).

pre

Before a student attempts to take all their weight into their inner thigh, have them self-spot by placing their opposite hand on the bent knee.

2010, Rebekah Leach, Beginning Aerial Fabric Instructional Manual, page 23:

The gym had a self-spotting weight system: bench press with three hundred pounds and overhead pull-down bars.

2010, Bill Blanchet, The Reform Plan, page 44:

It can be with a partner or with a self-spotted pass.

2020, Tom Mione, Bullet Proof Guide For: Bodybuilding, Fitness, Exercise, Supplementation, Diet, Training, & Mechanics, page 123:

(intransitive, weightlifting) To protect oneself from injury that can result from attempting to lift too much weight.


Detoilet

Yeah, that made a lot of sense, do you even know the story of his
injury faking in Buffalo? Did you even know he played in Buffalo? Did
you even know who he was before he came to Detoilet?

2003 May 22, Freedom Elz, “Hasek coming back?”, in alt.sports.hockey.nhl.det-redwings (Usenet):

Wow, let's just call the engraver right here, right now! Why even bother to
play
the games, the cup is an automatic gimme for Detoilet right?

2008 January 20, Freedom Elz, “Another Publication rates them...”, in alt.sports.hockey.nhl.col-avalanche (Usenet):

The Avs will win a cup before Detoilet does again. Our rebuilding has
started, yours is being patchworked with denial.

2009 September 30, Freedom Elz, “Anyone here going to honor our captain tomorrow?”, in alt.sports.hockey.nhl.col-avalanche (Usenet):

(slang, derogatory, ice hockey) The Detroit Red Wings.


sidesplit

sidesplits (plural)
side-split (alternative)

For example, it takes a young girl gymnast, as a rule, about a month to learn how to do the sidesplit.

(gymnastics) A split in which the legs are extending to the left and right of the torso.


counterparry

(fencing) A parry that uses the energy of the opponent's incoming lunge.


counterparry

en-verb

counterparry (third-person singular simple present counterparries, present participle counterparrying, simple past and past participle counterparried)

counterparries (present singular third-person)
counterparrying (participle present)
counterparried (participle past)
counterparried (past)

(fencing) To parry using the energy of the opponent's incoming lunge.


progressive overload

en-noun

progressive overload (countable and uncountable, plural progressive overloads)

(bodybuilding) A gradual increase of stress on a muscle as it grows in strength.


last dance

(informal, figurative, sports) The last game or tournament in which a team or the members of a team play or compete together before retirement or moving to another team.


get-back coach

get-back coach (plural get-back coaches)

“I was probably the most difficult one to deal with when I was on the field, because you’re always trying to get closer to the action,” McVay told NFL Films. “As a coach, I always try to be aware of our get-back coach.”

2019 February 2, Morgan Moriarty, “Sean McVay has a get-back coach. Clemson’s pioneering get-back coach explains the job”, in SBNation.com:

(US, sports) A coach who is assigned the task of ensuring another coach (usually the head coach) gets out of the way of the referees during games.


exercise regime

exercise regime (plural exercise regimes)

(athletics, health sciences) A set of rules regarding nutrition and exercise in order to attain the desired results.


droppie

(rugby, Australia, New Zealand, slang) A drop goal.


swazz

Compare phonestheme sw- in e.g. sway, sweep, swerve, swoop.

The Croatian controls on his chest before hitting a left-footed volley which swerves and moves in the air but ultimately drifts wide of the far post. "It didn't have quite enough swazz on it," says Wilkins. I believe that's a technical term.

2011 October 30, Evan Fanning, “Tottenham Hotspur v QPR - as it happened”, in The Guardian:

[W]e considered Essien’s strike against Arsenal to be the best of a ridiculously good bunch. Firstly, consider the context. [...] Then, the finish itself. Hit with genuine venom and an outside-of-the-boot swazz that would make Roberto Carlos blush.

2022 December 24, Michael Lee, “Reassessing the December 2006 GOTM contenders from great to best”, in Planet Football:

I think what separates this goal from other volleys I have witnessed ... is the swazz, as the kids say. The ball started so far outside the left post, it had no right to curl back in to that degree and end up in the back, or roof, of the net.

2023 November 27, James Whaling "John McGinn vs Sheffield Wednesday, 2018" in Mark Jones "Alejandro Garnacho stunned Goodison Park on Sunday with his remarkable overhead kick, but what is the best goal you've ever seen live?" Daily Mirror (London)

(informal, sports) curl or spin added when striking a ball hard


swazz

en-verb

swazz (third-person singular simple present swazzes, present participle swazzing, simple past and past participle swazzed)

swazzes (present singular third-person)
swazzing (participle present)
swazzed (participle past)
swazzed (past)
swaz (alternative)

Kvitova sends her wide on the second serve to save the first and then coolly swazzes a forehand down the line.

2019 January 26, Tom Dutton, “Osaka 7-6 5-7 4-3 Kvitova”, in The Evening Standard, London:

(informal, sports) to play [the ball] with swazz


BYOC

Explain that the BYOC strategy is very simple. If they function as their own coach, and use the strategy, they will tell themselves what to do—before they do it, and talk to themselves in positive ways.

2010, Janet Niemeier, Robert Karol, Therapists' Guide to Overcoming Grief and Loss After Brain Injury, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 33:

(sports) Initialism of be your own coach.


nod-back

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

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

(soccer) A soft header played away from the opponent's goal


WLAF

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

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

World League of American Football
w:World League of American Football

(American football) Initialism of World League of American Football.


Tbol

(bodybuilding slang) The anabolic steroid Chlorodehydromethyltestosterone, also known as Turinabol


IHL

International Hockey League
w:International Hockey League

(ice hockey) Initialism of International Hockey League.


contact hitter

(baseball) A hitter who does not strike out often.


mule kick

(professional wrestling) A move by which the wrestler, facing away from a charging opponent, bends down and pushes out one foot, striking the opponent with the sole.


jump-cut

jump-cut (third-person singular simple present jump-cuts, present participle jump-cutting, simple past and past participle jump-cut)

jump-cuts (present singular third-person)
jump-cutting (participle present)
jump-cut (participle past)
jump-cut (past)
jump cut (alternative)
jumpcut (alternative)

After Lake insisted the sixth-year senior hadn’t impressed enough in practice to contribute in their first two games, McGrew responded with 31 rushing yards and two touchdowns on just six carries Saturday — releasing a guttural growl after jump-cutting and crossing the goal line for a 13-yard score in the first quarter.

2021 September 18, Mike Vorel, “After two frustrating losses, the dam finally breaks in Washington’s 52-3 win over Arkansas State”, in The Seattle Times:

(intransitive, American football) To perform a jump cut.


aerial skiing

Oleksandr Abramenko of Ukraine took second in men’s aerial skiing on Wednesday, earning the country’s first medal of the Beijing Games.

2022 February 16, Lauren McCarthy, “After winning medals in men’s aerial skiing, a Ukrainian and a Russian athlete embrace.”, in The New York Times:

(skiing) A freestyle skiing discipline where athletes ski down a slope to launch themselves off a kicker (a vertically inclined ramp) and perform multiple twists and flips before landing on an inclined landing hill.


USTA

United States Tennis Association
w:United States Tennis Association

(tennis) Initialism of United States Tennis Association; also U.S.T.A.: the national governing body for tennis in the United States.


U.S.T.A.

Every year, Allaster said, the U.S.T.A. asks the WTA what balls it wants to use, and the answer has always been the same. “As far as we know, a majority likes it, so we could end up trading one problem for another.”

2022 September 6, Matthew Futterman, “The Great U.S. Open Ball Debate of 2022”, in The New York Times:

(tennis) Initialism of United States Tennis Association; also USTA: the national governing body for tennis in the United States.


extra-duty

Coordinate term: regular-duty

The men at the U.S. Open use what is known as an “extra-duty” ball, which means the felt on the outside of the ball is woven slightly more loosely than the “regular-duty” ball the women use. […] Extra-duty balls are the balls of choice for outdoor hardcourts, like those at the U.S. Open, except when they are not.

(tennis) Describing a tennis ball having a thicker felt woven more loosely around the ball's core, designed for hard court surfaces such as asphalt or concrete.


regular-duty

Coordinate term: extra-duty

The men at the U.S. Open use what is known as an “extra-duty” ball, which means the felt on the outside of the ball is woven slightly more loosely than the “regular-duty” ball the women use. […] However, the regular-duty balls “play faster,” Collins said through a spokeswoman for the company.

(tennis) Describing a tennis ball having a thinner felt woven more tightly around the ball's core, designed for softer court surfaces such as clay.


misputt

misputt (third-person singular simple present misputts, present participle misputting, simple past and past participle misputted)

misputts (present singular third-person)
misputting (participle present)
misputted (participle past)
misputted (past)

I misputted on the fourth hole.

(intransitive, rare, golf) To putt badly or wrongly.


sit on someone's wheel

sit on someone's wheel (third-person singular simple present sits on someone's wheel, present participle sitting on someone's wheel, simple past and past participle sat on someone's wheel)

sits on someone's wheel (present singular third-person)
sitting on someone's wheel (participle present)
sat on someone's wheel (participle past)
sat on someone's wheel (past)

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Do you mind if I sit on your wheel?

(cycling, colloquial) To sit in the wheels; to wheelsuck.


mass start

(sports) A format of starting in certain racing sports, such as long-distance running, cycling and biathlon, where the competitors start at the same time and same place and proceed along the same course.


individual medley

en-noun

individual medley (countable and uncountable, plural individual medleys)

Coordinate term: medley relay

(swimming) A medley swimming race consisting of a single competitor swimming equal distances of four different strokes.


balloon tire

balloon tires (plural)
balloon tyre (alternative)

(cycling) A wide, large-volume, low-pressure tire associated with cruiser bicycles.


gravel cycling

(sports) A cycling discipline different from road cycling, mountain biking and cyclocross, for a large part on gravel roads, typically with a dedicated gravel bicycle.


hoofball

Blend of hoof (“to kick, especially a long way downfield with little accuracy”) + football.

blend

Wimbledon continued to hold their own under Joe Kinnear. They played with passion and no little skill. It certainly wasn't just 'hoofball' as their detractors, such as Gary Lineker, claimed.

2012 July 2, Tim Quelch, Underdog!, eBook Partnership, →ISBN:

By the 1980s Italian football was also showing distinct signs of virility as it built up to its great moment in the sun with the 1990 World Cup. It had glamour and skill, just as British football was deep into its cul-de-sac of hoofball tactics and off-pitch thuggery.

2015 January 9, Nicholas Walton, Genoa, 'La Superba': The Rise and Fall of a Merchant Pirate Superpower, Oxford University Press, →ISBN:

'We're Leeds United, we're passing the ball,' sang delighted supporters, exhilarated at being rid of Warnock's despised hoofball.

2019 October 10, Dave Tomlinson, Leeds, Money, and Misery Me: Twenty Years of Hurt, 23 Mistakes and the Tale of Toma ..., AuthorHouse, →ISBN:

(soccer, derogatory) A style of play characterised by many long balls and few short passes.


gravel bicycle

(cycling) Alternative form of gravel bike


SABR

w:Society for American Baseball Research

(baseball) Acronym of Society for American Baseball Research.


audaxer

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[…] the self-acknowledged stereotype of the audaxer as a socially awkward middle-aged man, […] I had fallen in with a crowd of audaxers soon after I took up cycling, and although I had only been on one or two of the shorter rides, I had developed a strong admiration for these riders […]

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

(cycling) One who takes part in an audax.


Marseille turn

(soccer) A specialized form of dribbling by which the ball is dragged backward.


NSL

National Softball League
w:National Softball League

(sports) Initialism of National Softball League.


AHL

American Hockey League
w:American Hockey League

(ice hockey) Initialism of American Hockey League.


KHL

Kontinental Hockey League
w:Kontinental Hockey League

(ice hockey) Initialism of Kontinental Hockey League.


OHL

Ontario Hockey League
w:Ontario Hockey League

(ice hockey) Initialism of Ontario Hockey League.


USHL

United States Hockey League
w:United States Hockey League

(ice hockey) Initialism of United States Hockey League.


WCHL

Western Collegiate Hockey League
w:Western Collegiate Hockey League

(ice hockey) Initialism of Western Collegiate Hockey League.


QMJHL

Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
w:Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

(ice hockey) Initialism of Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.


CJAHL

Canadian Junior Hockey League
w:Canadian Junior Hockey League

(ice hockey) Initialism of Canadian Junior Hockey League.


offensive guard

en-noun

offensive guard (plural offensive guards)

(American football) A lineman for the team in possession of the ball located on either side of the center and inside of the offensive tackles.


quality start

(baseball) A start in which a pitcher pitches for at least six full innings and allows three or fewer earned runs.


take a pitch

en-verb

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

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

(baseball) To refrain from swinging at a pitch.


bearmode

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From bear + mode, from a likening of the bear, a large and heavy mammal.

(slang, bodybuilding, often attributive) A heavy and massive physique with very large muscles.


DPV

diver propulsion vehicle
w:diver propulsion vehicle

(nautical, underwater diving, military) Initialism of diver propulsion vehicle.


rosterable

(chiefly sports) Capable of being rostered, or included in a lineup.


no-look

Strikers like to give goalkeepers when they are through on goal, looking in the direction of one corner and then stroking the ball into the opposite side – Stewart Downing’s goal against Hull City last month is a good example – and the same principle can be applied to the no-look pass.

2015 March 6, Jacob Steinberg, “The Joy of Six: no-look football passes”, in The Guardian:

Terry brings the detectives into the briefing room to instruct them on how to act at "adult parties." Jake jokes that those are usually referred to as orgies. He then states, "No-look five," and he and Charles share a high five without eye contact.

2015, Janieretlaw, “No-Look Five”, in Brooklyn Nine-Nine Wiki:

LeBron’s shot called to mind Stephen Curry, who does the no-look celebration all the time.

2021 January 13, Dan Gartland, “LeBron James Buries Audacious No-Look Three to Win Bet With Dennis Schröder”, in Sports Illustrated:

I sense a portent inflating / an unlikely fellowship forming / and yet as swiftly as communion effloresced, / they leave, / pedalling into the distance / on their restored velocipede, / a no-look wave flicked my funereal way.

2022, Dave Clarke, “Velocipede”, in Northern Territory Literary Awards, pages 26-27:

(chiefly sports) Done without looking [at the target], typically for misdirection or as showboating.


spring-loaded camming device

en-noun

spring-loaded camming device (plural spring-loaded camming devices)

(climbing) A piece of rock climbing or mountaineering protection equipment.


board climbing

And as climbing has evolved, so have woodies — the Moon Board established a worldwide standard for board climbing in 2016.

2022 January 13, Sam Anderson, “Decoy Board Jockeys Into Moon Board, Kilter Board Climbing Market”, in GearJunkie:

(climbing) A form of bouldering performed on a (usually wooden) climbing wall compact enough to fit at home but covered with many climbing holds, often done as practice for standard bouldering.


telstar

truncated icosahedron
truncated icosahedron#English

(sports) A soccer ball pattern with 32 panels of 20 hexagons and 12 pentagons, a rounded truncated icosahedron ball. The classic stereotypical black pentagon and white hexagon design.

A ball with one of these design patterns.


La Roja

(soccer) the Spain national football team


bicycle crunch

bicycle crunch (plural bicycle crunches)

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(exercise) A type of exercise in which one touches alternating knees with the opposite elbow while performing a crunch.


cycle off

en-verb

cycle off (third-person singular simple present cycles off, present participle cycling off, simple past and past participle cycled off)

cycles off (present singular third-person)
cycling off (participle present)
cycled off (participle past)
cycled off (past)

(transitive, sports) To discontinue the intake of for the time being.


USMNT

w:United States men's national soccer team

(soccer) Initialism of United States men's national team.


chewing ball

chewing balls (plural)
chewing-ball (alternative)

CHEWING-BALLS, a kind of balls made of aſafœtida, liver of antimony, bay-wood, juniper-wood, and pellitory of Spain; which being dried in the ſun, and wrapped in a linen-cloth, are tied to the bit of the bridle for the horſe to chew: they create an appetite; and it is ſaid, that balls of Venice treacle may be uſed in the ſame manner with good ſucceſs.

1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., volume II, page 183:

(equestrianism) A medicinal ball attached to a horse's bit so that the chewing will improve its appetite.


Bazball

From Baz + ball, Baz being the nickname of New Zealand cricketer and coach Brendon McCullum.

BRENDON McCullum has referred to ‘Bazball’, the playful term coined in homage to England’s new Test head coach, as ‘silly’.

[2022 July 9, “England's McCullum dismisses ‘Bazball’ as ‘silly’”, in Manchester Evening News, Glasgow, page 41:

THE effects of Bazball can already be seen in the wider cricketing world, too. No sooner had Ben Stokes put out a call to arms telling county cricketers they had to play his way to get in the England team comes evidence of a response from Dom Sibley.

2022 July 13, Paul Newman, “World of Cricket”, in Daily Mail, London, page 70:

The focus on Bazball may have damaged England's chances at the World Cup – but it is "seemingly now also part of the solution".

2023 November 18, “Cricket: what the white-ball side can learn from Bazball”, in The Week, Bath, page 24:

The debate about ‘Bazball’ is absurd: for professional sport to survive it has to be entertaining, and aggressive cricket is undoubtedly far more entertaining than defensive cricket.

2024 April 6, Roger Alton, “County cricket needs Bazball”, in The Spectator, London:

(cricket, informal, slang, neologism) An aggressive run-scoring approach to cricket.


run nowhere

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

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

(horse racing, slang) To finish the race unplaced.


face-off circle

en-noun

face-off circle (plural face-off circles)

(ice hockey) A dot in the centre of the ice; where the face-off takes place


gegenpress

(soccer) The use of the gegenpressing tactic.


LiVARpool

Blend of Liverpool + VAR (“video assistant referee”), implying that Liverpool F.C. is unfairly favoured in judgements made by VAR.

blend

The ability of Jürgen Klopp’s team to win even when the opposition bring their A-game has been a feature of the season. A simple explanation, beyond luck and “LiVARpool” conspiracy theory, is that their base levels are just so high.

2019 December 11, Barney Ronay, “Champions League’s full English another staging post in march of the superclubs”, in The Guardian:

[…] and amid calls of 'LiVARpool' coming into the equation again by the Chelsea faithful, Silva himself has had a say on what he thinks of the last two aforementioned VAR decisions […]

2022 March 7, Danyal Khan, “Thiago Silva sends Liverpool blunt message as West Ham and Chelsea VAR decisions go their way”, in football.london:

Someone else said: "I honestly think this FA cup is already rigged for LiVArpool There's been a lot of them red ribbons around it."

2022 May 14, Nick Murphy, “Chelsea fans have FA Cup conspiracy theory and say 'Pep and Tuchel were right all along'”, in The Daily Star:


England went even further, playing 1-1-8 (eight forwards), but crowded goalmouths saw the game end 0-0.

2010, Clive Gifford, “Formations”, in The Kingfisher Football Encyclopedia, 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 60:

Both teams employed what could be considered attacking formations—Scotland (2-2-6), and England (1-1-8) […]

2011, Jaime Orejan, Football/Soccer: History and Tactics, →ISBN, page 31:

United made a scintillating start against Leicester […] but they seem to be sticking to a 1-1-8 formation, with Evans and then Chris Smalling playing as a sweeper-left-centre-right-back. This is why United have a defence as secure as a paper-tissue truss.

2014 September 22, Des Kelly, “Chelsea fans add a touch of dignity and class to a world of football excess”, in Evening Standard:

(soccer, historical or derogatory) A football formation with 1 defender, 1 midfielder and 8 strikers sometimes played in the 19th and early 20th centuries, now a derogatory reference to a team with poor defence.


St Totteringham's Day

By analogy with Christian feast days, with a blend of Tottenham + tottering.

After their 3-1 win at Hull, it is now mathematically impossible for Tottenham to finish above their neighbours in this season's Premier League. […] That means today is "St Totteringham's Day".

2015 May 4, Richard Innes, “St Totteringham's Day: Arsenal fans celebrate finishing above Tottenham AGAIN by trolling their big rivals”, in Daily Mirror:

TOTTENHAM'S 2-0 defeat of great rivals Arsenal today ensured they will finish above the Gunners in the Premier League for the first time since 1995. And in turn it has ended the curse of "St Totteringham's Day" […]

2017 April 30, John Hutchinson, “St Totteringham’s Day: Twitter reacts as Tottenham ensure they will finish above Arsenal in the Premier League and end the curse of ‘St Totteringham’s Day’”, in The Sun:

2022 October 4, Edwin Yeo, “Arsenal 3 Spurs 1 - It feels like St Totteringham's Day already”, in Yahoo News Singapore:

(soccer, humorous, colloquial) The day in an English Premier League football season on which it becomes mathematically impossible for Tottenham Hotspur F.C. to finish above Arsenal F.C. in the final rankings.


Spuds

Robbie Keane makes it Liverpool 1-2 Spuds.

2005 April 16, Roo, “Quick update...”, in uk.sport.football.clubs.liverpool (Usenet):

The Spuds and Man Utd posters (with the exception of Jenkins) are all keeping their heads down on account of their respective teams poor form.

2013 December 5, Baldoni, “heh heh heh”, in alt.sports.soccer.arsenal (Usenet):

@DanColly added: "Think the Spuds fans enjoyed the Saliba song last week. But they sing it for Bissouma after clipping a cross straight out of play."

2022 October 8, Ryan Tailor, “Arsenal and Tottenham fans argue as Spurs accused of 'stealing William Saliba chant'”, in Daily Express:

(soccer, derogatory) Tottenham Hotspur F.C.


CrossFitter

CrossFitters (plural)
crossfitter (alternative)

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Despite the inherent risks of hundreds of thousands of people dabbling in Olympic weight-lifting techniques at their local strip malls, CrossFitters seem utterly dedicated to their hard-core workouts.

2014 October 14, Heather Havrilesky, “Why Are Americans So Fascinated With Extreme Fitness?”, in The New York Times Magazine:

(exercise) A person who participates in a CrossFit fitness regimen.


rollkur

(equestrianism) A horse riding technique particularly in dressage where the neck is bended forward, banned by multiple riding organizations because it is classified as ruining the health of equines by various means.


toehook

(climbing) An manoeuvre using the toes as a support or to hook onto a wall or rock.


belay device

(climbing) a mechanical piece of climbing equipment used to control a rope during belaying


high-stick

en-verb

high-stick (third-person singular simple present high-sticks, present participle high-sticking, simple past and past participle high-sticked)

high-sticks (present singular third-person)
high-sticking (participle present)
high-sticked (participle past)
high-sticked (past)

(ice hockey, transitive) To perform high-sticking.


split squat

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James Stark, founder of Starks Fitness, says it involves “a basic push-pull pattern”; for the lower body, squats, lunges, split squats. There is a near limitless variation of squats you can do if you get bored, from box squats to those with more exotic names such as cossack or Bulgarian.

2020 September 19, Zoe Williams, “Fit in my 40s: my muscles are in terminal decline. Can I rebuild them on my own?”, in The Guardian:

(exercise) A unilateral leg exercise performed by bending one knee while the rear leg is rested on the ground behind the body.


Bulgarian split squat

en-noun

Bulgarian split squat (plural Bulgarian split squats)

The exercise was supposedly popularized in the United States by Bulgarian weightlifting coach Angel Spassov (1941–2017) in the late 1980s.

People often think of Bulgarian split squats as a quad-crushing, glute and hamstrings-building challenge on leg day, instead of the complete core and lower-body compound exercise it can be used for.

2022 April 26, Jeff Tomko, “The Mixed-Load Bulgarian Split Squat Will Challenge Your Legs and Core”, in Men's Health:

(exercise) A variation of the split squat performed by bending one knee while the rear leg is rested on a platform behind the body.


BABIP

batting average on balls in play#English

(baseball) Initialism of batting average on balls in play.


batting average on balls in play

batting average on balls in play (plural batting averages on balls in play)

batting averages on balls in play (plural)

(baseball) A type of batting average statistic which includes sacrifice flies but not strikeouts or home runs into the calculation.


strokeside

(rowing) Left-hand side of a rowing boat.


bowside

(rowing) Right-hand side of a rowing boat.


TNPL

Tamil Nadu Premier League
w:Tamil Nadu Premier League

(sports) Initialism of Tamil Nadu Premier League.


BCCI

Board of Control for Cricket in India
w:Board of Control for Cricket in India

(sports) Initialism of Board of Control for Cricket in India.


TNCA

Tamil Nadu Cricket Association
w:Tamil Nadu Cricket Association

(sports) Initialism of Tamil Nadu Cricket Association.


KKR

Kolkata Knight Riders
w:Kolkata Knight Riders

(cricket) Initialism of Kolkata Knight Riders.


praccy

praccy (countable and uncountable, plural praccies)

A shortening of practice + -y (“forming diminutive nouns”).

suf

Check out this and other ng's for clan ad's. Most will request a trial to test you out etc. Commitment wise? Depends on the size of the clan and your availability really. We have two praccies a week, various friendlies and savage league games. It can get pretty hectic but if the clan is big enough it shouldn't be too bad.

1999 April 6, Rob Crossland, “Re: How to join a Clan? etc”, in uk.games.computer.quake2 (Usenet):

The fundies take time to learn, and you're going to want to praccy everything we're teaching you. But here we're talking about team praccy, boys. As natural athletes, we don't have to praccy at all.

2019, Olly Postanin, Jacob Ardown, The Fundies: The Essential Hockey Guide from On the Bench:

For surreal competitors like most of these guys are though, these high-energy, no-nonsense practices delivered from a coach as decorated as Sutter are often welcomed with open arms and viewed as a necessary part of their turnaround. / Some of Calgary's top players echoed that sentiment after its short but exhausting pracky.

2021 March 10, Kyle Cantlon, “Darryl Sutter bag-skates Flames into oblivion during first practice”, in Yahoo! Sports:


praccy

en-verb

praccy (third-person singular simple present praccies, present participle praccying, simple past and past participle praccied)

praccies (present singular third-person)
praccying (participle present)
praccied (participle past)
praccied (past)

The continental breakfast takes a bit of getting used to but, like the duvet, I think I could learn to love it. Blasted off to the course chauffeured by Jouni and started praccying at 8am.


one-hitter

Coordinate term: no-hitter

The one-hitter Tuesday night marked the first time the Cardinals held the Pirates to one hit or less in a game in Pittsburgh since Hall of Famer Bob Gibson’s no-hitter in 1971 at Three Rivers Stadium.

2021 August 11, John Perrotto, “Wainwright pitches two-hit shutout, Cards top Pirates 4-0”, in The Seattle Times:

(baseball) A game in which one team makes only one hit.


RDL

Romanian deadlift
Romanian deadlift#English

(weightlifting) Initialism of Romanian deadlift.


ASN

(sports) Abbreviation of national sporting authority. A type of sports sanctioning (authorization) body


counterpressing

Teams that are skilled in counterpressing are teams that attack with many of the players in close proximity to the ball carrier.

2017, Steffen Siebert, A League Of Their Own: The Secrets Of Club Soccer Champions, page 70:


moundwork

en-noun

moundwork (countable and uncountable, plural moundworks)


toestrap

(sports) A strap that goes over the top of the toe end of a shoe to hold a foot in place. Used in sailing or cycling


mixed martial artist

mixed martial artist (plural mixed martial artists)

mixed martial arts
mixed martial arts#English

(sports, martial arts) A competitor in mixed martial arts


full debut

James Maddison, on his full debut, committed a foul as he tried to reach the second.

March 26 2023, David Hytner, “Kane and Bukayo Saka combine against Ukraine for England’s perfect Euros start”, in The Guardian:

(sports) The first time someone plays as a starter for a team


loserest

Team captains took money on the side, so even the loserest ball player could pitch an inning.

2007, Chuck Palahniuk, Rant: The Oral History of Buster Casey, page 52:

(US, sports) Synonym of losingest (“losing the most games, votes, etc.”)


meatball flag

(motor racing, slang) A black flag with a solid orange circle, used to summon a damaged car to the pits for repairs.


NYSD

w:en:North Yorkshire and South Durham Cricket League

(UK, sports) Abbreviation of North Yorkshire and South Durham.. A cricket league, the North Yorkshire and South Durham Cricket League in England, UK.


beginner slope

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

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

(skiing) A ski slope for inexperienced skiers, who may not have skied before.


All-Pro

All-Pro running back Christian McCaffrey had 80 yards on the ground and 80 through the air. Wide receiver Jauan Jennings became the second person in Super Bowl history to throw and catch touchdown passes.

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

(American football) A professional American football player selected (typically by press organizations) as the best player in a particular position during a given season.


address the ball

en-verb

address the ball (third-person singular simple present addresses the ball, present participle addressing the ball, simple past and past participle addressed the ball)

addresses the ball (present singular third-person)
addressing the ball (participle present)
addressed the ball (participle past)
addressed the ball (past)

(golf) To ground one's club immediately in front of or behind the ball, as a preamble to swinging.


goal machine

He [Robbie Fowler]would become one of Liverpool's finest – a goal machine – and, most importantly, he was one of our own. A real character who combined a touch of genius with a sense of mischief.

2021, Brian Barwick, Sixty Years a Red... and Counting!:


cold hand

Anthony’s performance was all the more glaring as he frequently found himself isolated on the wing or elbow, trying to break down Oklahoma City’s defense but finding himself caught in a forest of burly Thunder big men or clanging shots off the rim. / At times, the Knicks’ offense looked short-circuited. Anthony, despite his cold hand, kept shooting.

2016 November 28, Mike Vorkunov, “Despite Flash of Rose’s Prime, Knicks Are Dazed by Westbrook and Thunder”, in The New York Times:

(idiomatic, basketball) Used in reference to a player who fails to make successful shots in a game.


Hindu push-up

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Referring to the fact that the exercise combines elements of a push-up and yoga (a system of exercises based on several Hindu or Buddhist disciplines).

(exercise) An exercise in which one goes from downward-facing dog to upward-facing dog, and vice versa.


jump ramp

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(skiing, snowboarding, cycling, skateboarding) A ramp used to be jumped from, and do tricks on the skates/board/skis/bike etc.


lap-chart

(motor racing) A graphic showing the position of each car during every lap of a race


portaledge

A ferocious storm kept the two men trapped on a portaledge—an artificial tent platform hung from pitons over the vertical void—for seven days and nights.

1999, Conrad Anker, David Roberts, The Lost Explorer: Finding Mallory on Mount Everest, New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 99:

[Warren] Harding, renowned for being tough and hard headed, had climbed the route in the days before portaledges, hanging every night in cramped and claustrophobic hammocks called 'Bat tents' which would fill with water when it rained.

2008, Andy Kirkpatrick, Psychovertical, London: Arrow Books, published 2009, →ISBN, page 204:

Have you ever been shy to go to the bathroom when you're on a date at someone else's house? Well, when you're living on a portaledge, there's no room for such modesty.

2017 August 18, Sasha DiGiulian, “What Life’s Really Like 1,400 Feet Up a Big Wall”, in Outside, Chicago, I.L.: Outside, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-04-15:

It's your little pod, and on El Capitan specifically, you end up spending a tremendous amount of time in these portaledges, it becomes your home. It's where you cook. It's where you sleep. It's where you eat. It's where you go to the bathroom. Anytime you're not climbing, you're in these portaledges.

2018 November 27, Dave Davies, quoting Tommy Caldwell, “'It Looked Impossible': New Film Follows Free Climbers Up The 'Dawn Wall'”, in WFSU-TV, archived from the original on 2023-04-15:

(climbing) A portable tent system used by rock climbers to sleep in during a climb lasting multiple days.


inside lane

(athletics) The lane closest to the inside of the track.


unified rear triangle

en-noun

unified rear triangle (countable and uncountable, plural unified rear triangles)

(cycling) A bicycle rear suspension design where the bottom bracket and rear axle are directly connected at all times.


MTBer

While Lacondeguy is established as an indomitable freeride MTBer, he also spends a lot of time ripping up the FMX ramps and has a large bag of tricks to bring to the contest.

2013 January 25, “Farm Jam tipped to be bigger than ever”, in Stuff:


long pot

Brecel fired in doubles, a succession of stunning long pots and seemingly cleared balls at will as he rattled through the first four frames in under an hour.

2023 May 1, Steve Sutcliffe, “World Snooker Championship 2023 final: Luca Brecel beats Mark Selby for first world title”, in BBC Sport:

(snooker) A shot that pots a ball from across most of the table.


overhook

He used overhooks to block the punches, but he didn't seem to know any submissions off the overhooks.

2005, Eddie Bravo, Jiu-jitsu Unleashed, page 12:

(wrestling, martial arts) A clinch hold performed by putting an arm over the opponent's arm, and encircling the opponent's arm or upper body.


overhook

en-verb

overhook (third-person singular simple present overhooks, present participle overhooking, simple past and past participle overhooked)

overhooks (present singular third-person)
overhooking (participle present)
overhooked (participle past)
overhooked (past)

Overhook one of his arms just above the elbow (here the right arm overhooks the opponent's left arm).

2004, Mark Hatmaker, No Holds Barred Fighting: Savage Strikes, page 128:

(wrestling, martial arts, transitive) To use such a hold upon.


enzuigiri

(wrestling) An attack that strikes the back of the opponent's head.


speed skater

(skating) A person who competes in the sport of speed skating.


standing eight

(boxing) An eight-second count called by the referee during a match, to determine whether one of the boxers is fit to continue.


WRX

(motor racing) Initialism of World Rallycross.


WSX

(motor racing, motorcycling) Initialism of World Supercross.


mixed climbing

(climbing) the branch of ice climbing that specializes in climbing on frozen surfaces and bare rock surfaces.


slipstreamer

Boca was what was known as a slipstreamer track. The long straightaways gave rise to the phenomenon known as slipstreaming, which was the partial vacuum created by the lead car as it reached the high speeds possible on the track. This vacuum created behind the lead car gave the second driver an advantage, for he could profit by the lack of air resistance to take the lead himself.

1973, Fred Mustard Stewart, The Mannings, New York, N.Y.: Arbor House, →ISBN, page 552:

Dating back to 1925, Reims was a five-mile blast along public roads. It was best known for its long main straight — the Thillois straight — which made every race into a dramatic slipstreamer.

2001, Bruce Jones, The Official ITV F1 Sport Encyclopedia of Formula One: The Essential Guide to Grand Prix Racing, London: Carlton Press, →ISBN, page 344, column 1:

The few Formula 3 races I'd won had been slipstreamers, where you only had to be in the right place on the last lap to win.

2009, Gerald Donaldson, James Hunt: The Biography, London: Virgin Books, →ISBN, page 119:

Throw in the two DRS (drag reduction system) zones to assist with overtaking this year, as well as KERS (kinetic energy recovery system), and it is no wonder Whitmarsh is full of anticipation for the weekend ahead. ¶ "Perhaps it's a bit premature to be discussing the return of the epic 'Monza slipstreamer'," said Whitmarsh.

2011 September 8, Ian Parkes, quoting Martin Whitmarsh, “Martin Whitmarsh predicts classic battle at Monza”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-07-07:

(motor racing) A race in which the shape of the track causes extensive slipstreams to form behind each car.


consensus national champion

en-noun

consensus national champion (plural consensus national champions)

(American football) In regard to national championships in college football, a team that was selected as national champions by both the AP Poll and Coaches Poll.


restricted area

restricted area (plural restricted areas)

(basketball) The area behind an arc extending some distance from the basket into the key, to prevent secondary defenders from taking a position under the basket in an attempt to draw an offensive foul while a player is driving to the basket.


Schenectady putter

Schenectady putter (plural Schenectady putters)

(golf, historical) A kind of center-shafted, mallet-headed putter.


quad meet

(US, sports) A competition between four teams.


rabbit ball

(baseball, derogatory) A lively ball that easily travels far off the bat.